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local theatre feels especially important #rn given #everything because people gathering together to learn and feel seems almost radical. these specific performances were simply transcendent. cast them in everything
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performed on stage tonight for the first time in 14 months with the coziest and kindest little theatre company and my dearest of friends in the audience. one night only (really 12 hours including tech + dress rehearsal) and yet the evening will probably sustain me through the rest of these winter days. London!! I love you sometimes.
Feb 22, 2024
My whole life has been spent in and around theaters. They are my church. These days it seems like we take performers a bit for granted. But for every stream online there is a person who had the guts to get up onstage and perform in some theater somewhere. My two favorite places in Los Angeles for live performances are Largo at the Coronet and The Elysian Theater. Go to either place any night and you will very likely find something wonderful and surprising. Don’t you want that?
Feb 3, 2025
I just saw Otherland (w. Chris Bush, dir. Ann Yee) at the Almeida Theatre and I was a WRECK afterwards. Such a powerful portrayal of the struggles of the two lead women — one navigating coming out as trans to her wife, her family, and the world, and the other with divorcing her, having her own identity crisis, and struggling with having children — and so many bold decisions made in the storytelling and staging (particularly in the second act)!
I really don't want to spoil anything so all I'll say is that the set, despite being largely a plain stage, has a specific piece that will probably be one of the most memorable bits of theatre I've ever seen.
If you're in London do see if you can get tickets before it ends in March, although beware as it is quite heavy at times. I managed to get a very cheap under 25 ticket but I believe these are all sold out. You could try queueing for the Free performance night which I believe opens soon!
Feb 15, 2025
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Feb 8, 2025
for some reason there’s an embarrassment around starting from scratch + opening oneself up to learning the basics esp if you feel “behind”. trying to release from that in playwriting and the result has been great. taste and gut are still paramount but growing the toolbox is so fruitful
Feb 7, 2025
you cross the river and take a funicular up a hill and stumble upon 2 massive roman amphitheaters.. then jutting out the side of a hill is this bond-like brutalist semi-subterranean fortress housing the most thoughtful roman museum on an authentic, underrated roman city…worth your time…a magical experience
Feb 7, 2025