the Unicorn/RSC Midsummer Night’s Dream is great for primary schoolers who couldn’t handle 2.5hrs of theatre, I think much older than that and you might as well take them to one of London’s many, many full length productions but it’s cute! www.timeout.com/london/theat...
A cynical part of me feels like Between the River and the Sea is a fairly ‘safe’ artistic response to a post-Oct 7 world for places like the Court and Maxim Gorki to programme, but it is also a likeable hour of autobiographical theatre www.timeout.com/london/theat...
we were discussing 'parents using social media' at work the other day and I'm very thankful mine don’t at all, but basically all my Gen Z colleagues’ do and seem to be massively into slop
it was nice to finally see Avenue Q, which despite some updates would clearly have been vastly sharper as a work of comedy 23 years ago but is still a lovely piece of theatre making www.timeout.com/london/theat...
yeah it’s so cool! Very intrigued as to how well it does but great that it’s happening
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at the Old Vic is a really bold take on a dated play that absolutely isn’t strong enough to handle a really bold take www.timeout.com/london/theat...
it’s a generally strong looking second Young Vic season for Nadia I'd said, a smorgasbord of Stuff David Lan Probably Would Have Programmed, which is the benchmark, surely
honest to god Neko Case doing a musical version of Thelma & Louise was not on my bingo card and has sent me into a definite spin www.timeout.com/london/news/...
you know who else was an industry plant who only became big because of sharp industry practise four* albums into his career? Jesus**
*if you ignore the first one, which tbf he did
**David Bowie
really the whole idea of ‘an industry plant’ essentially revolves around the idea that all powerful record labels could make any artist they wanted to popular but for whatever reason only bestow this honour on a select few
this is all very silly
no quote from Mamet, although intriguing to know precisely how sullenly he has agreed to it
not having a pop as obviously casting can be a tricky thing to resolve and MW’s final season seems to be pleasingly freestyled, but it is slightly cringe optics
The Old Vic is doing an all-female Glengarry Glen Ross in a couple of months’ time, although somewhat amusingly the announcement doesn’t specify which females yet and only has quotes from Patrick Marber and Matthew Warchus
tbf could genuinely be the sanguinor?
I'm taking the top 'arms' as wings! that also somewhat obscure the neck. Why does it have wings? Dunno!
I feel like the least satanic interpretation is maybe a winged statue of liberty??
on the one hand basically did the best it could with what was nominated, on the other hand I still think v weird Hayley Atwell, Brendan Gleason and Jamie Lloyd not nommed for anything
the Oliviers were fine FYI
on the one hand fuckity bye bye on the other hand do you got to hand it to him for not starting a civil war www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
it’s swings and roundabouts here but the BBC’s undoubted devotion to getting us out of here within the hour cannot be sniffed at
haven’t been able to report anything from Oliviers but has the internet just kicked in?
good luck to Péter Hungarian in today’s Hungarian elections!
hmmm Oliviers are meant to be over by 7.45pm this year, presumably because it’s being show live on BBC! God bless the BBC!
Omg how deep does this go as I COULDN’T GET CORNICHONS IN BECKENHAM WAITROSE the other day
possibly, considering he only put one actual museum on that list of ‘museums’ (and it’s one that lets all kids in for free anyway)
is 'compel a cathedral to price out poor people' even something you can legislate for
I feel like I went for Anya Reiss’s new version of A Doll’s House more than most: I found the whole thing gripping anxious and for the most part really smartly done. Also it’s Romola Garai FFS www.timeout.com/london/theat...
I fucking HATE these PRICKS (don’t get me wrong The State That I Am In is a banger)
