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Post by michalnowicki on Apr 9, 2018 14:59:53 GMT
Good day so far. Really proud with all the progress I'm making at the gym and that I actually survived 3 months there (and want to go back). Also, watched "Call me by your name" last night and now I understand why people say that they can't stop thinking about it.
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Post by michalnowicki on Apr 9, 2018 9:57:26 GMT
I had no idea that this is available on Spotify!
Saw couple Seth Rudetsky's deconstructions (Gavin Creel in "Going Down" and Shoshana Bean in "I believe in love").
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Post by michalnowicki on Apr 6, 2018 11:20:39 GMT
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Post by michalnowicki on Apr 5, 2018 8:29:54 GMT
Weather report from Edinburgh: We have sun! The office windows are no longer covered in snow! The roads are no longer covered in a thick layer of slush. I am so happy. Let the sunshine in!
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Post by michalnowicki on Apr 4, 2018 11:59:53 GMT
I'm listening to Jesus Christ Superstar Live Concert and I love Sara Bareilles' version of "I don't know how to love him" and "Everything's alright".
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Post by michalnowicki on Apr 4, 2018 9:49:02 GMT
Now I'm really tempted to go to Manchester to see this!
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Post by michalnowicki on Apr 4, 2018 9:24:54 GMT
It's good to know that it's 19 degrees "back home" when you're stuck in the office and you can see IT'S F***ING SNOWING RIGHT NOW!!!!
And breathe....
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 30, 2018 11:35:43 GMT
you cannot just walk up to people and say “are you Burly bear” That's why I've been getting the weird looks...
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 28, 2018 14:57:27 GMT
I'll bet she isn't. I have it on good authority that Marianne Elliott has reported her to the police several times. I heard the same, but about one Mr James McArdle
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 26, 2018 9:12:15 GMT
Was Edward Chitticks any good as Link? He was alright. Didn't take my breath away to be honest. If people have paid £50 to sit in the stalls for Hairspray they have the right to expect that close up the quality and attention to detail will be the same as on opening night. You are right Burly. It can be months for them, but for most members of the audience it's the first time they are seeing the production. I wonder what those male dancers were doing on their knees. Tut tut...
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 21, 2018 18:13:50 GMT
Came home to find a letter from ATG informing my that my Theatre Card will expire shortly. I think it's adorable that they put "IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED" on the envelope. Pipe down hun, you're not my mortgage provider...
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 20, 2018 16:56:24 GMT
I can't seem to shake off the cold. I even listened to "Shake it off" by Taylor Swift but it didn't work. I might try to shake it out with Florence + The Machine.
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 20, 2018 9:08:04 GMT
Stumbled upon this one yesterday (after watching some clips of Deaf West Spring Awakening). Just, wow...
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 19, 2018 11:57:42 GMT
It sounds nice, but I have a question (I don't intend to star a sh*tstorm). Is Ben overusing his vibrato? I have no musical training, so I don't know how good/bad/fantastic it is, I don't know how difficult it is to sing like this, so I'm asking more experienced people.
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 16, 2018 14:47:50 GMT
If it's anything like this: (16 seconds) we might expect some chestage.
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 14, 2018 21:54:39 GMT
For those of us who travel - Virgin trains seat sale for April and May, starts tomorrow, with early bird access tonight. Announced just after I'd booked my train tickets, argh, but maybe of use to you? I once managed to exchange my more expensive tickets for a cheaper tickets with a small fee of £10 for the exchange. Give them a call and see if they will do this for you (That was Virgin East Coast)
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 13, 2018 22:22:25 GMT
Brilliant stuff andrew! Really enjoyed it!
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 13, 2018 10:19:09 GMT
Saw this last night in Edinburgh Playhouse and I really wanted to love it, but I felt it was overall very mediocre. Positives first The standout was definitely the actor playing Seaweed, he had amazing moves and a really good voice (although he was out of breath in some numbers). Actress playing Motormouth was fantastic and she brought the house down. I also loved the chemistry between Wilbur and Edna - out of 3 touring productions I've seen, they were the best I think. Some things didn't work during "You're timeless to me", and they were in stitches, but didn't lose character. Now for the negatives I found the actress playing Tracy to be too OTT and squeaky (too "panto" for my liking), although she had a good singing voice. I didn't like the bare set and the overuse of projections. Whatever they were using as the backdrop for projections was too light and it moved everyone walked past it, which made whatever was projected to move in a weird way - extremely distracting. I was really surprised that in the first Corny Collins scene all male dancers had dirty costumes. They had dark stains on their knees, as if they didn't manage to clean them after the rehearsals. Costumes looked badly creased and a bit cheap. There were also some problems with props - in the scene before "You're timeless to me", the balloon (?) that Wilbur is inflating blew up super quickly, but the actors played it out in a very funny way. When Motormouth and the kids were "watching TV" to find out Tracy escaped jail, the TV screen was facing the audience and everyone was BEHIND the screen, which meant they weren't watching anything in the TV, but they were watching the back of TV. Actress playing Motormouth tried to move it slightly, and they started smiling to other cast members. At the end of the show, when the big hairspray can was brought on stage, the lights at the bottom of the can were flickering as if something was short-circuiting. Weird. I don't know what it is, but the 2 previous tours that came to Edinburgh were great, everyone in the audience was dancing at the end of the show, but last night you could see a lot of people just sitting down. I hope they will manage to iron out issues for the rest of the tour, because it's a fantastic, positive and uplifting musical. When done right.
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 12, 2018 14:30:53 GMT
Hairspray in Edinburgh Playhouse.
Update: 500 posts!! woop woop!
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 8, 2018 18:36:21 GMT
"They are going through the unimaginable" I still can't believe this...
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 7, 2018 14:23:11 GMT
In 2007 I finished high school in Poland and before starting Uni I decided to go to the UK to work for couple of months and then to go back home. From all of the places we picked Basildon (we wanted to be in close proximity to London). I quickly managed to secure a job in TNT Scanning Department, where for 3 months I was scanning old (70's and 80's) editions of NME. They must be available somewhere online...
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 7, 2018 14:15:39 GMT
It's odd getting snow in March. Even in Edinburgh? I think I've seen more snow in March in Poland than in Edinburgh.
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 7, 2018 11:08:17 GMT
This absolutely breaks my heart.
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 2, 2018 20:52:07 GMT
New EP of Lena Hall is available. This time Sir Elton John!
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 2, 2018 13:08:33 GMT
Quite stressful morning! Dearest, darlingest momsie and popsicle are flying to Edinburgh today, 7:30 pm. Guess what? Flight diverted to Glasgow Prestwick (70 miles away). I don't own a car. Neither does my brother. My boss offered to take his defender to the road as a last resort. Called Ryanair and they mumbled that they don't know if they will arrange transport for the passengers, but they will reimburse costs of getting to Edinburgh. Finally called Prestwick Airport and a lovely lady assured me that they will transfer people to Edinburgh Airport if Ryanair fails to do so. I feel much better now, but will still ask my friends who live in Prestwick to be on standby if they need to rescue a pair of middle-aged Poles. Fun and games, and the snow can f**k right off!
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 1, 2018 12:27:35 GMT
No busses in Edinburgh until tomorrow. Wow.
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 1, 2018 9:05:54 GMT
The new Broadway cast recording of Once On This Island is out. Interesting arrangements and a killer Mama Will Provide. I have Discovering Daniel / Pray on repeat!
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 1, 2018 9:05:22 GMT
Currently no buses are running their services in Edinburgh apart from the Airport bus.
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Post by michalnowicki on Mar 1, 2018 8:52:25 GMT
Working from home. Yay.
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Post by michalnowicki on Feb 28, 2018 14:42:40 GMT
Due to red weather warning for the central belt I've sent myself home.
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