I'd seen Merrily once before, though it was a student production we saw half-cut after a day at a festival, so probably not the best introduction to it... Loved this one though.

A still from Merrily We Roll Along, showing Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez linking fingers

14. Final(?) Sondheim of the year - Merrily We Roll Along, Broadway filmed recording at the Light cinema.

Almost 4,000 cyber-flashing crimes recorded since becoming an offence The Met Police recorded the highest number of cyber-flashing crimes (268), followed by West Midlands Police (240) and Essex Police (192).

Home Office data reveals 3,951 cyber-flashing offences have been recorded by police since it became a specific criminal offence

22nd November 2015
Someone once said to me that photography is all about where you stand.

A poster for Brassed Off, in the window of the ADC Theatre

13. Brassed Off, ADC again.
Some obvious production teething problems - but who cares when whole brass band on stage?

NEW: Homeless Deaths

Research by @ourmoh.bsky.social found 1,611 homeless people died across the UK in 2024, marking a 9% increase on the previous year

Research project director Matthew Turtle warned the data "shows how homeless people continue to be deeply failed"

🔗: app.radarai.com

Cambridge-style traffic jam this morning … and they weren’t inclined to moove 🐄 🚲

Programme for 'Unfolding', a new musical at Cambridge's ADC Theatre

12. Something new! Unfolding, at the ADC.
Really enjoyed this one, hope it gets seen much more widely

RADAR table showing how each ICB in England fared for its wheelchair provision targets

NEW: Wheelchair Provision

Over 7,000 patients did not receive their required NHS wheelchair within four months this year, a 21% increase on last year. Muscular Dystrophy UK said people in dire need are being denied "life-changing equipment"

🔗: app.radarai.com

The stage set before Hercules, at the Theatre Royal

11. Disney's Hercules, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Sadly lacking in Danny DeVito

How Radar AI Transforms One Dataset into 300 Local Stories Radar AI, a UK-wide data-driven news agency, makes local news sustainable at scale

Ever wondered how things work here at RADAR?

Editor @l-a-kelly.bsky.social and data journalist @claramargotin.bsky.social recently hosted a group of media executives from Germany to talk about it.

You can read all about it here:
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The cast of the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, on stage during the curtain call

10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Ambassadors Theatre, London, in a box for my mum's birthday. Which earned me some brownie points, at least

NEW: Football-Related Arrests

Home Office figures reveal there were over 1,900 football-related arrests in the 2024-25 season

Meanwhile, there were 2,400 active banning orders in force last month – preventing fans from attending matches

🔗: app.radarai.com

Photo shows Oasis playing live at Heaton Park, Manchester. Noel Gallagher is singing on the big screen behind the stage, as fans raise their hands in the foreground

Manchester. Very good.

absolutely! Made for a pleasant surprise this morning

The same bridge over the Cam, painted gray with a grafittied Palestinian flag, and the words 'FREE PALESTINE' painted on it

What it's replaced...

A cardboard sign containing photos and handwritten text, reading: River Protectors A River Cam Can Street Art Project With Red Balloon graffiti artists, taggers & artists Hilary Cox Condon & Tim Shuker-Yates Exploring the rights of the River Cam & engaging young adults

A vibrant, colourful graffiti mural painted on the side of a pedestrian bridge over the river Cam in north Cambridge

Enjoyed the new artwork on the Chisholm Trail bridge this morning

View of the sun setting over Edgbaston Cricket Club, Birmingham, during the final England v India women's T20 match

Cricket!

Photo from the top of the Minack Theatre, an open-air auditorium carved into the cliffs of western Cornwall. The stage overlooks directly onto the sea, with the faintest hint of sun poking through the clouds above

Interrupting a fortnight's holiday for 9, The Pirate Queen, at the Minack Theatre, at the very edge of Cornwall. The ADC has some way to go to match this view...

Poster for The Frogs, at Southwark Playhouse, featuring a cast of the Greek playwright Aristophanes covered in frog-shaped footprints

8. The Frogs, @swkplay.bsky.social.
If not the best of the year so far, certainly the best Sondheim show I've seen in some time

A filing cabinet outside a building. The drawers say: 'Aladdin's Cave (no idea what this stuff is', 'old data, disks, notebooks', 'probably belongs to someone' and 'old equipment that might be useful'.

Research data management at its finest outside a building in Cambridge!

#RDM #research #librarians

Photo shows a fixed sign in front of the River Cam - the words 'Duck Gang' have been written over it in black ink, along with a crude cartoon duck. There are swans (not ducks) on the river in the background

Duck Gang

Poster for Jesus Christ Superstar in the window of the ADC Theatre

7. Jesus Christ Superstar, Cambridge ADC. A lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webbering

Poster for [title of show], a musical at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge

6 [title of show], Cambridge ADC.
Because after four hours at the beer festival, why wouldn't you go see an impromptu musical about writing a musical?

Photo shows the exterior of the National Theatre, on London's Southbank

5. More Sondheim, Here We Are at the National Theatre.
Definitely benefits from knowing nothing about it on the way in...

The stage at the ADC theatre in Cambridge, set for Amélie

4. Tonight, back at the ADC for Amélie. Performances were great, but it turns out it definitely helps to have seen the film first to have any idea what's going on...

3. (I've messed this thread up already, but last Friday should have had something about Everybody's Talking About Jamie, at the ADC, Cambridge, which I've seen before, but is always good fun)

Photo shows a promotional poster outside the National Theatre, London for 'Dear England' featuring a small image of Gareth Southgate standing on an enlarged flag of St George. The Thames can just be seen in the background

Photo shows the exterior of the National Theatre, on the southbank, London

Photo shows the stage ahead of a performance of Dear England inside the Olivier Theatre. A circular ring of light is hung above a circular stage, vaguely evoking the Wembley arch

Today in 'Adam belatedly catches up with things everyone else knew years ago', Dear England is really good