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Monday 12th July
2004
"Oleanna"
at The Garrick Theatre
Photos, and an email
from Tanya, below
David Mamet's explosive classic,
Oleanna, returns to the West End for the first time since
its sensational premiere 10 years ago.
Lindsay Posner (Sexual Perversity in Chicago - Power) directs
two of Hollywood most exciting talents, Aaron Eckhar (Erin
Brockovich - Paycheck - In the Company of Men) and Julia Stiles
(Mona Lisa Smile - 10 Things I Hate About You - Save the Last
Dance) as the college professor and pupil locked in a blistering
conflict of language, sex and power.
Rarely has a visit to the theatre seemed more like a
night of boxing
delivers a knockout punch.
Mamet is a master of the unexpected twist.
Daily Telegraph - Charles Spencer
At only 22, Julia Stiles
is one of America's most successful and respected young actors.
Star of the hugely popular films 10 Things I Hate About
You - The Bourne Identity - Save The Last
Dance and State and Main, Julia began her career
on the New York stage aged 16 in a number of plays including the
Obie Award-winning Everyday Newt Burman - Matthew:
School of Life and Mac Welmann's The Sandalwood Box.
Stiles has also starred opposite Ethan Hawke in the acclaimed
comedy Ten Things I Hate About You, loosely based
on The Taming of the Shrew, for which she earned an
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Breakthrough Performance in June
2000.
......and Tanya's
thoughts after seeing the show
"Oleanna"
- I went and saw this
Inside the Theatre (three photos)
The view from my
seat - "perfect"
(two photos)
I sat in the front row of the dress circle
The tickets were
£35 if you bought them at the theatre,
but I went to Leicester Square after work
and lined up at the cheap tickets booth and got mine for £21.50!!
The show finishes on Saturday and I have wanted to see it since
April
so I decided to go last night
It was so good
Julia Stiles was excellent and she is so pretty
It was quite amazing to see her that close when she is a movie
star
I kept remembering her dancing in "Saved the Last Dance"!
Anyway, after I got my ticket I wandered around to go and see
the "Spiderman 2" premiere
There was so many people that you couldn't see anything
Every so often I head a bit of a scream
and figured that someone famous had just got out of the car!!
I wanted to see Kirsten Dunst but I think you would have had to
line up
from about 10.00am to get a good spot!!
I went and had dinner at Mr Wu's
which is a chinese buffet recommended by a girl at work
- all you can eat for £4.75 -
so I stuffed myself silly and then went to the show
It was a spur of the moment thing and I had a good night!
Tanya