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Post by hulmeman on Sept 24, 2020 19:07:20 GMT
What, in the name of god is rock, as in rock and chips?
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 21, 2020 20:36:33 GMT
That's a very dangerous slope to go down young The Matthew.
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 21, 2020 20:29:12 GMT
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 21, 2020 11:49:49 GMT
Those who have heard of Polari will probably have done so through the adventures of Julian and Sandy on the radio show "Round the Horne". Polari is said to be the secret language of gay men and theatricals but many of it's words have passed into the everyday lexicon (camp, naff, strides, bona, butch). I recently discovered a facebook group "Strictly Polari" dedicated to it observance and maybe it's growth. Any way Polones and Omi's do you still use Polari? Do you know or remember anyone who used Polari? You can varda the eekbook page here - www.facebook.com/groups/325158308429134/?ref=bookmarksAnd, a website here: britishslang.co.uk/community/polari
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 21, 2020 11:17:13 GMT
I've actually been to a chip shop only once (I know... I'm not a fan of fish, and the idea of finishing any food off with a splash of vinegar is my worst nightmare) but this thread is making me hungry and I am now considering a visit to a pretty nice looking one in the neighbourhood... Please, continue... Oh I love a good coming out story. (I watch 'em all on You Tube). You go for it when you feel ready Forrest. Don't feel pressured by others. There are many different types of chip shop catering of lots of different tastes, but they all have one thing in common. The fact that you are feeling hungry is a positive sign, but you don't have to make choices about vinegar straight away. Try it if you don't like it don't bother. Personally, I'm not a fan of vinegar but different vinegar strokes for different folks as they say. You might also consider topping with salt after vinegar. The world of deep fried food is endless. Good luck and let us know how you get on.
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 21, 2020 9:12:56 GMT
In East Yorkshire we also had scraps which I used to love. Also pate, which was a big dollop of mash that was battered and then fried. Yummy. Now that's what I call pate!! Never heard of the delicacy, but I will hunt it down and I will have it. Battered and deep fried mash. That'll put hair on yer chest (madam) In my local salon de pomme frittes, (Northernden for your benefit BurlyBeaR) I recently discovered "spam fritters". A taste of heaven and I'm pretty sure a ticket to get there!
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 8, 2020 18:01:53 GMT
Featured on an ITV news report tonight.
Because her work has dried up, she is now working as a delivery driver to make ends meet. It really brings home the impact that not even our biggest musical theatre performers are exempt from the financial effect that the government have chosen to largely ignore.
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Post by hulmeman on Aug 27, 2020 13:53:36 GMT
A concert version of Godspell goes online today with quite an array of West End talent! Ruthie Henshall, Darren Day, Sam Tutty, Ria Jones, Jenna Russell, Jodie Steele, Danyl Johnson, Jenny Fitzpatrick, Natalie Green, John Barr, Sally Ann Triplett, Gerard McCarthy, Alison Jiear, Shekinah McFarlane and Lucy Williamson. hopemilltheatre.co.uk/events/godspell
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Post by hulmeman on Aug 23, 2020 12:13:54 GMT
I really do have a problem with Kenneth Brannagh. In my humble opinion he is all style over substance. His last outing as Poirot was just plain bad. One only has to look at the exagerated moustache to realise he was more concerned with putting distance between his Poirot and that of either David Suchet or Albert Finney. Some movies should just be left alone and this is one of them, because even though Peter Ustinov was over the top as Poirot in the 1978 version, all the other ingredients as described above, more than make up!
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Post by hulmeman on Jul 20, 2020 14:44:01 GMT
I’ve always liked Tell Me On A Sunday but even the more recent incarnations of this have often felt pretty dated.I’ve often been intrigued by a gay version. Right, I’m off for a post-lunch sing-song: “It’s not the end of the world to use Grindr. It just might, seem so tonight. It’s not the end of the world that he’s Daddy. Older fun is better than none. People get into weird crap Like I’ve got into this, Drive a mile or two, and damn right I'll be willing. And I will not give him the horror of seeing my chest: Anon works best“ Where do I sign up to be an "angel" on this production of yours Bo???!!!
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Post by hulmeman on Jul 20, 2020 13:46:09 GMT
Scott Hunter (Yank!) for the lead please.
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Post by hulmeman on Jul 20, 2020 10:36:09 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53332613"Before coronavirus I'd started work on what I think is a great idea. We were trying out a new version of Tell Me On A Sunday, the musical Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote 40 years ago and I did the lyrics for. It was a hit in London and on Broadway." In 1979 it was a one-woman show about the romantic problems of a young Londoner living in the USA. The new version keeps the same basic era but makes the central character male and gay. It's not often I claim " theatre visionary" status, but it's true. Example one. About 150 years ago, I was living in digs near that there London and my landlady had only one "pop" LP and that was the soundtrack to "Summer Holiday". As I listened to it for the eight hundredth time, I mused how it could be adapted for the stage using a bloody big cut out bus and projected scenery. Now, I ask you, did it come to pass? Example two. I always thought "Tell me on a Sunday" would make a great "gay" musical. The emotions and the attitudes are the same and the story might even be sharper with the change of angle. Now as steve10086 points out, Don Black (the original lyricist and national treasure) has only gone and announced he and Lord Lloyd Andrew of Webber have already "workshopped" such a production. Give me a NODA medal now.
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Post by hulmeman on Jul 1, 2020 10:45:12 GMT
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Post by hulmeman on May 8, 2020 9:50:41 GMT
Look over there - La Cage aux folles
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Post by hulmeman on May 5, 2020 9:09:39 GMT
Young Frankenstein
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Post by hulmeman on May 5, 2020 9:06:06 GMT
You can't take it with you
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Post by hulmeman on May 4, 2020 13:04:56 GMT
Separate Tables
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Post by hulmeman on May 3, 2020 14:57:28 GMT
Hay Fever
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Post by hulmeman on May 2, 2020 14:58:54 GMT
Lettice and Lovage
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Post by hulmeman on May 2, 2020 13:03:33 GMT
No sex please we're British
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Post by hulmeman on Apr 27, 2020 9:07:43 GMT
Don't forget you crazy kids, 12:45 today, Channel 5!
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Post by hulmeman on Apr 7, 2020 9:21:45 GMT
Wonderful story, and they are the actions of a real star.
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Post by hulmeman on Apr 6, 2020 18:25:34 GMT
Honor Blackman was a regular musical theatre performer notably the 1981 acclaimed production of "The Sound of Music" and more recently was a perfect Mrs Higgins in "My Fair Lady" in 2005 and then "Cabaret". May she rest in peace. www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52189803
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 17, 2020 14:37:14 GMT
Oh gosh, the monkey has just made the move I was about to make.
I thought I was the only one old enough to remember the Angel when it was a life-endangering experience to walk along that extremely narrow underground central platform between the two tracks, but one had to get to Sadler's Wells somehow to see all those Australian opera singers singing in very clear English.
In which case, despite my semi-self-isolation, I have no option but to offer my now local station, which brings a smile to my face (the name, not the station):
Upney Oh good move tonyloco. Memories of Dame Nellie Melba busking on the "Up Barking" platform. They don't write songs like that anymore.
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 17, 2020 14:31:57 GMT
Lockdown Rules? Not been in play since the "great doughnut collapse" of 1872 in the Congolese Tea Room at the New Moulting Theatre, Redditch after a Tuesday matinee in November. Still, at least it means tonyloco is permitted to play as it grants self-isolating immunity to pianists - the only way the tea-room one survived until they started serving theatre-dinner at 6.30pm, if I recall correctly. Angel. Thank you, you are pretty heavenly yourself. BUT Why theatremonkey do you have to complicate thing with these over explanations. Rather than all that rigmarole about Congolese tea rooms, just come clean and say it was BurleyBeaR's debut performance of the dance of the seven veils. Therefore - Cockfosters
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