Last night was a shining beacon in what has been a pretty rubbish few weeks in many ways. If Jamie Parker & Friends just wanted to do gigs every week I'm pretty certain I'd be there for all of them <3 in fact we overheard Jamie's wife Deb saying she wanted a living room big enough to just be able to have people over and have gigs at home which ( Read more... )

And so my complete set of the original History Boys is finished! Ever since Mum & Dad went to see the play without me I've been (more than) mildly miffed and this seemed like a good quest to make up for that. It took me ten years but then it wasn't exactly a consistent effort and it's been a lot of fun along the way ( Read more... )

I was watching one of the My Shakespeare episodes last night, Joely Richardson on Twelfth Night & As You Like It, and as usual I became obessed with the "Globe rehersal" (LIES) sections of the programme because they're always fascinating and I always want to see them. They use Globe regulars mostly so they tend to be actors I know and last night ( Read more... )

Ashamed as I am that this review is going to be so unspecific (people who went with me please correct me/add your memories in the comments!) I'd better write it before I forget any more *headdesks*

( Jamie Parker & Friends @ The Pheasantry )

*stares out of window at rain ( Read more... )

So sad to hear Richard Griffiths has diedHe's one of those actors who has created some absolutely unforgettable characters. Twitter seems split between those quoting Uncle Monty, Hector and Uncle Vernon. I was lucky enough to see him on stage in both Equus and the Habit of Art and knowing we never get to see him in a new role is just... well ( Read more... )

Today is draaaaaaagging. Mostly because I'm doing ltos of ridiculous admin stuff on our database (ie. checking up on my volunteers and fixing their mistakes) and everytime I have to search it takes HOURS (or, y'know, a couple of minutes ( Read more... )

I love twitter- Mum wondered out loud what the t-shirt of one of the Mastermind contestants said so I asked the question and 10 minutes later the guy himself answered!

Also @RattyBurvil & @KarenGillan2 are every bit as wonderful as you'd expect Amy & Rory Pond to be... Arthur Darvill's been one of the better people on twitter for a while but the ( Read more... )

Oh LJ, I really need to write a review of my first piece of theatre in 2012 which means I really REALLY need to post about 2011 and ALL THE PLAYS *g* Which is hard because it really kind of was a ridiculous amount of theatre ( Read more... )

What happens when I'm bored and distractable at work? I start making lists and counting things and realising, for example, that my attempt to collect all The History Boys cast (well see all of them on stage rather than COLLECT them exactly) has probably reached the point it's going to get stuck ( Read more... )