#hmt music

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[fob4ever]

fob going on tour with green day was like. baby semi-closested queer platonic polycule being taken under the wing by a elder more established fully out queer gay throuple who isnt afraid to suck and fuck infront of complete strangers. tortured gay people vs gay people who torture each other

[kirstythroughthelookingglass]

Let's talk about Miss Charlie Bucket

I feel like this post is opening a whole can of controversial worms, and that makes me uncomfortable. I know it shouldn’t though, in a land of free speech and open minds. I even know that I myself am often pushing and advocating for people’s dreams to not be limited by the societal boundaries of gender. Let me not fall into a rabbit hole of awkward shuffling and excuse mumbling. Earlier this…

[simbistardis]

Ahsshshdlhh I'm a day late but HAPPY WINDRUSH DAY! In 1948, West Indian immigrants came to the UK on HMT Windrush to help rebuild the UK after WWII. From then, immigrants from many West Indian countries like Jamaica, Barbados, St Lucia, Trinidad etc. came to the UK, but also immigrants from African and South Asian countries too.

Anti-immigrant rhetoric from the British government increased throughout the 1950s-1970s, including increased policing in Wet Indian communities by the Met Police. In 2018 there was the Windrush Scandal, where the British government detained and deported the same Windrush members they invited decades back. The individuals, their families and the community have never been compensated for this. We're still waiting for justice.

The modern UK culture you see now, from the music, the dialects and slang, the food... is heavily influenced by the Windrush. Multicultural London English and Black British Vernacular are blends of Pidgin, Patois, Creole and Arabic. The many shops, stalls and restaurants across London and throughout the country were set up by the immigrants that first arrived and are the reason you can get items from across the globe just around the corner. The UK's ska and rock and roll age was birthed from reggae and rude boys. Learn about the Windrush. Celebrate them. And fight for them!

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Juan Pérez de Gijón (ca. 1460–ca. 1500)

Al dolor de mi cuydado

Al dolor de mi cuydado / siempre le cresce tristura; / mas no por eso mudado, / por mal que diga ventura. // Ell esperanza perdida / y el pensamiento dudoso / con un venir congojoso/ me da muerte conocida. // Esfuerza con la cordura, / que mueres desesperado, / mas no por eso mudado, / por mal que diga ventura. //

Juan de Urrede (fl. 1451-ca. 1482)

Nunca fue pena mayor

Nunca fué pena mayor / nin tormento tan extraño / que yguale con el dolor / que rescibo del engaño. // Y este conocimiento / face mis días tan tristes / en pensar el pensamiento / que por amores me distes / y me face por mejor / la muerte con menor daño / que el tormento y el dolor / que rescibo del engaño. /

CORNAGO: – Missa de la Mapa Mundi. Soloists and mebers of His Majestie’s Clerkes, Paul Hillier. – Secular music of 15th-century Spain. The Newberry Consort, Mary Springfels, dir. ( 1999, Harmonia Mundi – HMT 7907083 HM 76)

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CW: mention of drug addiction, bullying, exploitation of minors/young people (all in the past)

Go Cairo (고카이로) was born in Gwangju, South Korea, as the first of three sons to a school teacher and a plastic surgeon. Cairo took an interest in rap music from an early age thanks to his father being a fan of the genre, however he had never considered the possibility of performing for a living until he was approached outside his middle school and handed a business card for HMT Entertainment.

After miraculously passing his audition despite a glaring lack of skill or training, Cairo trained part time with the company whilst still attending school for three months before he was selected to debut in STATIK, making up one half of the duo alongside fellow trainee and classmate Park Ohyeon. The two were only fourteen years old when they made their debut in 2012, with the song ‘Bounce.’ Although the duo were severely undertrained and garnered much criticism for their live performance, the song was catchy and performed moderately well, but their next effort would fail to match it’s minor success, and the duo were unofficially disbanded and returned to training in 2013.

Cairo would remain with HMT for three more years, during which he also returned to public school per request of his mother. In 2016, Cairo re-debuted as the lead rapper of VoX, a seven member boy group. Although the group failed to ever impact the charts and were often only discussed when they were being mocked, Cairo managed to somewhat stand out within the group for his low voice and position as the only rapper. This wouldn’t always benefit him, as the lyrics given to him were often corny and nonsensical, but it at least made him slightly more memorable than the other members.

After declaring bankruptcy in 2018, HMT Entertainment were bought out by Pantheon Entertainment, a massive force in the industry. This brought hope to the group’s fans, however following a shift in management and the departure of VoX member Lee Bohyung, the rest of the group were dropped from the label sans Cairo, who would be subsumed into Pantheon‘s training programme.

In 2019, Cairo made his breakthrough appearance as the sole representative of Pantheon Entertainment on the survival show nextUP. Cairo made a huge impression on audiences from the very first episode, after being awarded an A-rank after facing initial dismissal from the other contestants. After continuing to impress with his singing and dancing skills, Cairo ended the show in first place and debuted in the project group NBT. As a member of the group, Cairo finally cracked mainstream success, garnering popularity for his masculine image and becoming known for his rapping.

NBT promoted for the agreed period of three years, disbanding in late 2022. During this time, Cairo made a solid name for himself, appearing on variety shows, taking on CF deals, working as an Inkigayo MC, and collaborating with other rappers. During NBT’s final year preparations began for his career going forward, in tandem with the formation of the label’s first boy group in 10 years. Cairo was selected as the first member and leader of Polaris, debuting for the fourth time in late 2023, after a months-long predebut period with the group.

NAME : Go Cairo. BIRTHDAY : April 1st, 1998. ZODIAC : Aries. NATIONALITY : South Korean. HOMETOWN : Gwangju, South Korea. POSITION : Leader, Lead Rapper, Vocalist. FC : Jeon Jungkook.

Park Ohyeon (박오연) was born in Gwangju, South Korea, in the summer of 1998. Raised by a neglectful, drug-addicted mother, Ohyeon grew up without much to his name and he was the subject of bullying during elementary school due to his home-life often leading to him having to come to school unwashed and in too-small uniforms. In middle school, Ohyeon was scouted by HMT Entertainment outside of his school at thirteen years old, after the talent scout saw him walking home while lugging a guitar case on his back that was towering above his head.

Ohyeon debuted alongside Go Cairo in STATIK in 2012, and was especially noted for his poor dancing ability. Clips of Ohyeon messing up STATIK’s near-beginner level choreography would frequently go viral, and Ohyeon became a laughingstock among online communities. To some, despite only being fourteen years old, it was an insult to the hard work of other idols for Ohyeon to have debuted at all, leading to an influx of hate that was completely ignored by the label, including, most famously, a petition for him to ‘never sing again’ boasting a higher number of signatures than 'Bounce' had sales.

Following the unofficial disbandment of STATIK in 2013, Ohyeon trained with HMT for one month before it was announced that he had left the label to focus on his studies. Ohyeon was not seen again publicly after this for three years. He continued to communicate with fans in small ways online for a while, although after a few unconfirmed accounts cropped up online stating that he and Cairo were being bullied by their classmates for their failed idol career, Ohyeon erased all of his social media accounts and completely removed himself from the public eye.

In 2018, Ohyeon suddenly re-emerged when he was announced as a member of HMT’s upcoming boy group VoX. Although the circumstances of his abrupt re-signing were never made public, the widely-accepted rumour is that he replaced former HMT trainee Ahn Kyung last minute, as he had left the label only months before the debut announcement. Ohyeon was the sub-vocalist of the group, and was not well-received when it became clear his dancing still hadn’t reached industry standard. In thanks to VoX’s smaller audience and his lack of lines, however, Ohyeon avoided reaching such levels of polarity again by grace of irrelevance.

Ohyeon did not remain with Cairo at HMT upon VoX’s disbandment. In response to a sarcastic comment asking if he thought ‘third time will be the charm,’ Ohyeon spoke his final public words; ‘we’ll never find out.’ Throughout the following years, Ohyeon was confirmed by fans to be studying at a university in Gwangju and working at a nightclub, but no further information was uncovered, and eventually his intent to be left alone was understood.

Throughout 2022, several photographs were taken by fans of Cairo, showing a masked young man believed to Ohyeon entering Pantheon Entertainment’s HQ, leading to rumours of a STATIK reunion following NBT’s disbandment. It was confirmed in early 2023 that Ohyeon had signed to Pantheon Entertainment and would immediately start work on an upcoming project. This was later revealed to be his debut as the lead vocalist of Polaris. In an early live during the group’s pre-debut era, Ohyeon confirmed that he was cast for the group by the recommendation of Cairo.

NAME : Park Ohyeon. BIRTHDAY : June 18th, 1998. ZODIAC : Gemini. NATIONALITY : South Korean. HOMETOWN : Gwangju, South Korea. POSITION : Main Vocalist. FC : Ji Changmin.

Jeon Daehyun (전대현) was born in Seoul, South Korea. His paternal grandfather is a famous director who garnered worldwide attention in the 80s, while his mother is a professional golfer. Daehyun's father owns a large amount of property in Seoul, including residential and commercial buildings. Thanks to this, Daehyun received an extremely privileged upbringing. Daehyun took interest in performing after being chosen as the lead in an elementary school play. His parents spent hundreds of thousands on private lessons in singing, acting and dancing for him since before he was ten years old, and he took part in theatre programmes both within school and as extracurriculars . At his private school, it became a running joke that students dreaded school festivals or any events involving singing or dancing, as they would inevitably become a captive Daehyun concert.

Daehyun studied theatre and film at SOPA. Following his graduation in 2016, Daehyun was accepted into the department of vocal music at SNU. During his studies, Daehyun also made his official debut as a musical actor the same year, in a production of Spring Awakening.

Daehyun has appeared in a handful of productions since his debut, always featuring in either a lead or prominent supporting role. This has drawn much controversy within the theatre community, as he is widely considered not to have paid his dues. This also raised further question into the validity of Daehyun's academic accolades, as he possesses a decent level of technical skill but does not stand out as a particularly gifted performer amongst his industry peers, many of whom have received far less prestigious training and schooling. It has been noted that while active as a musical actor, Daehyun's fanbase very rarely had crossover with other theatre stars. His good looks made him generally popular, but he was largely unpopular with those with a real interest in the medium, who saw news of his casting as a role gone to waste. Regardless of rumours of nepotism, Daehyun's enrollment in SNU was never officially challenged and he graduated in 2020, after some deferrals. While his degree focuses on Opera, Daehyun has never publically displayed this skill.

Following his social media, Daehyun's official and personal accounts were scrubbed and he seemingly retired from acting. Unbeknownst to the public at the time, he had signed as a trainee to Pantheon Entertainment. From his early days at the company, Daehyun built a strong reputation amongst the other trainees, who found him to be an intimidating competitor, and became something of a ringleader amongst the male trainees. Daehyun's attitude towards an individual could cause palpable effects on their social standing within the programme.

After three years in the top class of trainees, Daehyun was one of two trainees selected for the lineup of Polaris. Having kicked off the pre-debut project, any complaints from Daehyun's previous naysayers were largely drowned out by excitement towards Pantheon's newest group. He is the group's lead vocal - a secondary role which some have detected a hint of bitterness towards.

NAME : Jeon Daehyun. BIRTHDAY : October 2nd, 1998. ZODIAC : Libra. NATIONALITY : South Korean. HOMETOWN : Seoul, South Korea. POSITION : Lead Vocalist. FC : Jeong Yunho.

Pachara Nateprasertkul (พชร เนตรประเสริฐก���ล) was born in Yala, Thailand, on the twelfth of December, 2000. As his birthdate is 12/12, his mother gave him the nickname Noon (นุ่น) to match his older sister, Dawn. Noon's father is an electrician and his mother is a manager at a supermarket, and he lived a largely ordinary life. Noon had never considered performing as a career, instead harbouring the dream of becoming a pilot, which had been adapted from his childhood goal of being a bird when he grew up. However, Noon had always been an active child and took up dancing as a hobby alongside soccer and long distance running.

As a teenager, Noon joined a local dance crew, and began dancing competitively, though his motivation for this was simply to save any winnings he may earn to put towards University. As well as entering competitions, Noon's crew would often film themselves dancing in public and would busk in the street. Very little planning went into these activities, and they would frequently find themselves getting into trouble. In 2016, Noon obtained a juvenile criminal record after being charged with trespassing on private property.

Noon was scouted by Pantheon Entertainment in 2017, after his crew placed first in an international competition held in South Korea. As he had to return to Thailand quickly due to school, Noon auditioned via call, and after several more phone and video meetings with him and his parents, it was agreed that he would move to South Korea to train at Pantheon Entertainment. As a trainee, Noon was almost cut from the label several times, as he'd arrived in Korea with no idea what he was in for. Initially, Noon treated training like summer camp and neglected to take it seriously. Mixed with the hyper-competitive atmosphere of Pantheon's training programme, and the heavy language barrier between he and the other trainees, Noon's seemingly passé attitude made him unpopular among the others and gave him a reputation for not wanting to work. After making an offhand comment about never having dreamt of being an idol, and taking the opportunity to train at Pantheon because it 'seemed fun,' Noon was publicly scolded by Jeon Daehyun and became an outcast among the trainees.

After it became clearer to him just how much was expected of him, Noon began to work a lot harder and passed the monthly evaluations with growing ease each time, however the damage had already been done and he'd remain isolated from his peers even as his understanding of Korean developed. While his fellow trainees were unimpressed by him, however, Pantheon's casting team had been noticing his steady improvement, and Noon was one of two to be selected from Pantheon's pool of trainees to debut in Polaris. He debuted as the group's main dancer, and is the only member to have had no prior professional experience in the entertainment industry.

NAME : Noon Pachara Nateprasertkul. BIRTHDAY : December 12th, 2000. ZODIAC : Capricorn. NATIONALITY : Thai. HOMETOWN : Yala, Thailand. POSITION : Main Dancer, Vocalist, Sub-Rapper. FC : Neo Trai Nimtawat.

Momohara Taiga (桃原泰雅) was born in Kyoto, Japan, as the only child of an iemoto; the head of a traditional arts school of ikebana, or floral arrangement. Typically an inherited role, Taiga spent much of his life learning to follow in his father’s footsteps, so much so that the majority of his childhood memories involve sitting on his heels and painstakingly taking in every little nuance of the craft. Adhering to traditional principles became the basis of his entire being, from how to clip his stems to how to hold himself, address others. His reputation within the community was just as crucial as the beauty of his arrangements.

When Taiga was fifteen years old, his grandfather fell sick, and his mother temporarily moved to Shibuya to look after him. Taiga would visit during breaks from school, and on one of these trips, was stopped outside Shibuya Station by a magazine photographer who liked his outfit. His picture was printed alongside his Instagram handle, and so Taiga took to purposefully hanging around Shibuya and trying to catch the attention of more photographers. After a few more appearances, Taiga was contacted by a modelling agency.

Although his mother was supportive of this venture, his father was firmly against it. Regardless, his mother gave him permission to sign the contract, and he began appearing in catalogues and small-fashion magazines. His mother would stay in Shibuya for another three years, and during them, Taiga would go back and forth between studying and practicing ikebana in Kyoto, and booking modelling gigs in Tokyo for every school break he was afforded. Due to his part-time nature, his growth in the field was stunted, and despite starting to land bigger jobs he was still leagues behind a lot of people in his agency who’d started around the same time as him.

After graduating high school in 2019, as his mother moved back home following the death of her father, Taiga made the decision to move to Tokyo and pursue modelling full time. Years later, in an interview with an online magazine, Taiga stated that this caused a massive fight with his father, resulting in Taiga vowing never to take over as an iemoto, and that he and his father have been estranged ever since, causing him to lose contact with his mother as well. The quote was later redacted from the article per Taiga’s request, presumably to avoid bringing negative attention to his parents or the school, which has been in Taiga’s family since 1897.

Upon arriving in Tokyo, Taiga struggled to make a living as a model, even as his agent began to pressure him into accepting jobs for sleazier publications and to take far more revealing pictures than he was comfortable with. Taiga kept himself alive through a cycle of part-time jobs that he would routinely be fired from. At one of these, Taiga was spotted by a scout for Pantheon Entertainment’s Japanese subsidiary, Atalanta, who informed him that the label’s iconic boy group Boy Trouble, who initially debuted in 1999 and were famous for their graduation system, were about to lose half of their lineup in the latest batch of graduations, and Atalanta were in the process of recruiting their new generation.

Despite initially thinking he had been cast for the group, Taiga turned up to their ‘meeting’ to find he was actually one of over 400 to attend an open audition for Boy Trouble in 2019. He was one of five boys to pass the audition, and debuted a year later. Although initially holding a dance position and not singing on the records, Taiga’s quick improvement as the group promoted and his charming interactions with the members gained him popularity, and eventually he found himself a regular centre. Throughout his tenure as a member of Boy Trouble, Taiga quickly escalated to it-boy status, appearing in dramas and receiving more solo offers for variety and photoshoots than group ones. Taiga's habitually formal mannerisms and learned grace gave him a princelike image, one which was juxtaposed by his cheeky, sometimes flirtatious personality, which built him a strong base of female fans. Thanks to his exposure, Taiga became somewhat polarising, with some taking issue with his previous modelling work, and some criticising him for seemingly ending the Momohara family’s ownership of their prestigious school. This prompted several unsavoury rumours about Taiga’s life before fame, but none ever became common enough knowledge to threaten his popularity among the general public.

In March 2023, After spending three months in South Korea for undisclosed reasons, Taiga announced his graduation from Boy Trouble on stage at their Tokyo Dome concert, to the shock of the audience and, allegedly, the majority of his groupmates. His graduation song, ‘Idol,’ became the first graduation song from Boy Trouble to reach the top 10 since 2014. With this, Taiga earned the record for the shortest run in Boy Trouble, clocking out after three years and five months. Almost immediately after the finalisation of his graduation in May, Taiga was announced as a member of Pantheon’s upcoming boy group, Polaris. He debuted as the group’s main rapper and lead dancer later that year. Pantheon have expressed an intent to continue Taiga’s Japanese activities in the near future.

NAME : Momohara Taiga. BIRTHDAY : February 28th, 2001. ZODIAC : Aquarius. NATIONALITY : Japanese. HOMETOWN : Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. POSITION : Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Maknae. FC : Terazono Keita.

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The Good Things Festival - Sydney

Dear EGT, do you mind if I share with you my disappointing FOB experience? None of my friends or family are in the fandom as I am, and I just want to tell someone who will be able to understand my grief.

I am in Australia, living near Brisbane, and when I heard that they were coming here I was ecstatic and eager to go to the Good Things Festival. I didn’t manage to get a Brisbane ticket before they were all sold out, but decided to make a weekend of it and bought a ticket to the Sydney festival, and train tickets down and back, with a couple of days accommodation in between. The train trips were 12 and 14 hours, respectively, which I personally was looking forward to, as I have two young children and the idea of two entire days in which no one could even get in touch with me via phone was BLISS.

I reached the concert venue (which was a fenced-off section of a huge and beautiful park with lots of trees) about an hour and a half before their set, enough time to decide me that none of the other bands there are anywhere near their league in performance or composition.

They came on after playing ‘We didn’t start the fire’ and ‘The Pink Seashell’ on the screen, and they were great. I was impressed with my fellow concert-goers that lots of them seemed to know the words to at least the first couple of verses of ‘We didn’t start the fire’, and most shouted out the chorus. They played ‘Love from the other side’, ‘Phoenix’, ‘Sugar’, and were most of the way through ‘Um Thurman’, when Pete stopped the music and announced that a storm was on its way, and they were being taken off stage. He hoped that they would be able to come back on.

One of the officials then told us more - the storm coming within the hour would feature thunder, lightning, heavy rain and possibly hail, and we would all have to vacate the park. Which made sense, for both the people and the equipment, but put paid to any hope of resuming the set – by the time we had all left and the storm had finished, it would be past time for the end of the festival, not to mention the logistics of getting everyone back in again. So we all left. Getting out of the park and back to my hotel was a saga in itself (all I can say is that I am glad as always that I had something to read, and that I was soaking wet when I did arrive back), but this submission is already much too long.

We got some pyrotechnics (which was brave of them given how the sky was looking) and some of the guitar chicken game between Patrick and Joe and of course their wonderful live performance, but it was so short. I can’t even get into the larger disappointment of missing all the set with the banter and the piano solo, not to mention the cover of ‘Beds are Burning’, which I would have been so excited to see, because it is still too painful. But the smaller disappointment for me, EGT, which is what I could handle focussing on, was that they didn’t get a chance to talk to us, which is partly what for me would have set the live performance apart from a group watching a recorded concert together. We didn’t get a greeting reflecting the crowd that was gathered there in that place for that time only, or any commentary on what it was like to be there, and I am so dejected about that. I know this is definitely a first-world disappointment and I had a worthwhile weekend anyway (three nights in a bed with no one waking me, HOORAY), but I am sad when I look at your website at present, and see pictures and clips from sets in Melbourne.

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I am SO SORRY and I appreciate very much getting this submission and please know that I completely understand how disappointed you are. I had one of the canceled HMT shows, which you may or may not remember, and I totally understand that your disappointment is probably much greater given how relatively rarer it is for them to go to Australia vs. being fairly near me in the U.S. but I also totally understand some level of your disappointment. :-( The worst is feeling like they don’t care, but I think they did and they were upset it went down the way it did. They obviously can’t ever make it totally right -- you had a whole weekend that you were looking forward to that didn’t really happen the way you wanted and it’s so unfair that it happened to you and not the rest of us and I’m so sorry.

I’m glad you got some silver linings out of the weekend, and don’t be too hard on yourself, the disappointment is real when you’ve been looking so forward to something and it gets taken away and you don’t have a real replacement for it, and it’s worse if you make yourself feel guilty for feeling upset because obviously other people have much bigger disappointments, but that’s not how emotions work, alas. Be kind to yourself. ::hugs::

[lost-the-plot-reviews]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK Tour) – 2023 Production (Original Production 25th Jun 2013)

Dir. James Brining           Based on the novel by Roald Dahl

Book: David Greig            Music: Marc Shaiman      Lyrics: Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman

Date watched: Mar 17, 2023  Venue: His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen

TW: Poverty, Obesity, Comic Violence and Child Abuse, Alcoholism.

Synopsis: In the shadow of a famous chocolate factory, Charlie Bucket lives in a decrepit shack with his overworked mother and four bedridden grandparents. When the mysterious Willy Wonka offers a VIP money can’t buy tour of his factory, Charlie and his family set their hopes on being one of the lucky five people who find a golden ticket in one of Wonka’s chocolate bars. By sheer luck modest Charlie joins four spoilt children and their families on a wacky tour that will change their lives for better or worse. Based on Roald Dahl novel of the same name this 2013 musical adaption takes you through the magical world of Willy Wonka through the eyes of the ever optimistic Charlie Bucket.

Rating: 3/5

Review: I want to preface this that going to the theatre is almost never a waste of time and I would highly recommend this show to anyone, particularly if you have children as this show makes a great family show with a familiar story and characters to get lost in. However I ultimately wasn’t as wowed as I expected to be. The tickets were not the cheapest I have seen Aberdeen offer and the show was running longer than the usual 5-6 days at the venue, so I was gearing up for a big spectacle. Now this show has spectacle, yes. An example would be the rubbish pile set piece adapted from the original London production that hides Mrs Pratchett’s sweet shop. The Bucket’s house with all the grandparents lying in a bed in the attic whilst Mrs Bucket makes cabbage soup below and Charlie climbs between them. The practical effects in this show are fantastic, for a touring production that at some points appears low budget, the quality of the effects and the way the actors effortlessly pull them off is admittedly a lot of fun. But this show relies a lot on screens and projections, sometimes this was successful and other times it made the stage feel empty and it took me out of the immersion. The second half which has better songs and story - Willy Wonka barely features in the first half – is unfortunately very reliant on projections to create the chocolate factory scenes. For people that know the story all the pivotal factory scenes feature one to two large set pieces that although mostly functional for the story appear cheap in comparison to the set pieces in the first half, I believe the first half pieces are either original to the first production or have been adapted from that original production. If you are familiar with the West End show that opened in 2013 – I didn’t get the chance to see it but remember the trailers and the TV doc - than you might be aware that the production values in the second half were just as high as the first with huge interactive backdrops and puppetry. The Oompa-Loompas actually made sense in that production, compared to this touring one, where they are played as robots that look suspiciously like Cybermen in a doctor who episode from 1966.

In the wake of the pandemic and a current cost of living crisis, it ultimately makes sense why this production is scaled back. Even when this show moved to Broadway it lost a fair bit of production value. Smaller set pieces that would stop the stage feeling so empty would not have gone amiss such as candy foliage in the chocolate room or more control panels in the TV or inventing rooms. I understand that as a touring production they have to accommodate for different stages – At HMT, for example, we were missing the second set piece/platform for the nut room – But smaller props and set pieces are more versatile in this way and could be moved about and swapped out when needed. I’m not sure how I would change the Oompa-Loompas because they felt like an afterthought but it was because they wanted to feature a diverse ensemble and unless there is a lower budget way to bring back the puppet illusion I am not sure but the weird robot narrative felt off. The saving grace with the projections was the way the cast interacted with them, there’s a magical moment mid show where Wonka appears to throw a pixie dust type light back and forth through the screen as he sings ‘Pure Imagination’ to the children welcoming them into the chocolate room. Most of the illusions are well done but I was able to work them all out from the back of the balcony, compared to last year’s tour of Bedknobs and Broomsticks where after two viewings in different venues I still don’t know how most of the illusions work. However I am impressed with the creativity involved in showing how a character falls in a chocolate river and gets sucked through a pipe, or turns in a blueberry, or is teleported and shrunk into a television live on stage. It would be an insult to not call it ambitious and I think all these scenes were executed successfully.

I am not too familiar with any of the music from the show outside of the one or two songs from the 1971 film. I didn’t find any of the songs particularly memorable and occasionally the lyrics were a little bit too wordy especially when sung over a loud and complex score that I felt I could have needed subtitles. Some of the lyrics were original Dahl lyrics so it could maybe explain that but weirdly because I know those lyrics quite well, those songs were the few I was able to successfully make out. Kudos to the lead Noah Walton playing Charlie on this particular night, I could clearly hear everything he was singing and his acting was spot on. Genuinely no shade to the cast, I do not believe they were at fault, could be the original score and or the sound mixing wasn’t to standard. Also genuinely cannot really remember any of the songs three days after seeing this show so yeah don’t think I’ll add this to my musicals playlist anytime soon. As mentioned the cast were phenomenal, I wasn’t sure how I would feel with adults playing the other four children besides Charlie but it absolutely worked. Good trans representation here with Teddy Hinde playing Mike Teavee and Robin Simões da Silva playing Augustus Gloop (I saw Robin in Bedknobs last year so was excited to see him again in this show playing a principal part). Also hard of hearing actor Leonie Spilsbury plays Mrs Bucket and rather appropriately the show has incorporated sign language in her scenes which is nice to see, but sometimes you feel like if it can be incorporated it so easily there why not include it in the whole show à la Deaf West but maybe that is still a pipe dream. The iconic Willy Wonka was played by Gareth Snook, if you like a darker more sarcastic Wonka then he is your man. If you are more protective of the whimsical charm of Gene Wilder’s Wonka (though many would disagree with me but I always found Wilder both creepy and angry, and no I am not a Johnny Depp stan), then maybe Snook’s interpretation won’t be your cup of tea. I really enjoyed Snook as Wonka, I was worried I wouldn’t, but the car was divided on the way home so I understand he won’t be for everyone.

I found this show to be a lot of fun even though it has been scaled down and reliant on screens to tell the story. It was an enjoyable show that I am glad I got the chance to see. Also it makes me happy seeing the sheer amount of children in the auditorium as someone who fell in love with musicals as a child, I have no doubt that this show would have brought me so much happiness and wonder if I had first seen it at that age. Even though I know the plot pretty much inside out I still found myself rooting for Charlie to find an elusive golden ticket and got goose-bumps when he did. This show has a lot of the magic from the original Dahl story so you can’t really go wrong. It isn’t the best I have seen but really not a bad production by any means and I would still recommend it.

[experimentik]

Experimentik #74 / 15. May 2024 / Sabine Vogel / Pip

15. May 2024 / 20:30- (doors 20:00) *no entry during sets

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solo: Sabine Vogel - amplified flutes and objects

duo: Pip

Torstein Lavik Larsen - trumpet, electronics

Fredrik Rasten - guitars

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Sabine Vogel bewegt sie sich im Feld der Improvisation und zeitgenössischen Musik. Als Flötistin beschäftigt sich  intensiv mit modernen Spieltechniken, Klang und Improvisation und arbeitet häufig in Kombination  mit Field Recordings und Aufnahmen, die sie in der Natur macht. Dabei bewegt sie sich an einer  Schnittstelle von audiovisuellen Installations- und Konzertformaten und kreiert häufig auch  ortsbezogene Arbeiten, die sich mit Klang, Ort, Zeit, Moment und Erinnerung auseinandersetzen. 

Sie hatte Solo Konzerte und Auftritte innerhalb Europas, Australiens, Amerikas und spielte auf  Festivals, wie ISEA RUHR, Ultima Festival (NOR), Ultraschall Festival, Jazzfest Berlin, Mona Foma,  NOWnow (AUS), High Zero (US), Internationale Ferienkurse Darmstadt etc 

Sie ist Mitglied des Splitter Orchester in Berlin, ihre momentanen Projekte sind: Recorded Landscapes, Land Stages mit Emilio Gordoa, das Duo wassermannvogel mit der Sängerin und Stimmkünstlerin  Ute Wassermann, das audiovisuelle Duo Ornis mit Kathy Hinde einiges mehr. 

Zusammenarbeit außerdem u.a. mit mit Anthony Braxton, Arto Lindsay, George Lewis,Tony Buck, Andrea Neumann, Biliana Voutchkova, Magda Mayas, Marta Zapparoli, Emilio Gordoa.  Stipendien und Förderungen: u.a. Villa Aurora (L.A.), STEIM (Amsterdam), EMS (Stockholm), BCSC  (AUS), INITIAL (AdK), MWFK Brandenburg, Künstlerhaus Lukas, AiR NÖ, Musikfonds.  Veröffentlichungen auf den Lables: creative sources, Another Timbre, Absinth , infrequency,  Mikroton, schraum 

Lehraufträge an der Universität Potsdam und der HMT Rostock.  

Ihr Artikel ‚Tuning-in’ über ihre Arbeit in und in Bezug auf die Natur, erschien 2015 in dem  Magazin ,Contemporary Music Review’. 

Webseite: www.sabvog.de 

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user5523081 

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sabine-vogel 

Bandcamp: https://sabinevogel.bandcamp.com/

photo © Cristina Marx/Photomusix

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Pip weaves long lasting sonic landscapes. Justly intonated harmonies, airy noises and slow melodies construct an organic music where the listener can both surrender to the music and actively explore the multilayered sonic facets.  The duo has existed since 2006 and since then they have developed a characteristic sound in a music encompassing improvisation and collective composition.  Their 2019 release ‘Possible Worlds’ is a one hour long piece utilizing an extended instrumentarium of justly tuned guitars, trumpet and synthesizers, and it documents their pinnacle work as a duo so far.

pipband.com

pipband.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT84eax6AxY

photo © Torstein Lavik Larsen

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Experimentik 2024  is supported by inm - initiative neue musik berlin / field notes

[goodmorningcanada]

HATFIELD McCOY TRAILS | BEARWALLOW | GOOD MORNING CANADA

HATFIELD McCOY TRAILS | BEARWALLOW | GOOD MORNING CANADA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks4YnUCFx00 Being one of three original HMT systems (opened in October 2000). Bearwallow Trail System is located near the ATV-friendly town of Logan, WV. It is one of the original three systems of the Hatfield-McCoy Trails and is commonly known for its single track and Most Difficult-rated trails. It’s mix of easy- riding scenic vistas and difficult trails make it one of the more popular systems for the Hatfield-McCoy Trails. This trail system has direct access to gas, food and lodging. Bearwallow is open to ORVs as well as ATVs, UTVs and off-road motorcycles. Music: Noise by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://ift.tt/18nTd9k Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://ift.tt/4KRA68q Go Hard by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://ift.tt/18nTd9k Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://ift.tt/4KRA68q I Can’t Stop by Punch Deck | https://ift.tt/dUAuYag Music promoted by https://ift.tt/18nTd9k Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://ift.tt/4KRA68q Midnight Room by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space https://ift.tt/XP9vyqc 🔔Ready to kickstart your dirt bike journey? Subscribe to Good Morning Canada for exhilarating rides, pro tips, and awe-inspiring tricks. Let's ride into the wild together! https://www.youtube.com/@goodmorningcanada/?sub_confirmation=1 🔗Stay Connected With Me. 👉Instagram: https://ift.tt/Y8Byjx2 ✅ For Business Inquiries: leonhudo696@gmail.com ============================= ✅ Recommended Playlists 👉 My garage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLm12PT3J0&list=PLpK1ugdRKLzQ0wmTKKgyZ8b-n7IaR4i8D&pp=iAQB 👉 Enduro/MX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYNhNZ0ZiGU&list=PLpK1ugdRKLzQa9fUxRc9MejtCUumCUmNX&pp=iAQB ✅ Other Videos You Might Be Interested In Watching: 👉 PORTUGAL ENDURO TOURS - GO EXTREME TOURS - DAY 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYNhNZ0ZiGU 👉 The Complete Loop Trail of SCORRA - LAWDEN TRACK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHa1TVRATww 👉 Last Adventure of the Season: Greens Mountain Trail in Autumn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smvW3pDC6UU 👉 Rock Hound 2023 Rally Connex: Your Ticket to Unforgettable Memories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbKtg4NSYVM 👉 2023 ROCK HOUND RALLY CONNEX - MY SCUBA DIVING STORY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFhL1uGije4 ============================= ✅ About Good Morning Canada. Welcome to my channel, which is dedicated to motorsports and dirt bikes! You've come to the right place if you are passionate about adrenaline-pumping adventures on two wheels. Join me as I take you on thrilling rides through rugged terrain, share tips and tricks for maintaining and working on your bike, and showcase some jaw-dropping stunts and tricks. Whether you're a seasoned rider or just starting, there's something for everyone here. For Collaboration and Business inquiries, please use the contact information below: 📩 Email: leonhudo696@gmail.com 🔔 Subscribe to Good Morning Canada for exciting motorsports and dirt bike content. Get expert tips and jaw-dropping stunts to fuel your adrenaline! https://www.youtube.com/@goodmorningcanada/?sub_confirmation=1 ================================= ADD HASHTAGS HERE ⚠️Disclaimer: I do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of watching any of my publications. You acknowledge that you use the information I provide at your own risk. Do your research. Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contain dialogue, music, and images that are the property of Good Morning Canada. You are authorized to share the video link and channel and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to my YouTube channel is provided. © Good Morning Canada via Good Morning Canada https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4srgmu49G0wV0h2uNxk6Q April 02, 2024 at 07:03AM

[fob4ever]

i still think 21st century breakdown is pretty good but every green day album after that is quite bad tbh. i went through a major green day hyperfixation a couple years ago & i used to listen to every single green day album regularly and i’m willing to admit that a good chunk of them are in fact terrible 😭i listened to their new song that came out yesterday and it was okay i guess but not something i’d go out of my way to listen to. anyways ID LOOOOOVE to see green day on tour

i do think 21cb has some good songs but i think overall as a whole there’s something about it that is disingenuous to me… something about making songs about what you know (AI and the albums before it) vs something you think you know (21cb)… but that’s just me 🫡 also LMAO me too i will be seeing them on tour. theyre genuinely the best band ive seen live and i say this as an insane person fob stan who’s seen them like 5 times now… i was a casual green day fan before i went to hmt (listened to dookie/AI/nimrod) but his gender on stage truly enraptured me so much i went on to listen to every GD release after the concert and had a fixation for awhile too lol. Can bja’s gender override bad music? we’ll find out. in 2024

[sourkive]

002 : PLAY PRETEND.

Starring: Lee Bohyung.

Featuring: Park Chiwon.

Summary: Bohyung keeps a secret.

Word Count: 1k.

CW: There's just smut from the very beginning. They play with the idea of exhibitionism but nobody can actually see them. Bohyung has feelings for somebody else.

Bohyung’s skin is burning so hot, he’s shocked it doesn’t sizzle when his forearm presses against the cool glass of the hotel window. The room is so high that he’s on top of the world, and below is a beautiful view: one that Bohyung may have appreciated, were his mind currently able to function.

His voice is ragged, choking out moans that twist at the end, pitching up in ways his low voice isn’t used to. It cracks and breaks, and he would be humiliated if anybody else was bringing those noises out of him. But this was Chiwon, and Chiwon had heard much worse from Bohyung’s mouth. Bohyung has always prided himself on being a pillar of stability, stoic until the end, graceful and dignified. But what always took him off guard about Chiwon- and perhaps it shouldn’t, since Bohyung had accumulated so much experience with him over the years, was that he was really big. Really big. Bohyung didn’t want to investigate this aspect of his personality too deeply, but there was something about feeling like he was one too-hard thrust away from being split in two that just undid him; and Chiwon had long since intuited that. 

“I've been thinking about this all week,” Chiwon grunts out, his hips snapping roughly against Bohyung’s ass, the sound of skin on skin filling the room almost as loudly as Bohyung’s broken cries. Bohyung wants to reply, and wants to tell Chiwon that he has, too, but words don’t come to him. Chiwon is so deep inside of him, fucking him up against the hotel room window. He’s going hard and fast, like he always does, and when Bohyung’s knees finally quit wobbling and just buckle, a strong arm wraps tightly around his waist, pulling his back flush against Chiwon’s body and keeping him on his feet. 

“Look down.” Chiwon mutters in his ear. He takes a step forward, pushing Bohyung’s body with him, until he’s pressed flush against the cool glass, his chest flattening against the surface. He whimpers a little, not fully registering the instruction until a large hand strikes his ass. it’s not too hard; but it stings just enough to send a jolt of interest through Bohyung’s body. 

Bohyung trusts Chiwon. he’s trusted him ever since they gave one another their first kisses as trainees, wrapping their fingers together and hearing the fireworks go off in the empty dance studio after hours. Things had gotten quiet after Bohyung left HMT, with no proximity to one another it was easy for the chemistry to fizzle out. But then, a few months ago, Chiwon had debuted again, and they’d locked eyes at Music Bank and found themselves doing this again, phone calls, late night car dates, booking hotel rooms in their home city just to fuck in. When he was younger, Bohyung thought he would be in love with Chiwon forever. 

“Look down.” Chiwon repeats, and Bohyung does this time. The room is too high up to see anybody on the ground; which was the only reason they could risk something like this, but realism didn’t matter. It was fantasy, and it’s no less hot when Chiwon leans in, talking in Bohyung’s ear in a low, dark voice, so different to his usual jovial manner. “The whole city’s down there, baby. So easy for them to look up and see what a little whore you are.” 

Nobody can see them. Bohyung knows that, but his whines still grow sharper, a hand curling around the top of Chiwon’s forearm. Chiwon takes no pity even as tears fall from Bohyung’s eyes, just pushes him tighter against the window, pounding him with unrelenting force and pace. And there has always been so much in Bohyung’s head, a constant tornado of anxiety and good posture and perfecting the mask of the boy next door. Chiwon understood better than anybody that sometimes, Bohyung just needed to be slapped around and called a dirty slut; and Bohyung once thought he might be in love, but now he’s really just here for the rough sex and giant cock. 

“i’m gonna-” Bohyung doesn’t have to finish the sentence, just the start of it has Chiwon going faster, losing a little rhythm but hitting the sweet spot with every thrust. It’s a final stretch, and shortly after Bohyung’s orgasm whitens the edges of his vision and rings his ears so loud he can’t even hear the cry he feels his throat vibrate with, Chiwon is burying his face in Bohyung’s shoulder and groaning deeply and brokenly in turn.

They give themselves a minute or two, Bohyung feels Chiwon kiss along the span of his shoulders before slowly, carefully pulling out. Bohyung mourns the fullness, hand steadying him on Chiwon’s bicep as he hobbles to the bed, collapsing face first with a ragged sigh.

“I was gonna clean you up.” Chiwon says with a laugh. “But now you’ve just spread it all over the bedsheet.”

“Window too.” Bohyung says with a groan, tucking his arms underneath his head. There's a pause, presumably as Chiwon looks to the dirtied pane, and then he groans. 

“How do we clean that up?” he asks.

Bohyung shrugs. “You wanted to fuck against the window, your problem.” He says with a small laugh. Rolling onto his back, he stretches out his arms. “You can clean up later, hyung. Hold me for a bit.”

Chiwon falls into Bohyung’s open arms with an eager grin. He takes Bohyung’s face in his hands, and presses a kiss to his nose, and he stares down at him with all the affection in the world.

Bohyung could have everything, if he’d let himself truly have Chiwon. 

But that’s what makes him not want him. What Bohyung wants is truly unattainable. And maybe he’s an asshole, but if he could, he’d trade Chiwon in in a heartbeat for someone else. Someone in particular, who Bohyung really isn’t supposed to be attracted to. One who’d never see him the way Chiwon does, never fuck him or love him or trust him the way Chiwon does. Bohyung thinks maybe that’s why it’s what he wants. 

“How come it’s always so good?” Bohyung asks with a lopsided grin, and Chiwon gives him a shy smile as if he wasn’t just slapping his ass and unabashedly roping Bohyung into his voyeurism kink. 

“Cause I love you.” Chiwon says. Because he says it all the time. Even though they’d never really been together. Chiwon told Bohyung he loved him after their first kiss, and he never rescinded it, not even all these years later. 

Bohyung doesn’t respond verbally. He responds the way he always does, kissing the part of Chiwon’s neck that he really likes to be kissed, wrapping his legs tight around his waist and rolling their hips together. And in record time, a large hand wraps around his throat and pushes his head down back onto the pillow, and Chiwon has that dark look in his eyes again.

“Already?” He asks with a smirk. “You really are a whore.”

Bohyung up looks at Chiwon with an arch expression and a nod. And he’s able to purge that other face from his mind for a while.

[nayaknews-uk]

Magical Shows Galore: Aberdeen Performing Arts Unveils Star-Studded Lineup for 2023-2024

Aberdeen Performing Arts have revealed an impressive lineup of shows that are scheduled to take place at the His Majesty's Theatre and the Music Hall in 2023 and 2024. These shows offer a diverse range of theatrical classics that will cater to audiences of all ages. Tickets for the shows will be available next month.

Here are some of the news highlights:

- The Wizard of Oz: This iconic musical, running from July 9 to 13, 2024, promises to be a magical experience for the entire family. It features the original score from the Oscar-winning MGM film. - The Full Monty: This fast and funny play from March 19 to 23, 2024, will keep audiences on the edge of their seats. - Pretty Woman: The Musical: A West End hit, this show is set to take place at HMT in January 2024. It offers a dazzlingly theatrical take on a love story for the ages, with a blazing rock score. - The Magical Music of Harry Potter: Scotland's National Orchestra will perform the phenomenal scores from this iconic series during the youth arts festival Light the Blue from June 10 to 18, 2024. - Other offerings include 2: 22 A Ghost Story from February 27 to March 2, 2024, Matthew Bourne's stunning retelling of Romeo and Juliet from October 31 to November 4, and Scottish Ballet's presentation of Swan Lake from April 19 to 20, 2024. The Drifters Girl, an acclaimed musical, will also be on show from April 2 to 6, 2024, and the iconic musical The King and I will be performed from October 24 to 28. With such a diverse selection of performances to choose from, there's something for everyone in this star-studded lineup. Don't miss the opportunity to be captivated by the magic of the theatre. Read the full article

[twinkskeletons]

9, 19, and 24 for the music ask meme!

9. Dream line-up

ohh idk.. realistically i probably wouldn’t be into a super long show i was about to pass out halfway through green day at hmt and had to leave the crowd but anyway. fob headlining obviously and then tbs they r always fun live even if they would most likely not tour w fob irl lol. umm waterparks but time traveled from 2018 since this is a dream lineup anddd maybe paramore. i have not seen them yet but i would like to :)

19. Farthest traveled for concert/festival

loll every concert i have been to was in glasgow + if u look at a scottish population density map u will see that the odds are i’m not travelling far to get there. have never travelled to another country for a show yet but maybe someday i’ll go to idk slam dunk or something

24. Band you’ve seen the most

regrettable waterparks w. 2017 2018 and 2020 u_u will likely not be seeing them again however unless awsten cures his brain damage and/or puts eps and double dare back on the setlist

[fuckyeahbananafreak]

joshua bassett lured me in with his cuteness, charm and soothing voice and now I’m mesmerised by his exuberance and wisdom

[earlgreytea68]

I just want to reiterate how incredibly excited I am that Fall Out Boy got to have a concert with such a great audience. It's been a really long time -- literally years and years -- since they played a show in front of a crowd of people who were there to see THEM. I know that many people went to Hella Mega Tour to see them, but I also know that many people went to Hella Mega Tour and could not have cared less about seeing Fall Out Boy, so they were just always playing to mixed crowds. And they've played festivals and stuff but those are also mixed crowds. This was an audience that showed up to see *Fall Out Boy,* and that must have just been so wonderful for them after all those years without it. After so many years of dutiful sets of the big, recognizable hits to be like, "Now we're going to play Calm Before the Storm," and have everyone know immediately what song it was. Imagine them trying to do something like that on HMT or at a festival?

And at one of the post-hiatus shows I watched I remember Patrick saying, before he started singing Where Did the Party Go?, that it could be rough to play new stuff because nobody knew the songs yet, and I was thinking that as they walked out with a song a whole week old and the crowd shouted every word at them, like, that must have been so amazing for them, to release new music and have it immediately be welcomed with open arms. I think all the time about Patrick saying after the hiatus that he wasn't sure anyone would still care about a new Fall Out Boy album, and they just went through another hiatus and I'm glad he got proof that people still care, that they didn't show up just for the nostalgia of it but they were ready for the new stuff, too.

They have just seemed so happy these past couple of weeks, and I've thought a lot about how this album cycle feels so far like exactly what they want it to be, something for the joy of it, and I cannot imagine that that show did anything but make them even happier and more joyful about getting out there again.