On the rare occasions when I remember to do a "something to look at on a Friday" post lately, they tend to be quite Harry Judd-centric. But it's not my fault if he keeps stripping to his pants for Attitude, is it? He's done it again, but before we get to that here's a shot of Iwan Rheon that's got me looking forward to next week's Misfits finale - ( Read more... )

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This week on my Twitter feed I seem to be continuing where I left off last week and grumbling about people on public transport ( Read more... )

This week on my Twitter feed, advance tickets go on sale at the Royal Court and National and it causes the usual bunfight, Russell Tovey leaves Being Human and nobody's that surprised, I get overexcited when Michael Marcus guests in Misfits, and The X Factor continues to exist ( Read more... )

This week on my Twitter feed, even more X Factor gubbins than usual as ARSETAT gets kicked out, lots of Sleb Spots in Soho and unnecessary intervals make me grumpy ( Read more... )

This week on my Twitter feed, nobody does any necrophilia jokes when a certain celebrity dies so I have to do them all, I focus on the important things when Misfits comes back, and last night's stage set very nearly causes me to tumesce ( Read more... )

It's all going very Irish on the South Bank at the moment, continuing at the Old Vic where J M Synge's... comedy? I think? The Playboy of the Western World is revived with an all-Irish company led by two former Misfits stars, Robert Sheehan and Ruth Negga. Negga's Pegeen is working alone in her father's shop/pub in a remote part of County Mayo when ( Read more... )

Just a quick couple of links for this week's post to keep you busy on a Friday: This is rather clever and a bit lovely when you've got five minutes to spare: Draw a stick man.

And this is handy if, like me, you get irate when people can't spell or punctuate properly on That There Internet There: The Alot.

I was going to finish off with a YouTube ( Read more... )

This isn't just my first trip to the Globe's 2011 season but also my first (and so far likely to be the only) Hamlet of the year. Before I start, several months ago aka_kelly and I had, for some reason, a lengthy conversation about the Globe's rather collectable programmes, which for last year's "Kings and Rogues" season had covers that gave each production ( Read more... )

Mike Leigh's plays are famously devised in rehearsal, so he's never before returned to direct a new production of an earlier piece. This revival of Ecstasy at Hampstead marks the first time he's revisited a play, and original designer Alison Chitty joins him - judging from the programme's photo of the 1979 version she's recreated that set almost ( Read more... )