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Some shows are difficult to review because the performance in the room is not quite the performance that was intended. Unfortunately, audience disruption significantly affected the opening of TITCLOWN: daddy’s little girl, breaking the...
For the last two decades, contemporary theatre has become increasingly fascinated by intimacy. Companies such as Complicité helped pioneer forms that blurred the boundaries between audience and performer, while works like The Encounter...
OTD in 1867, Train Caldwell McClure (1843-1934) married Gulia Swain (1847-1920). Train was my husband's great-grand uncle.Train was 23 at the time of his marriage, 159 years ago today. He was a veteran of the US Civil War, having fought...
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" by Bob Dylan Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What's your favorite song about letting go? - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright by Bob Dylan It's the archetypal...
When I was immersed in the Irish language for a week in Donegal last month, I made plenty of mistakes. But there’s one mistake that I’m actually quite pleased I made. The emphasis at Oideas Gael is on conversational Irish, so our teacher...
Well, that was not too bad. The songs were decent. But, yeah, it’s a kids movie. With bright kitschy images.
I really liked those Backrooms and the atmosphere and eeriness of it all; and the found footage, too. That is the first two thirds. Then the movie shifts and it’s like a new storyline in a TV series; where you’d also need another episode...
Success can be a tricky thing for comedy companies.Once you’ve discovered a formula that works, the challenge becomes deciding whether to reinvent it or simply keep refining it. Police Cops have spent years perfecting a distinctive blend...
I’ve just watched the most delightful C64 demo, Rodents in the Attic. Actually, I first watched the video on how this seemingly impossible demo was made, then I watched the demo. The thing about Rodents in the Attic isn’t just the...
Ted Chiang I read this short story in a day. It describes the interactions with an alien species' brief stopover on Earth and the efforts of linguists and scientists to communicate with them. In particular it covers one linguist, going...
What caught my eye this week. Weekend Reading – featuring the week’s best money and investing articles from around the web – can be read by any logged-in Monevator member. Alternatively please subscribe to our free email newsletter to...
When the missus is out of the house for a few days, I sometimes get the good ol' Wii out of storage and hook it up to the TV in the living room. My wife dislikes the mess it creates, and actually, so do I. But every once in a while I...
My writing elsewhere ▷ I’ve been thinking a lot about what happens to software engineers when agents write all of the code. I think that they become actual engineers. I think what we’ve been all along is software fabricators and...
Happy weekend! With my birthday coming up on Thursday 20th, this is my last push to tidy up my TBR a bit ready for birthday books… Wish me luck. Books acquired this week I’m still trying to whittle things down so I can get books for my...