I've seen two Shakespeare plays in the past week as part of my late birthday celebrations, each starring two big names in both film and theatre: I saw "The Tempest" in London starring Ralph Fiennes last Thursday, and on Monday evening saw (what I now realise was the final performance of) "The Merchant of Venice" starring Patrick Stewart in ( Read more... )

I be going to London in a couple of days! W00t! Going to stay with my twin and see "The Tempest" starring Ralph Fiennes and do other touristy stuff. :3 Fun times ahead! It's a late post-birthday celebration for the two of us and I'm very much looking forward to it. I've been a bit up-and-down with my moods recently so I figure I need a holiday. The ( Read more... )

Well... this is unheard of, I think... thus far this year theatre and film are drawing on my tally. :) I've been to the theatre three times and I've been to the cinema three times. I doubt that this has ever happened before. And it is entirely possible that, by the year out, theatre might win. Who knows?

As it stands:

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A Midsummer ( Read more... )

Saw "Harry Potter" the other day. ( Hardly spoilerish, but just in case... )

Well all the hassle and expense of finding a ticket for Shakespeare's "Richard III", starring Kevin Spacey and directed by Sam Mendes, was well worth the effort ( Read more... )

Kevin Spacey is bigging it up as Richard III... Ralph Fiennes is set to become Prospero later on this summer... Two big names in two London-based Shakespeare productions. I *was* trying to plan it out so that I could see a play in London as a birthday-present-type-thing nearer the time but... now I want to see *two* Shakespeare plays! Oh pooh ( Read more... )