Doctor Faustus with Arthur Darvill
I had the luck to see the Opening Night of Doctor Faustus tonight with Arthur and wrote up a short review of it here. If you are in the London area, go see this show, it is so fantastic and Arthur is stunning in it. It's so different from what he's done with Doctor Who, it was quite fascinating to watch.
Review under the cut!
Doctor Faustus at The Globe with Arthur Darvill was amazing… insane puppetry and magic tricks and acting galore. Quite spectacular and so glad I got to see it opening night. Also quite glad to stare at Arthur’s ass, even if I had no choice as he would not get out of my way and blocked my view for a good solid (lovely) 10 minutes.
But seriously. Go see this. It’s really fantastic to see Arthur doing something sooooo different. He makes a lovely snide Mephistopheles and Paul Hilton who plays Faustus and truly stunning. I’ve never read or seen this play, and I was just so entrance. It’s also hysterically funny and coy and quite dirty and naughty.
The puppets, aw man… so freaking cool (AND HUGE). I love The Globe because they don’t use lights or special effects… it’s all what they can do on stage. So there’s some magic, yes, but it’s so well done and the tricks are so clever and fun. Seriously, one had the entire audience gasping and yelling out “WHAT?!” And we all clapped and cheered because it was just SO. DAMN. COOL.
Though, beware… if you are a Groundling… they interact with the audience a lot, including, but not limited to, throwing things at you and getting very up close and personal and intimate. So funny, but I had to duck and cover my face more than once haha.
They added a giant thrust onto The Globe’s stage, and if you’re standing, I’d recommend standing at the corner of that (not the front as you will be blocked by some of the blocking and will have to stare at Arthur Darvill’s ass… but… if you want to, then you should stand stage left at the front of the thrust hahaha).
The photographers were there tonight, so press images should be out soon! Go see this plaaaaaay!
Doctor Faustus plays until the 2nd of October at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Review under the cut!
Doctor Faustus at The Globe with Arthur Darvill was amazing… insane puppetry and magic tricks and acting galore. Quite spectacular and so glad I got to see it opening night. Also quite glad to stare at Arthur’s ass, even if I had no choice as he would not get out of my way and blocked my view for a good solid (lovely) 10 minutes.
But seriously. Go see this. It’s really fantastic to see Arthur doing something sooooo different. He makes a lovely snide Mephistopheles and Paul Hilton who plays Faustus and truly stunning. I’ve never read or seen this play, and I was just so entrance. It’s also hysterically funny and coy and quite dirty and naughty.
The puppets, aw man… so freaking cool (AND HUGE). I love The Globe because they don’t use lights or special effects… it’s all what they can do on stage. So there’s some magic, yes, but it’s so well done and the tricks are so clever and fun. Seriously, one had the entire audience gasping and yelling out “WHAT?!” And we all clapped and cheered because it was just SO. DAMN. COOL.
Though, beware… if you are a Groundling… they interact with the audience a lot, including, but not limited to, throwing things at you and getting very up close and personal and intimate. So funny, but I had to duck and cover my face more than once haha.
They added a giant thrust onto The Globe’s stage, and if you’re standing, I’d recommend standing at the corner of that (not the front as you will be blocked by some of the blocking and will have to stare at Arthur Darvill’s ass… but… if you want to, then you should stand stage left at the front of the thrust hahaha).
The photographers were there tonight, so press images should be out soon! Go see this plaaaaaay!
Doctor Faustus plays until the 2nd of October at Shakespeare’s Globe.