#Theatre Illuminata

[rolaplayor101]

Multiamory March day 19: Art @polyamships

Bertie performing on stage, and Ariel and Nate are so entranced that they don't even mind that theyre sitting next to each other <3 characters from the Theatre Illuminata series

My shop!! My Commissions are always open!  Pls don't ignore my DNI! Reblogs are appreciated! Very much so!

[daughter-of-ophelia]

So I apparently got polls sometime early this morning!

I'm throwing it back to 2009, and my favorite book when I was 12 - Lisa Mantchev's Eyes Like Stars!

Those of you that have read it, who did you most want Bertie to end up with?

[rolaplayor101]

I didn't do sederotu but I'll be taking this anyways 💅

A massive congratulations to anyone who finished fanworks for every single day of this month! 🎊 Have a badge to show off your impressive achievement.

[ladyaislinn]

März 2023:

> Illuminata video I video II video III ("Theater") Interview Cannes

"25 Jahre Illuminata": oben: Rufus Sewell mit Christopher Walken beim 51. Cannes Film Festival, May 1998 (Rufus' favorite Walken movie is Catch me if you can, if I remember correctly). An extreme case in Illuminata is Christopher Walken as despised, feared critic. He is a fop, has hair like a bad version of an Oscar Wilde cut, and pursues a younger actor. Everything he does or says is funny. Example: "They say I like nothing. It's not true. I like chocolate and Caravaggio. " Walken's ever-odd appearance, with his ambiguous, hairless face, reaches a peak here.

British actor Rufus Sewell, who plays Dominique, the theatre troupe's self-absorbed leading man, credits the film's overall tone of authenticity for attracting him to ILLUMINATA. "It's about real people, real beliefs and passion; it's not just a satire," he says. "As a theater person I recognize these people. They're not stereotypes-I've brushed up against each character in my work. The average theatre company is just like this." (production notes from my former CW website)

[codazura]

"‘It is a truth universally acknowledged,’ Mustardseed said, flying in lazy loops like an intoxicated bumblebee, ‘that a fairy in possession of a good appetite must be in want of pie.’” - Perchance to Dream, Lisa Mantchev

[earlgreyandanime]

Attention Book Lovers and Theater Kids!

I beg you to go read the Theatre Illuminata trilogy by Lisa Mantchev. This has been my favorite trilogy for years now and I never see anyone ever talking about it.

[roseunspindle]

Favorite Books of 2020

These Aren’t in Any Order

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7005421-eyes-like-stars

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43575115-the-starless-sea

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33605577-the-call

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208803.Mansfield_Park

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51125405-gods-of-jade-and-shadow

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1692427.The_Dark_Moon

this one may have been my favorite

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22320446-the-goblin-emperor

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40745199-fleet-of-knives

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28876.His_Majesty_s_Dragon

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51610973-hunted

i read a lot of darcy coates this year, but this one really was good.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36546128-the-haunting-of-tram-car-015

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39724529-a-winter-s-promise

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11754293-the-legend-of-eli-monpress

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39332065-legion

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10105459-a-bride-s-story-vol-1 

(1-12 are all great)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52381770-network-effect

(volumes 1-29 are good, blatant sexism/non-con elements make it not great) 

vols. 1-40something are fun!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2880.Bleach_Volume_01

Vols 1-26 are great, the only problem I have with this series is Bakugou and a lesser extent Mineta. ^_^’

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25074597-my-hero-academia-vol-1

[daily-fandom-quotes]

“I was never any good at geometry, but you’re stuck in a triangle, aren’t you?”

“Shut up.”

“But what if there were four of them?”

“That’s a love rectangle, and five people would be a love pentagon.”

“And what are six people in love?”

“Manslaughter, I suppose.”

— So Silver Bright, Lisa Mantchev

[winterroseposts]

Theatre Illuminata #1

The Theatre Illuminata is where the characters of every play ever written come to life. The Players are bound to the theater by the magic of the Book.

Beatrice Shakespeare Smith has lived in the theater as long as she remembers. When the Theater Manager tries to send her away. Bertie offers to perform an invaluable service to the theatre in order to stay.

SPOILERS

This is a clever idea with very poor execution. Having every character from every play ever written be real is a unique concept. Unfortunately several things are never explained.

If the players are sentient people why are they essentially being held prisoner in the theater? If the players can have children why is Bertie the only child in the theater? How did Bertie simply forget six years worth of memories? If Players must be confined to the theater why is Bertie now walking off with five of them?

The fairies are good comic relief. The rest of the characters are not likable in the least. Bertie is selfish and immature. It's not hard to see why the Stage Manager wants her gone when she spends her time playing pranks and destroying the stage.

The love interests - Ariel is creepy and Nate is controlling. Also they are both pretty much immortal and have known Bertie since she was six which is disturbing.

2.5 Stars

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So Silver Bright #OutOfContext

[renza15]

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[rolaplayor101]

Multiamory March day 26 + 13: Sharing Clothes + Argument @polyamships

Bertie just..zoning out. Also Bertie's shirt on Ariel...I want it..Trina Supremacy

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[daughter-of-ophelia]

I wasn't kidding when I said I've loved this book since I was 12.

This is the arc a friend gave me for Christmas that year, and it's certainly seen better days.

[asterdeer]

renza15 replied to your post: .. ariel .. from .. theatre illuminata ..

[aseriesofunfortuanteships]

Just finished...

The Théâtre Illuminata trilogy by Lisa Mantchev Recommended if you like: magic, female leads, ya, adventure, mystery, love triangles, shakespeare

[codazura]

“The fairies flew suspended on wires despite their tendency to get tangled together.” - Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev