воскресенье, 08 декабря 2013
03:20

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@темы: noel fielding, jamie cullum

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03:17

though this be madness, yet there is method in it




though this be madness, yet there is method in it






@темы: rory kinnear

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03:15

I could hug you for that response about Coriolanus.


Please do xD I feel all shaky and nervous when I have disagreements with anyone! I just can’t keep quiet when I feel so strongly about something. I have no willpower for not getting drawn in. I suck :P But it’s really lovely to get positive messages about it all, thank you <3





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03:10

You're wonderful :)


I’m not sure I am, I’m ranty and unable to keep quiet when a post upsets me :P But thank you! You are too! <3





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03:06

sarahvonkrolock: froofie: soyeahso: froofie: perfectlyorganizedchaos: completelycumberbatched: ...

sarahvonkrolock:



froofie:



soyeahso:



froofie:



perfectlyorganizedchaos:



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sarahvonkrolock:





Guys, if you just go into “Coriolanus” to drool over Tom then go and fuck yourself.


If you want to drool over Tom, go onto Tumblr. But not into the Theater.


It is disrespectful towards all others.


Go…









Seriously? I got into theatre because of hot boys/actors. I made a fucking 20 year CAREER out of it. I still fangirl over the men I work with and it makes me a great marketer because, while I DO love the work (Shakespeare is the master), my enthusiasm is for the people (sexy hot boys and girls) DOING THE WORK. People respond to that enthusiasm and they buy a ticket.


And you bet your ass that we love ANYTHING that will get new people to the theatre. Because the majority of those folks come back again and again. Some for the work, some for the actors. But everyone has a good time. We’re in it to bring you joy, to hold the mirror up to your internal world, to open you up to yourself and the story of humanity and yes, we rely on funds, too. It’s all equal to us.


And you know what…most of those hot male actors up on stage that you don’t want us to oogle over got into theatre because of girls.


So…nyah.



All of this.


I’m doing one of those “three questions” things with all of my actors, where they answer the same three questions and we post some of them on the theatre facebook page.


One of the questions was “what made you fall in love with theatre” and one of my actors, this delightful man in his 70s, said it was to impress a girl in high school.


But yeah, don’t ever fucking tell anyone to stay home from the theatre just because you don’t approve of the reason they bought a ticket. It’s that sort of attitude that makes people mistakenly think that theatre is elitist.


THEY BOUGHT A TICKET and if you work in arts admin for even a day you’ll understand how important that is and what a struggle it is, especially today when there is so much competing for people’s dollars and they have less discretionary income.


As long as people are observing proper theatre etiquette and not treating it like a rock concert then let them be.


That girl or boy who goes to see Coriolanus because they have a crush on Tom Hiddleston might leave with their horizons infinitely expanded.



Yep ^^^^


AAAAND….saying Don’t Go To the Theatre is like saying “Don’t watch that TV show” or “Don’t Go See That Really Dramatic Movie.” You can’t compartmentalize fandom. I don’t think there is/was one Cumberbatch fan that went into “Twelve Years A Slave” to solely spooge over Benedict. They went to be exposed to a story and to see him work. That’s what I love about Benedict. I may not be all that enthusiastic about the subject matter or themes of the work he does, but it certainly exposes me to new things/ideas/perspectives. And the fact that the majority of his fans, even Hiddleston fans, are quite young (younger than me at least) means a whole generation of smart, well-read, well-rounded (and discerningly horny) people coming into the world.


Theatre is so not elitist. Well, elitist theatre is elitist, but let’s just accept all perspectives and move on if it doesn’t fit with yours. Theatre is for the masses. Theatre USED TO BE TV. Shakespeare wrote for regular folks. Shakespeare (and, believe me, to get this concept out there is our main challenge at work) isn’t stuffy or intellectual. Shakespeare was dirty, grounded, violent, so very very emotional. His brilliance doesn’t come from his language. It comes from his INTENTION. He’s amazing because he got what life was and it wasn’t about thinking and being snooty. It’s about being emotional, being in life and love and getting messy and laughing and fucking and drinking and having a good time…all wrapped up in intricate language. And when you find a Shakespeare Company that makes that blatantly clear…you know Shakespeare was for everyone.


So, go. Buy that ticket. Oogle Tom (to yourself, let’s be polite here), enjoy whatever you can. You’ll be transformed after. I promise.



Guys… do you even recognise that you completely miss the point of my post? Obviously not… Have fun with putting a false meaning into it and just a small note: I can tell on my blog whatever the fuck I want. You say I shouldn



@темы: also if you think people are missing your point and finding false meaning then for god's sake CLARIFY YOUR POINT rather than just being rude, and i will fight against that as best i can, and in doing so reducing audiences, and making everyone think it's only for snobs, i care that elitism is a stupid fear that the uneducated masses will come and steal the superior people's precious art away, i didn't want to cut them out, I JUST CARE SO MUCH ABOUT ART FOR EVERYONE OKAY, I REALLY REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS, i will try very hard to bite my tongue now, i'm fully aware that one of my flaws is struggling to leave it when someone riles me up, one ranty post at a time :P, people trying to keep art away from those they consider undeserving, sorry everyone for putting a huge text post on your dash but i thought the in between replies were really positive and interesting,

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суббота, 07 декабря 2013
19:25

Rainbow over the Bay! :)



Rainbow over the Bay! :)





@темы: cardiff, rainbow

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12:18

bbcone: New pictures from the brand new series...





















bbcone:



New pictures from the brand new series of #Sherlock. #TheEmptyHearse airs at 9pm on New Year’s Day. #SherlockLives





@темы: sherlock

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07:31

nolikereally: theycallmethemoose: batmanisagatewaydrug: stamms...





nolikereally:



theycallmethemoose:



batmanisagatewaydrug:



stammsternenstaub:



saxifraga-x-urbium:



asterion22:



prettylittletmi:



Daniel Radcliffe Brushes Off ‘Fifty Shades’ Snub (x)



I appreciate the very real disgust on his face in the second gif.



i bet rob pattinson just rang him up and screamed don’t do it in the phone



I bet this phonecall happened at 2am with no greeting and Dan knew exactly who it was and why.



I bet Robert Pattinson has made it his mission in life to prevent people from taking shitty roles that will haunt them forever and everyone in Hollywood knows it and now he’s like the Acting Avenger



the Acting Avenger



I choked on my breakfast wine






@темы: daniel radcliffe, and the WHY THE FUCK WOULD I WANT TO DO THAT look on his face is amusing, i just really like the phrase 'approximately no people' xD, sensible man

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07:24

such-heights: babiesareyum: “A member of the Scottish National...



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babiesareyum:



“A member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition plays the bagpipe for an indifferent penguin, 1904.”



#the greatest caption in the history of the world



AN INDIFFERENT PENGUIN






@темы: indifferent penguins are my favourite kind of penguins

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06:57

After that "Coriolanus" reply, your levels of awesomness grew bigger than the universe.


Thanks, lovely :)


I think I might’ve been slightly OTT but it just hit a nerve, really. I do rant when I get going :P I just think it’s really important that anyone feels they can go to see anything if they want to. Getting people in to have that experience…it matters. How are you going to encourage new audiences if you say ‘Yes, but you can only go if you’re already interested in Shakespeare’. Maybe they’re not. But maybe they will be after they’ve been, and if it takes Tom Hiddleston to get them there to find that out, I don’t think anyone should be telling them not to.


Anyways, I’ve seen some amazing plays because I wanted to see a particular actor. I admit my first trip to the National Theatre was entirely Cumberbatch-fuelled. (I wish it hadn’t taken me so long, but I live a fair distance away and TIME and MONEY and stuff…) I fell in love with the place so much I now go and see as much as I possibly can there, regardless of who’s in it. I booked Blurred Lines the other day, I don’t even know who’s in that. Wouldn’t have happened without Benedict. So shoot me :P





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06:23

Thy absence made me droop and pine away;For, as the lovers of...









Thy absence made me droop and pine away;
For, as the lovers of fair Danae,
When she was locked up in a brazen tower,
Desired her more, and waxed outrageous,
So did it sure with me: and now thy sight
Is sweeter far than was thy parting hence
Bitter and irksome to my sobbing heart.





@темы: john heffernan, edward ii, a load of other actors who massively impressed me, a play i probably wouldn't have gone to see except for the fact that john heffernan is incredible and gorgeous, and as a result of seeing it, and i enjoy watching him, and some idea about brecht, and the use of video screens on stage, ANYWAY, apologies to anyone who actually read these tags without seeing my rant because you're probably like 'what is she on about?', here we have edward ii, i miss this play a lot, i now have a much higher appreciation of marlowe, LOTS OF THINGS, that is a lot of good to come out of wanting to see john heffernan snogging other men IS IT NOT, the genius that is joe hill-gibbins, the word ALARUMS, to illustrate the slighty ranty post i just posted, VERY MUCH

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sarahvonkrolock: Guys, if you just go into “Coriolanus” to drool over Tom then go and fuck...

sarahvonkrolock:



Guys, if you just go into “Coriolanus” to drool over Tom then go and fuck yourself.


If you want to drool over Tom, go onto Tumblr. But not into the Theater.


It is disrespectful towards all others.


Go into it for Shakespeare.


Go into it for the play.


Go into for just theater.


Go into it for ALL the actors.


But not only because of Tom.


It is disrespectful towards all of who are working in and on that production.


It



@темы: WHAT THE FUCK, always have done, always will, and comes out thinking 'hey shakespeare is quite good maybe i'll see something else he wrote', and i also remember someone telling me they'd never been to the theatre because they'd never studied shakespeare, and i don't know much about tom hiddleston, and they thought that meant they weren't allowed, and this random fan wrote a massive long list of 'how to behave in the theatre' that was the most patronising thing i've ever fucking seen, because obviously if you find a particular actor attractive you MUST be some sort of idiot, but i bet if one person goes to coriolanus because of him and him only, i reckon he'd be really happy about that, i remember when david tennant was announced to play hamlet, i'm ranting in the tags again aren't i i'm sorry, if you want to go, or having two brain cells to rub tog

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пятница, 06 декабря 2013
07:21

lightning-has-struck: EXCUSE ME I SEE SOME OF YOU ARENT VERY HAPPY RIGHT SO HERE’S A REMINDER THAT...

lightning-has-struck:



EXCUSE ME


I SEE SOME OF YOU ARENT VERY HAPPY RIGHT SO HERE’S A REMINDER THAT BUNNY NOSES DO THE THING


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DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE BUNNY NOSES THING



I WANT A BUNNY





@темы: awwwwwwwwww, BUNNIES

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07:16

heatherhighlander: musik-ist—leben: //arm yourselves with...





















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musik-ist—leben:



//arm yourselves with knowledge and feels


I hope I did Wolfie justice




Talking of Don Giovanni (which is completely awesome by the way) didn’t I read that he composed the overture on the morning of the premiere? While he was hungover? I’m sure I read that. It certainly sounds like the sort of thing he’d do.


And as for that Requiem, Christ alive. We even played it on glockenspiels once (my teacher was…unique…) in our A Level class and not even that stopped it sounding immense.


ALSO


CLARINET CONCERTO (okay, I’m biased)


THE JUPITER SYMPHONY (I mean even just the opening chords, BAM BAM BAM, like they’re saying ‘listen up people MOZART IS IN THE HOUSE’ (which probably was the intention, I guess, given the symphony’s function back then, but I digress))


DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (aka the most I have ever, ever laughed at an opera)


I have a lot of Mozart feelings. He was a wonderful, genius sassypants (though he was ‘a complete bastard to go to a dinner party with’, according to my tutor. I don’t know how he’d know. He was pretty old, but…)


Oh and I don’t know if you can get hold of the BBC’s series The Genius of Mozart from about ten years ago but if you can it’s pretty fab :)






@темы: admittedly a flawed dude, but a genius flawed dude, I LOVE HIM, one of my favourite people from the whole of history, such a dude, mozart

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06:23

The difference between Ten & Eleven.


















The difference between Ten & Eleven.






@темы: matt smith, billie piper, david tennant, freema agyeman, catherine tate, jenna coleman

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06:17

combeferret: #ok fuck #i really love torchwood #and you have...


@темы: torchwood, burn gorman, far more upset about their demise than ianto's, I LOVED OWEN AND TOSH, naoko mori, though i realise that's just me

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05:49

Three completely random choices because I need cheering up....







Three completely random choices because I need cheering up. That’s my only excuse. (Do I even need an excuse?)





@темы: john heffernan, apparently it also seems to be a summary of his theatrical lead roles in chronological order, i seem to have picked out rather a lot of bare skin, king of the theatre, magnificent ginger, no honestly it really was, PLEASE HAVE A WHATSONSTAGE NOMINATION TOMORROW, regardless it's cheering me up, that was unintentional, that was unintentional too, well go me, YOU DESERVE IT

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05:39

TMI boobs rant. My long-time followers will know this is something I need to get off my chest...

TMI boobs rant. My long-time followers will know this is something I need to get off my chest (HAHAHA) occasionally. Sorry.



I am in pain. I am in pain because I’ve been sitting around without a bra on for…ooh, four hours?…and my entire top half is complaining about having to carry the weight without assistance. ‘Well, put a bra on!’ I hear you cry! I can’t! I took it off because it fell apart while I was fucking wearing it. So now, wearing it is pain. Not wearing it is pain. The only other one I own (because they all fall apart quicker than I can afford to replace them and so I have two, to alternate for the sake of washing) is still wet on the airer.


I swear I am THIS CLOSE to going to the doctor tomorrow and begging him to get the NHS to chop the bloody things off. THIS CLOSE.



I know there are far bigger problems to have and I shouldn’t whinge but honestly I just want a day when my back doesn’t hurt. And a bra for which price (



@темы: sorry, honestly not looking for attention, i just needed to let it out or i was going to scream and my friend's asleep so i should be quiet, in fact i might bugger off now and sulk elsewhere anyway, my boobs are my least favourite thing in the entire world, ranty rant, you can all ignore this

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awildpikachuappears: itsaroosterteeththing: mishaesque: girlni...



awildpikachuappears:



itsaroosterteeththing:



mishaesque:



girlnickel:



ichbinamandaa:



I love this so much.



FIGURE SKATERS ARE MADE OF MAGIC



OH MY GOD I WAS SO NERVOUS THE WHOLE TIME THAT THEY WERE GONNA FALL HOLY SHIT I COULDN’T BREATHE



That was possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed in my life.



fav



Wowww!





@темы: figure skating

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04:09

"We must use time wisely, and forever realise that the time is always ripe to do right."

“We must use time wisely, and forever realise that the time is always ripe to do right.”

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Nelson Mandela (via a-thousand-words)


The most wonderful man. Rest in peace.





@темы: nelson mandela

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