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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 6, 2020 10:54:59 GMT
I don't think I've saved all that much, since I'm lucky to be able to see a lot of theatre free/cheap and mostly theatre that's local. On the flipside, my takeaway consumption has tripled!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 25, 2020 16:42:33 GMT
I still haven't got my head around the deep fried pizza, does it still look pizza shaped? Do they come in just one pizza flavour, are the toppings under the fry? It's a whole world of fried wonder. In my time (a good few years ago now) it was just a bog-standard frozen cheese and tomato pizza, so no fancy toppings like peppers or pineapple (that’s fruit and veg! Nine of that here). It would just be dipped both sides in batter and then deep fried so that the pizza got hot and the batter crispy. So you bit through the crispy bit and got deep fried bread, essentially, with the tang of cheese and tomato. Others on here report part-pizzas but I only remember a whole 9-inch round pizza being served up in my local chippy. If yiu were going to eat it on the move they’d fold in in half and put the chips in the middle. Pineapple pizza... now there's a potentially contentious thread topic!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 23, 2020 11:35:22 GMT
I just love a Tiger Loaf, the one from Lidl’s is great, filled up with chips and copious salt and vinegar. Does this board really allow hardcore pornography? *clasps pearls*
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 21, 2020 11:31:20 GMT
I was recently introduced to the wonder that is orange chips.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 20, 2020 21:06:13 GMT
Remember when Simon Stephens and James Graham had a light hearted Twitter argument about cheesy chips?
Good times.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 20, 2020 17:50:58 GMT
Just chips and mushy peas for me, please.
I am fascinated by the Northern Irish “Cowboy Supper”, chips and baked beans with fried sausages on top.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 9, 2020 21:13:17 GMT
So how will the new “groups of no more than 6 people” law affect theatres? Well no S Club 7 for a start I was about to comment, “Tragedy!” then realised I apparently can’t tell the difference between Steps and S Club. 🤷
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 8, 2020 21:35:06 GMT
So how will the new “groups of no more than 6 people” law affect theatres?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 1, 2020 23:52:50 GMT
What’s up with the Royal Court? They’re currently casting for a play about a “transexual”, and are causing some social media controversy because the casting call was poorly worded. Nvm, found out it’s a non-public reading. Still good to know they’re progressing with new play development even if this play in particular doesn’t sound amazing.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 1, 2020 14:19:34 GMT
What’s up with the Royal Court? They’re currently casting for a play about a “transexual”, and are causing some social media controversy because the casting call was poorly worded.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Aug 26, 2020 19:55:00 GMT
I’ve been trying out lots of independent small cafes (I had something called a Salted Caramel Cruffin yesterday) though I have to admit to popping in to Westfield to stock up - I do eat in if I can find a table but the way their food markets are set up you have to take the food away anyway, so why not buy twice as much and enjoy the rest the next day?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Aug 12, 2020 23:21:18 GMT
It’s very good.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 31, 2020 1:53:00 GMT
A survey of just 2,000 people, and there’s no mention of who conducted this poll. Was it a proper poll conducted by YouGov or similar, or a poll of Sun readers? Or an online poll on the Sun’s website, in which case 2,000 responses doesn’t necessarily mean 2,000 people.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 29, 2020 11:58:07 GMT
Vault Festival 2021 cancelled. 😭
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 28, 2020 11:21:05 GMT
Very likely. I know theatres are having to send their COVID risk assessments to their insurers before they start or re-start any activity.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 17, 2020 11:01:52 GMT
Not my local but I’ve worked there and seen a few shows there.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 16, 2020 18:19:13 GMT
Hmm, the thing I hate most about panto is the audience participation element of it - this could be quite an improvement! Oh no it couldn't! Oh yes it could!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 16, 2020 18:18:29 GMT
Didn’t Birdland end with Andrew Scott snorkelling around the Royal Court?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 10, 2020 9:12:33 GMT
The majority of the bailout will go to theatre (15-20% to museums). Some theatres have been told how much they are getting and some haven’t been contacted at all. The % that goes to each venue is allegedly based primarily on financial need but no one knows what other factors are involved. I’m surprised (and to be honest, quite doubtful) that any theatre has been told what they are getting from the £1.57bn announced Monday. The deputy AD of one theatre made that claim yesterday, and two others backed it up. And some people knew about the bailout a day before it was leaked in the press. But otoh it’s hard to cut through all the rumours. The problem is there’s been no consistency and no transparency. Some individuals who are not even industry leaders in terms of their job titles have been having private off the record mobile phone conversations with OD, with the Treasury and even with Dominic bloody Cummings, not that he gives a sh*t. Meanwhile many ADs have been excluded from all the conversations and left in the dark. There’s such a culture of mistrust in the government right now and I don’t know how that’s ever going to change.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 9, 2020 14:20:49 GMT
I was in a meeting with a few different ADs today (which I shouldn’t have been in and was punching way above my weight being there).
The majority of the bailout will go to theatre (15-20% to museums). Some theatres have been told how much they are getting and some haven’t been contacted at all. The % that goes to each venue is allegedly based primarily on financial need but no one knows what other factors are involved. The bailout is intended to keep theatre afloat until spring 2021, so the assumption is theatre is expected to be up and running and making money again by then.
No one understands why the government won’t allow outdoor performances, or performances for a small number of socially distanced audience members with a sheet of Perspex between them and the stage. A number of venues have socially distanced outdoor productions waiting to go the minute the government says the word.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 8, 2020 18:31:46 GMT
I might be the most recent - 15th March for Seven Streams.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 6, 2020 12:35:12 GMT
Yeah, it’s bad. A minority of freelancers I know were eligible for self employment support, but most of them applied for Universal Credit or found new jobs in supermarkets or as delivery drivers.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 6, 2020 11:32:48 GMT
I can’t find the link but it was an interview for a film festival only viewable to people who had bought passes for the festival previously. I’m not sure if it’s online. They touched on the musical briefly.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 6, 2020 11:26:04 GMT
the the Elton John/James Graham musical doing a Zoom reading, etc. etc. etc. Erm, given that I’ve been rabidly following all the publicly-accessible news about Tammy Faye and I haven’t heard of an actual Zoom ‘reading’ of the full musical, please can you confirm for me if that was an industry-only event that the public wouldn’t be aware of? Or are you referring to James Graham talking about them using Zoom to work on some new songs for it? Because I wouldn’t call that a ‘reading’ so much as ‘collaborating remotely’. Oh sorry no, the reading wasn’t open to the public. I articulated myself badly. I just meant that the theatre industry is using Zoom in creative ways, and listed various public and private ways that Zoom has been used. In response to the “I’ve not heard of something so I assume it doesn’t exist” line of argument that’s popped up a few times lately. I’m sure there’s loads of creative alternatives being used in ways that I’m not aware of.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 6, 2020 9:00:40 GMT
At least there’ll be a cracking play in all of this one day.
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