October 2010
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If there's one thing I have learned today...
… it’s that I am entirely lost and alone without twitter to reassure and cocoon me against Leicester’s hideous reality.
Also, one of the German students on our course (uni participates in the Erasmus cultural exchange programme) came out of his shell at lunchtime with a STUNNING rendition of ‘Neat Neat Neat’ by The Damned and I was unable to immediately share this...
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“If you haven’t met someone by the time you graduate, you’re going to...”
– I know I elaborated on this topic much more in my National Theatre post, but it really annoys me that all the marketing material for My Romantic History changes the C-bomb to ‘idiot’ when THAT’S NOT WHAT HE SAYS.
Firstly, why give a mild-mannered version of the line to people who...
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I can feel a business plan coming on...
I’ve tried to see Shunt’s Money on several occasions in the past few months, but in the end it was quite apt that I’d had to wait until the day of the Comprehensive Spending Review to finally make it to Bermondsey Street. I only wish I could say that the basic understanding of percentages I developed over the course of Wednesday afternoon had done anything to enlighten me about...
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“Not all hipsters arrive in the big cities flush with cash, but they almost...”
– From the fascinating ‘Why do people hate hipsters?’ in The Guardian today.
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The TMA Theatre Award nominations
I’m reserving judgement on the TMA Theatre Award nominations this year, as I haven’t seen 90% of them, but of the nominated shows I have seen, the TMA seem to be both spot on and fucking miles wide of the mark.
First of all, Punk Rock is up for Best New Play, which is indicative only of the dearth of award-worthy new material around in the wake of last year’s...
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The play seems to say change is inevitable, but...
I finally got to see Clybourne Park at the Royal Court last night, after weeks of reading the fawning reviews and tweets. After rumours which started pretty much on opening night, its West End transfer has just been confirmed, at Wyndham’s Theatre from January, and I can’t say I’m surprised. The play was totally wonderful, and every actor in it was totally wonderful, and I...
