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Post by kathryn on Feb 20, 2020 22:03:35 GMT
I made it to the ticket desk just in time to hear the guy behind it say they were having problems with the satellite, decided today is cursed, and went home.
They’re doing an Encore showing in a couple of weeks so I’ll catch that instead.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 20, 2020 18:29:24 GMT
Train has not moved for the last 20 minutes so making it to Cyrano not looking likely.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 20, 2020 18:10:28 GMT
Had a really sh*tty day that involved: cancelled trains, getting on wrong train, spilling cup of tea, getting on right train then having to stand up all the way to Fenchurch St, arriving at work late, discovering that one of my work friends who is being made redundant is leaving next week and will not be in before then because of her ‘unresolved anger issues’, getting a really sh*tty email from a society contact, crying in the well-being room because of it, going to lunch in pub with colleague who has already been made redundant, getting sod-all of my huge task list done this afternoon, and another cancelled train.
On train now - hoping I make it home in time for the Cyrano NT Live.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 19, 2020 16:21:40 GMT
The NT are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
It's impossible for every new season announcement to please everyone!
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Post by kathryn on Feb 14, 2020 16:26:31 GMT
As I've said on here before, baffled Japanese tourists standing up, "this is not 'Evita'?" They were at "It's Magic" starring Paul Daniels at the Prince of Wales Theatre. "Evita" was at the Prince Edward. When I was picking up my tickets for Leopoldstadt the other week there were some utterly confused Japanese tourists at the box office asking about tickets for an entirely different show at an entirely different theatre. The box office guy finally figured out that they probably wanted the TKTS booth. I suppose they had gotten off the tube at Leicester Square and headed for the first box office sign they saw after leaving the exit.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 13, 2020 18:48:16 GMT
Groundhog Day!
I loved that show and I want it back to see over and over and over again.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 11, 2020 20:06:01 GMT
I don’t think we’re fighting, are we? Just disagreeing over a nuance.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 10, 2020 23:56:12 GMT
If, if, if...
We don’t live in that society - not yet. The world is not fair, or just. People are still discriminated against.
We can’t wish it into being over night. If we want it we have to fight for it.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 10, 2020 22:01:42 GMT
But as soon as I say my husband in a conversation with someone I am also announcing my sexuality because until that point the assumption is I'm straight. And even now in the UK I'll sometimes not say it because I'm unsure of the reaction. Saying that heterosexual people don't announce it isn't a particularly helpful statement to be honest. That’s announcing your relationship, and incidentally your sexuality (assuming of course your gender is obvious), it’s not sitting people down before you even have a date never mind a husband and “coming out”. I have no issue knowing someone’s sexuality (or assumed sexuality given their circumstances, just cos you’re a woman with a husband doesn’t mean your not bi), I just don’t need to be told it separately. Unless I am interested in them sexually it makes no difference to me, or changes who they are. But it makes a difference to them. It might even make a difference is tangibly practical ways - For example, they may not want to go on holiday with you to a country where being gay is still illegal, or eat at a fast food chain that gives money to politicians who support anti-gay policies, or go to a church that preaches that being gay is sinful. They might need you to know that gay they are a victim of homophobic bullying at school or work. They might need your vote on issues such as gay marriage, or gay parental rights, or gay anti-discrimination laws.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 10, 2020 12:56:04 GMT
No I absolutely don’t mean that anything should be secret. More that you don’t feel the need to announce your sexuality, which is different to making a relationship public, much in the same way that hetrosexual people don’t announce their sexuality. I think I understand what you’re saying, and that your intention is to be well meaning, but that’s not how it works. People are generally assumed to be straight. There will be a need to “come out” as gay as long as that remains the status quo. Given that the demographic breakdown of sexual identity seems to be reasonably consistent, heterosexuals are still the majority of the population and it does seem that people are 'born that way', it's fairly unlikely that heteronormative assumptions will change any time soon. The best we are likely to achieve is treating it with as much excitement as finding out that someone prefers pineapple on their pizza.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 10, 2020 12:15:56 GMT
There's a fine line between 'private - and no-one else's business' and 'secret, shameful - not to be spoken of in polite company'. For a long time being gay was the latter, and it did no-one any favours.
Our society is organised around the nuclear family - marriages, parentage, divorces all have to be public knowledge as a result. Though I notice that Fern and Phil getting a divorce did not prompt nearly as much interest.
Until we live in a world where bisexuality is assumed to be the norm and whether one's partner is male or female is a matter of mild gossip-interest, and nothing more, a public figure coming out will continue to be newsworthy.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 9, 2020 21:32:16 GMT
The child 2 seats along from me at the Mary Poppins matinee today was wearing those trainers that have flashing lights in them when you walk - and kept putting her feet on the back of the seat in front of her, making them light up.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 9, 2020 21:28:39 GMT
I have a vague memory of seeing the original West End production of this show and being underwhelmed by everything bar the dance around the proscenium.
Having seen it again this afternoon, I remain underwhelmed - though the I did enjoy the new songs far more this time around, and the performances are strong - particularly Charlie Stemp, who is always wonderful.
The problem is the book - and in particular the way it mashes up elements of the film with new story in a way that just doesn’t make coherent sense. There’s no dramatic reason for the Bird Lady and Feed The Birds in this version of the story, they are included merely because they were in the film. Let’s Go Fly A Kite similarly is robbed of its dramatic and emotional significance.
The children’s brattiness is really annoying, and changing Winnifred from a Suffragette to an ex-actress does her a disservice, as well as making no sense at all. The point is that the Banks family are thoroughly respectable pillars of middle class society who need shaking up to appreciate what is really important in their lives - it just doesn’t ring true if they are social climbers, as they appear to be in this version.
Still, the kids in the audience seems to enjoy it - except possibly the one kid who went ‘eeeuuurgh’ when Bert gave Mary a kiss on the cheek! 😂
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Post by kathryn on Feb 9, 2020 20:43:46 GMT
We’re at this odd societal juncture at the moment.
Most people my age and younger in the U.K. honestly do not care, but there’s plenty of people around still - given our ageing population - who obviously still do, and they don’t like being told that they are wrong by young people. They may well realise they are out of step with their children and grandchildren and hide their opinions, but that doesn’t mean they are not there.
And internationally there are totally different attitudes in different countries - which is why Hollywood is so far behind, they need to sell their product internationally.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 9, 2020 13:37:29 GMT
Interview with The Sun on Sunday today - hmmmm.
Does make me wonder if a deal was struck.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 8, 2020 10:20:11 GMT
Went last night.
Rafe does an amazing job. Really interesting approach to mixing the political and the personal - there were a couple of things that just felt a little too on-the-nose for me, but on the whole it was poignant and thought-provoking.
There were a few empty seats scattered around so if it’s showing sold out I would suggest checking for returns.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 8, 2020 0:29:19 GMT
Ah yes, speaking of Ant & Dec... Allegedly The Sun had a story they were going to run on PS this coming Sunday. The funny thing is I am way more interested in the shady journalism of The Sun than I am in PS’s private life. If there was a story I’d love to know what it was - what the spin was going to be - and how they obtained it. There’s been some notably dodgy stories turning up since the guy who got done for phone hacking was released from prison - makes me wonder if they are up to their old NOTW tricks.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 7, 2020 13:50:02 GMT
My guess is that something was going to be in this Sunday's newspapers. If so, that stinks. As for Mr Schofield himself, simply all the best to him. And I don't think there is anything wrong in the tone of this thread either. Factual title, supportive replies. Be assured though that anything homophobic posted on here will of course be dealt with by your friendly neighbourhood mod team... so think on... Yes, it does seem likelier that he has been pushed rather than him choosing to make the leap. Which is sad.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 7, 2020 11:43:35 GMT
Twitter is full of people saying 'no sh*t Sherlock' but I was genuinely surprised - is this one of those things that everyone knew but me, or are people on Twitter just being A**holes?
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Post by kathryn on Feb 5, 2020 20:08:58 GMT
Rebel Wilson proves once again that she isn’t funny. I laughed.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 3, 2020 9:51:05 GMT
There's also plenty of evidence that he abused Amber. The fact she slapped him one time, while not acceptable, doesn't make him the innocent party. Not when there are so many photos and videos of her from the course of their marriage looking like someone beat the s**t out of her. Depp's behaviour during and after the divorce is also classic emotional abuser. Men don't just 'start' behaving like that, they do it their whole lives. He had never had a history of being anything other than a nice guy and had certainly never had any problem with wives or girlfriends before. That really, really isn't true. He's had a reputation for being violent and unstable for decades, even in the 80s was getting into trouble for setting things on fire on set, has been arrested for assault multiple times, gloated after one assault on a photographer that it was worth going to jail to "enjoy the look of fear on the little maggot's eyes", has spoken in numerous interviews about how he has serious substance abuse issues dating to adolescence, has talked openly about how he suffers from serious rage issues, how he has "hillbilly rage attacks" where he sees red and will physically attack and even bite people, there was the court case with the disabled university professor (the one where she wound handcuffed, stripped, and dragged along the floor because Depp objected to her being allowed inside a VIP area), and there have been persistent and strong rumours surrounding him and domestic violence for at least thirty years. Remember Winona Ryder's infamous 1990s-era interview strongly hinting that he abused her (about which she's since done a 180)? Or the infamous hotel room-trashing fights he and Kate Moss used to have? I haven't heard about the university professor court case before! I'd forgotten about the Kate Moss thing.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 31, 2020 14:45:35 GMT
I just got Amazon Prime to watch Picard, and watched the Andy Murray doc last night too.
Anyone got any suggestion for good films to watch on Prime? I've seen Booksmart. I don't need more TV in my like (too much TV, not enough time) but I want to make sure I use it between episodes of Picard, since they're dropping one a week.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 30, 2020 12:26:47 GMT
Restricted view back of stalls for £25 on TodayTix - worth it? Some £15 restricted views available mid-week too, though I’d guess Rush would be better for the same price.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 28, 2020 13:35:33 GMT
I also entered the lotto today and managed to get a ticket. Didn’t get straight through - had to wait about 5 minutes to be filtered in, so obviously had far less choice. Got Y8 in the stalls for the Sunday matinee though.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 25, 2020 19:26:22 GMT
We enjoyed it a lot. Did feel that one of the pre-room scenes could have been cut - not sure we needed all of them - but to be honest it flew by, didn’t feel like nearly 3 hours.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 24, 2020 15:48:31 GMT
Oh dear.
I had only just sworn off Chekhov as just not for me, and now you lot are making this sound like something I should see.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 24, 2020 15:09:59 GMT
I think Burgerworks is the right way for the NT to go in that location.
I've always said that Kitchen didn't work - the food was far too hipster and fiddly, quite often not well made as obviously too complicated for the facilities and staff there, and far too expensive. It wasn't attractive to passing traffic and wasn't welcoming to the new diverse audience the NT wants to attract. The menu was thoroughly Guardianista middle-class.
I always said they should focus on doing simple, reasonably priced, accessible food, and doing it well. Let the kids who are seeing a play for the first time have a burger and chips or pizza there, to make seeing a play feel as normal as going to the cinema. Don't bamboozle them with fancy hipster food that is expensive and badly cooked.
The pizza truck they have outside in the summer does a roaring trade with passersby - Kitchen should be luring those people in to the building.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 22, 2020 15:51:28 GMT
I think the last genuine British success must be Matilda? Though Six might eventually qualify.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 21, 2020 21:30:29 GMT
I think perhaps it’s at a weird enough day and time that people forget to enter it! I know I have - been meaning to enter since I heard about it over Christmas, but keep forgetting!
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Post by kathryn on Jan 15, 2020 14:34:53 GMT
And the BBC don't want the Royal wedding this year, though that may be down to Andrew being toxic They didn't show the other Chuckle Sister's one either. There's not the interest in Andrew and Fergie's kids that there is in Charles and Diana's. Part of that is due to their non-public roles - it was always known that they weren't going to be 'Senior Royals' - but a large part of it is down to the tragedy industry around Diana's death. If she was still alive, and everyone had gotten used to her being the ex-wife of Charlie-boy and mother of the future King who does some charity work and provides occasional embarrassing gossip - like Fergie does - then the situation would undoubtedly be different. She would probably have re-married - maybe even more than once, who knows? - by now. She'd be coming up to 59 this year. People forget that the press were already turning sour on her again at the time of her death - in fact the news of her death broke after the papers had gone to press, so people woke up to it with papers featuring pap pictures and nasty opinion pieces about her. She certainly wouldn't be considered the almost-Saintly figure that she became in the aftermath of her death. And I doubt the fascination with Harry and William would be quite so intense - or experienced as so intrusive and distressing by Harry.
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