#The Other Palace

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Everything I remember from mischief movie night last night!!

Last night (13/8/24) was 'In-Tents Love' a rom-com set in a summer camp for troubled youths featuring a Parisian anime scene. Because.. of course.

Henry Lewis Oscar!! Bro was having so much fun with this, he was just grinning at his castmates the whole time

Cast was Shields, Josh, Niall, Bryony, Susan and Ellie!

Started with someone suggesting Hull as a location which got a round of applause and Henry Lewis to say 'we never should have written that fucking line'

Whole cast were very scared by the anime suggestion

The movie started with a song which started with Niall singing 'IM TROUBLED' and everyone sung about what they'd done to end up here and that there's gonna be troubleeee for me! And troubleeee for you!

Shout out to the late comers in the front row who got pointed at and told there would be trouble for them

Niall (Bobby) hugs things so hard they die

Bryony (Mary Sue) sets stuff on fire and lives alone in a tent

Josh (Tommy) I actually don't remember

Susan (Sue?? Was referred mostly to as mystery girl) seemed to be there for no reason

And Ellie (token Penelope) stole 1000 bees

Shields (Richard) was in charge of the camp

After the song Bobby and Tommy had a conversation and it was implied that they would be the love interests until it was revealed that Bobby killed Tommy's dog by hugging it too hard, still were potential love interests until Bobby said 'how's dad?' And Oscar had to call a pause and yell 'THEYRE BROTHERS'

The other characters are getting to know each other by the river, Mary Sue sets a fire and Mystery girl (who maybe had a name by now idk) doesn't know what it is and kept touching it (fire admirably played by Niall and the blue cloth)

Its revealed that Penelope has a crush on Tommy! The others tell her she needs to go for it. She decides she's gonna give him a dead bee.

It is revealed in this scene that mystery girl is here for a reason and its actually because she has loads of underage sex

Cue Josh joined quickly by Shields and Niall chanting 'sex~' while doing a camp little dance

Cut to a directors (Josh) interview where he was asked why he decided to have 3 grown men chanting sex in the back of this scene and he said he went to an all boys boarding school and that's just what they did there. He was promptly arrested.

The girls sing a song about the birds and the bees which turned into a sing along chorus where we all had to go 'what about beeees? What about beeees? What about bees? And Birds!'

Bobby and Tommy are about to have a breakthrough and say they love eachother when Penelope goes along and interrupts the brotherly bonding by giving Tommy a dead bee on a piece of string as a ring. He is disgusted and then into it and they go on a date.

Bobby is heartbroken bc he has a crush on Penelope and Richard gives him some advice - you miss all the shots you don't take. During this they were playing basketball and Richard was very good and didn't let anyone else have a turn. When Bobby did have a turn he missed.

It turns out Richard read Bobby's diary to learn about his crush and the Parisian anime scene is him trying to find it - cue Shields doing dramatic moves and a strong French accent trying to find 'La Diary!!!' When he found it, it granted him 'POWER'

The bee was apparently 'Einstein's bee' and when asked to explain, the director said he sneezed on the keyboard and kept it in, he was then asked where the bodies were.

The next scene started with Tommy doing an odd ballet dance which Oscar promptly paused

Tommy and Penelope were on their date on a boat, during the set up for this scene Bryony whacked Ellie in the head with a walking stick (oops)

Penelope only knows how to row in circles

The two talk and Penelope is too eager, telling Tommy she loves him, he doesn't like this and jumps off the boat and swims away. Penelope gets stuck going in circles.

Cut to Bobby and Mary Sue having a nice chat, they decide to be friends and sing a song about how amazing it is to be friends! This is interrupted by Tommy who asks Mary Sue on a date and Bobby is broken hearted a second time

Neither Josh nor Susan remembered Mary Sue's name and tried several ways to get around it, interrupted by Oscar, until they ended up saying she had 'Marie energy'

Mary Sue and Tommy go on a fishing date where Mary Sue throws rocks into the river to kill the fish. Tommy says how much he likes her and She doesn't like it and runs away.

Penelope is distraught and goes to Richard for advice, she's upset that everyone is pairing off and she doesn't have anyone. There's an interlude where Richard is met by Lord Gerald who runs all of the summer camps and wanted to check up on him. It seems there may be something there until the police arrive questioning Richard's intentions - Oscar interrupts this so it doesn't descend into madness and the scene continues with Gerald repeating Richard's name several times, as up until this point he didn't have one.

When Gerald leaves, Penelope is upset because Richard was supposed to be giving her advice! He gives her the same advice as he gave Bobby and its a sweet scene until she eats the bee and spits it back out. She takes a shot with the basketball and also misses.

The girls meet up by the river again and agree that boys are bad. The mystery girl introduces the concept of lesbianism and Mary Sue has a bit of a realisation - this looks like it might turn into another song until Bobby interrupts to say Tommy is hanging off the balcony

Tommy is upset and claims the balcony is his safe space - everyone agrees this is not a very safe space actually.

They try to calm him down and Bobby eventually tells Tommy he loves him, they get Tommy down and they have a hug, which doesn't kill anything this time.

Its revealed that Richard has actually been reading everyone's diaries and was trying to get them all to have sex the whole time. He learns about the concept of familial love and decides to turn himself in

The kids decide they aren't gonna go back to their horrible home lives and that they're just gonna stay at camp actually, they learn they can choose their own family and its very sweet

It ends with a song about the birds and the bees again, which goes 'the birds and the bees, the bees and the bees! What ever you please at summer camp!'

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Happy first show to Mischief Movie Night at The Other Palace!

Henry Lewis: First Mischief Movie Night @theotherpalace done!! A sci-fi road trip movie about Suzy and Eileen’s journey to Moon College. I played a father who was always late because he over-showers and a sexually excitable notice board.

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step into my candy store

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The first night for the lightning thief musical at the other palace fucking changed??? It was the 23rd of November, now it’s the 22nd, I got two tickets on the first date so I could see it first and now magically there’s the first show on the 22nd, that is not fair what the hell

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had a brainwave- Percy Jackson musical in the other palace??

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JULIE THE MUSICAL

28.07.2023 @ The Other Palace (studio), London (120 Capacity)

Written August 2023

Julie The Musical was amazing, especially as we bought the tickets only a few days before as a fun experience to end a week in London. We had no expectations whatsoever, and we were pleasantly surprised at how much we enjoyed the show.

The brand new original musical written by Abey Bradbury focuses on the life of historical LGBTQ+ icon Julie D'Aubigny, whose extraordinary life adventures come alive via live music, comedy & even a sword-fighting tap number. Julie is a musical celebrating her chaotic & crazy life, unapologetic queerness & shows that you can carve a place for yourself in a world not built for you. You never have to give up. 

The oddly comforting musical concentrates on Julie’s found family (a personal favourite trope of mine) that she gains along her journey to become the most famed opera singer in the world at Paris Opera House and her romantic escapades as she does so. Similarly to SIX: The Musical, it was a small production with just the 5 actors on stage. The 5-piece was made up of super talented multi-instrumentalists, rotating between singing, playing, or both, depending on the number. Sam Kearney (they/them) did such a phenomenal job portraying the titular character with perfect comedic timing, superb chemistry with every other actor & a showstopping voice I couldn't get over. The way each actor (other than Sam) takes on multiple roles without it becoming too confusing is truly amazing and really shows how versatile & modern this whole play is, everyone involved is amazingly talented and promises great things for the future of theatre. Something I didn’t realise till after the show was that one of the actor’s was not there and instead, Abey Bradbury (the show’s creator/writer) had stepped up to cover the role of ‘Thevenard & others’ (I think…). 

After the show we managed to talk to one of the actors, Sophie, as she packed up. She was just as enthusiastic as we were about the show & was surprised at the fact we wanted to know even more about it and what goes on behind the scenes. She then pointed us in the direction of the show’s producer, Conor who was able to talk to me in even more depth about the live setup of the show and The Other Palace in general.

This new & flamboyant musical truly deserves all the awards and traction it gains - it's so phenomenal. It really shone a light onto queerness in the 1700s, and fuelled the fire against reducing LGBTQ+ history in society, especially as sapphic representation is at a significantly lower level in mainstream media. The actors, crew & creator did such a good job putting on a great show & creating such a good, fun, safe & inclusive show. I can't recommend it enough and will definitely be seeing it again.

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I JUST WATCHED THE UK FALSETTOS BOOTLEG. I WILL NEVER RECOVER IT'S 3AM AND I'M FUCKING SOBBING LIKE A BABY LORD HELP ME

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Heathers West End Thoughts

I saw heathers last night on the west end. This was my second time seeing heathers I saw it on tour and then I saw it there. I wanted to experience it on the other palace stage as I heard it s a great experience. It was a great experience. We were in row C and we had an amazing view you could see everything and the cast was right in front of you, even though I think most/ any seat in the other palace would give you a good view as it’s quite a small theatre.

The singing was great. It was different from the on tour cast but it was still good in its own way. Everyone that performs a song is going to sing it slightly differently and there were a couple bits it was like “wow note change” but it didn’t sound bad just different.

I app soluté l’y love thé story and would go again and again. I hope it comes back decently quick after it stops next month.

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Interview: Rachel Seirian - Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World

Interview: Rachel Seirian - Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World

The empowering smash hit pop musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is coming to London this Summer!  Based on the popular book by Suffragette relative Kate Pankhurst, this inspiring, joyous show has won over audiences across the UK with its catchy pop soundtrack, inspiring heroines and TikTok favourite choreography. Ahead of their London opening we’ve spoken with Rachel…

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Happy Pride Y'all!

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clearly my idea of these two just revolves around longing and diplomacy

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obsessed w these boneheads as of late :]

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Someone needs to do an analysis on the way the Kung Fu Panda movies use old-fashioned vs. modern language ("Panda we meet at last"/"Hey how's it going") and old-fashioned vs. modern settings (forbidden-city-esque palaces/modern-ish Chinese restaurant) to indicate class differences in their characters, and how those class differences create underlying tensions and misunderstandings.