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Violent delights and violent ends – a tragic lovers' tale.
All the world's a stage... Indeed, so the whole theatre becomes exactly that: from the rooftop (a distant and isolated Mantua), to the backstage corridors and fire escapes standing in for meandering streets of Verona or foyer turning into Capulet's house's halls. Use it all. And at the same time focus on the word: darkness engulfing the stage where vulnerable characters bare their desires. Micro expressions on display as cameras follow the actors around. Lights. Camera. A story of love and hate. A tragedy weaved by fate. Timeless tale.
Some raised the alarm as the casting revealed Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Juliet, claiming it wasn't true to Shakespeare's spirit. Well, I, for one, am glad that it wasn't. Not that I have anything against men in tights, but that would be a different play entirely. Also may I remind everyone we would be subjected to some pre-teen, prepubescent males with their falsetto trying to nail Juliet's voice timbre. And Nurse's too. But then we would have been deprived of seeing such brilliant performances from Francesca and Freema [Agyeman] which would be simply a travesty. And all in a name of staying true to the original text (may I add also well known fact – Shakespeare's not so secret and nice tendency to “borrow” from other's work thus him being not so original himself).
Even though my first reaction to Freema being cast as a Nurse was: she's too young! Because in my head this character is this elderly matron rather than witty and lively Nanny. But that's the beauty of theatre and interpretation: anything goes! And oh, boy how it worked!
Francesca's Juliet is so youthful, gentle, so full of passion. One's heart sinks seeing her heart's woes. Tom's Romeo has boyish charm, rage and love so bound together it boils. His Romeo is impulsive, emotional, he brings laughter and choked silence as one observes his character being played by fate. Let's not forget Juliet is the driving force. She's “yes” or “no”, black or white, ultimatum giving kind of girl. And Romeo? Well, he's both romantic (grand gestures much?) and... well, he's a fuckboy (how fast Rosalind is in his rearview mirror, huh?). But then he's Juliet's fuckboy and heaven is not on their side.
Maybe I'm a cynic when I look at this great romance and frown and childish overreactions and hyperboles. But these two [Francesca and Tom], they're so gentle and pure, so deep, that one quickly invests in their budding feelings and looks upon them with softness knowing too well what's glooming over. The tragic face of star crossed lovers.
But these two aren't the only ones shining bright on that stage. Mercutio always has been one of my favourite characters – flamboyant, fast with words and weapons, mad or is he? Harold Perrineau made such an impact with his Mercutio [in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo+Juliet], even though not on stage, there was no other version of this character for me. But I dare to say Joshua-Alexander Williams comes real close or maybe even matches the performance. Which is incredible considering it's his professional debut. Exuberant, cheeky sidekick, cursed... and cursing the feuding families. Seemingly insane with his flowery talk turns out to be the voice of reason and prophecy in the end.
The staging is stripped back, functional, raw in it's simplicity, but not dull. Focus is on the actors and the text. Blaring music and flashing lights prevent the audience from being too comfortable in their seat – it's a tragedy after all.
'Romeo and Juliet', a tale as old as overplayed. Yet, always attracting both actors ready to add their version to the pile and crowds eager to see lovers' tragic fate onstage (and/or on screen).
Shakespeare's plays always were the entertainment for the masses, even the tragedies have characters being bigger or smaller 'comic relief'. In 'Romeo and Juliet' it would be surely the Nurse, but thanks to Freema's brilliance this character is so much more than crazy old lady. The wit is her weapon of choice, true, but the emotions and layers that spill out thanks to Freema shine a new light on this character.
It takes a special kind of talent to breathe a new life into the text and a play as a whole (and the assemble did a marvellous job at it!), especially one so well-known, played so many times that people think they have seen it all. But Jamie Lloyd has carved a reputation for himself and his innovative and bold approach (and vivisection) is doing only favours to dusty classics. It is an unmissable event.
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William Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET.
Dir.: Jamie Lloyd
Cast: Tom Holland, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Freema Agyeman, Michael Balogun, Tomiwa Edun, Mia Jerome, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Ray Sesay, Nima Taleghani, Joshua-Alexander Williams, Callum Heinrich, Kody Mortimer
In Duke of York's Theatre, London from 13 May to 3 August 2024
[Photo from Duke of York's Theatre]
#romeo & juliet#jamie lloyd#duke of york's theatre#william shakespeare#tom holland#francesca amewudah rivers#freema agyeman#michael balogun#tomiwa edun#mia jerome#daniel quinn-toye#ray sesay#nima taleghani#joshua-alexander williams#callum heinrich#kody mortimer#play review#play#tragedy#violent delights violent ends#star crossed lovers#west end play#west end#london#theatre#theatre lover
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Romance Aesthetic For Magnus (PNGs)
PNGs sourced from @snailspng and @png-magician's amazing collections!
#dark ages daddy#the vampire magnus#dating in the 16th century baby#theatre lover#might have a thing for blondes#sigggggghhhhhhhh
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Shelly Boyd Munro 😍
#merseyside#liverpool#Shez Blundell#Shelly Boyd Munro#Liverpool Student Lettings#photography#photooftheday#selfie#sexy chicks#my photgraphy#my pics#hot pics#theatre lover#travel lover#night out#clubbing
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Tonight is press night for Macbeth, and Michael is sitting in the second row beaming at David as proud as can be. The two of them looking at each other like that is everything...
#david tennant#soft scottish hipster gigolo#michael sheen#welsh seduction machine#macbeth#donmar warehouse#i'm screaming#an entire theatre full of people and it's like they're the only ones there#siri play 'I Only Have Eyes for You' by The Flamingos#my heart can't handle it#they are perfect together your honor#very very married#a friendship that's become something more#ineffable lovers#amazing
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daniel was so enthralled and delighted seeing louis' fangs, was fascinated with the knowledge that armand can read minds, that it stands to reason he would go balls to the wall insane to find out armand can fly. in the 70s he'd ask armand to do it all the time and armand would always do it so daniel would cheer for him and get all excited again. so in dubai in 2022 when armand is revealing himself as the ancient vampire and not the servant boy, i like to think he was like "well, there's one surefire way to make sure this reveal makes daniel's eyes bug out and makes him freak out and go crazy and realize how cool and hot and powerful i am." and then he just. starts fucking flying
#iwtv#devil's minion#armandaniel#headcanon i just came up with my mind. i'm feeling craaazyyyyyyy#just wrote it into my wip as well but i felt like it deserved a meta post also#because i do believe all of armands actions in dubai at the end of the day are in service of getting daniel to fuck him.#it's like. we know vampires can fly. we saw lestat do it 2 episodes ago.#the fact that there's a vampire flying isn't new knowledge. but i like to think that daniel was like#WOAG. THIS GUY I WANT TO FUCK IS FLOATING IN MIDAIR!#like the fact that he gets a book of theatre de vampires archives and throws it down is so nothing. we dont careeeeee#but daniel DOES care that his beautiful vampire lover who he doesnt remember is showing off for him. god im sick
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this show is absolutely inescapable (and i love it)
#and liked by Neil?????#good omens#crowley#ineffable husbands#aziracrow#good omens 2#aziraphale#go2#good omens season 2#ineffable lovers#ineffable wives#gomens#gomens 2#good omens shitpost#the globe theatre
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SHOW THE WAY
Chapters 1-3
Written for the 2024 Good Omens Theatre Reverse Bang, with concept & stunning art by the incomparable @illustrious-slimeman!
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Good Omens fanfiction. 5k/25k words. Currently Rated M. Read it on A03.
SUMMARY: There was a point in Crowley’s life when he wouldn’t have been caught dead aboard the Metro-North Railroad commuter train bound for the hell that was Connecticut. And yet, here he was. Far enough from New York City so his reputation doesn't precede him and at his latest gig as a lighting tech, he meets stuffy, rules-following, interim-director Aziraphale.
But is there room enough in Greenwich for two drama queens?
CW: Pranks, practical jokes, quite extraordinary amounts of cussing! More tags to come.
Thank you to my betas @hakunahistata, @gaiaseyes451, @angie-words, @ines2925, & @secretlywingedphantom and to the @goodomensafterdark and @whickberstreetwriters communities for all their support!!
Excerpt:
“Bring up the house lights, if you would?” The radio crackled as he removed his thumb from the button, ending the transmission out to the Crew channel. A message that Crowley, way up as he was, still should have received. An order– no, a request from the Director. Perhaps the light jockey hadn’t heard him. Shielding his eyes with a hand, Aziraphale repeated himself. “Lights down, please? House lights up?” A spotlight punched him directly in the smallest ribs, landing like an airhorn hits an eardrum. Aziraphale could see the barest glint of light off of Crowley’s ridiculous sunglasses shifting up in the booth. He knew he was listening, knew he had heard. And yet the spotlight was getting brighter.
Read the rest on A03!
💚 kj
#good omens#crowley#aziraphale#aziracrow#good omens fanfiction#ineffable husbands#good omens fanfic#go#enemies to lovers#happy ending#prank war#community theatre au#my writing
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@luciferslilith7
#dark academia#aesthetic#chaotic academia#classic academia#light academia#gloomy coquette#coquette aesthetic#old money#unrequited feelings#dark romantica#romantic academia#romanticism#soft academia#lana del rey#sofia coppola#academia#lost love#winter academia#old school romance#cottagecore#theatre#lord byron#the dead poets society#love letters#roses#gothic academia#gothic romanticism#winter aesthetic#champagne#enemies to lovers
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Stills from the movie Ophelia (2018), adapted from Lisa Klein's novel, originally published in 2006, following the story of Shakespeare's Hamlet from Ophelia's perspective.
#cinematography#cinema#film lovers#film log#film review#films#film#film stills#movie lovers#movie log#movie review#movie night#movies#movie#movie stills#movies based on books#literature#william shakespeare#shakespeare#theatre#plays#the tragedy of hamlet prince of denmark#hamlet prince of denmark#hamlet#ophelia#lisa klein#daisy ridley#george mackay#naomi watts#clive owen
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So, i just reread dabis dance after like 4 years, i think? after seeing how it all plays out, indulging in fanwork, watching bits and pieces of the anime, I've learned something.
my takeaway is that touya is a dramatic little shit who loves musical theatre. the dude literally dances around while talking about how his father abused him.
tell me that is not a theatre nerd???
#thats right#take a ginormous L#musical theatre#musical theater#for all you murica lovers#also dabis a boykisser#i really dont make the rules#dabi#touya todoroki#bnha#boku no hero academia#hawks#GRRRR i wanna BIte HOrikoshi!!!!!#i hate him#dabihawks#mha#my hero academia#going insane#also touya is so adorable i wanna hug him and give him kisses like i would a feral street cat#endeavor#todoroki family#rei todoroki#todoroki enji#enji todoroki#dabi's dance#touya thinks hes the main character and he's RIGHT#i am so normal about him#he had gimme more by britney spears playing in the bg#yk the its britney bitch one#jhonny abusing tag privileges
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Theatre geeks, you are hereby legally obligated to tell me your favorite musical.
Mine is The Phantom of the Opera.
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"When you loved someone, you always love him."
confided Maria Casarès long after Albert Camus' death.
°~ quote credit: albertcamusofficial | instagram, January 14th 2024
°~photo credit: Albert Camus and Maria Casares during the rehearsal at the Angers Festival by Emile Muller 1953
#albert camus#maria casarès#literature#theatre#love#lovers#photography#vintage photography#camus#casares#camus photos#maria casares
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It’s so funny that I was ultimately turned off Trek bc of the first JJ Abrams movie
Like I watched that shit not knowing what Star Trek was, and the script was meh, and the acting was nnnnneehhhh, and the set designs were so blahhh
And then, browsing Netflix YEARS later, the episodes of TOS are all there, and of course when you hover, it autoplays a scene, and I just… found it so gripping? I had to watch it from one tiny scene alone bc the ACTING.
But if you’d shown me a trailer for Star Trek 2009 before I watched it, I would have opted not to watch it >_>
TOS just tickles all the right spots for me, and idk how you dare to envision a remake if you’re going to strip it of everything it’s famous for. Oh wait, money. No, I get it, I was just kidding lol
I also didn’t like Kirk from the get go bc of Pine. Idk, I just… didn’t like the character and I understood why other people didn’t either
Then I watched TOS
I went in fully expecting to cringe and hate this guy - only he was JUST LIKE ME. Heart too big, and tits and ass that just happen to be even bigger??? Jim is so hopeful and romantic and funny and silly and jfc
I wonder how many other people blindly hate Jim Kirk bc the modern movies are their only knowledge of the character >_>
Also, idk why they keep making newer (worse) Trek shit to do with TOS. Give us deleted scenes we haven’t seen. Give us bloopers. Give us anecdotes and stories we haven’t heard yet. Show us scripts that never made it to air. Stop churning out shiny new crap for heavens sake :/
#Star Trek tos#star trek the original series#rant#just my opinion#I’m a theatre nerd and a lover of kitsch and camp so don’t come for me lol
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marvin could not have loved bad weather so much they went WOKE with the lyrics😭😭😭😭😭😭🤯🤯😭🤯🤯🤯😭🤯🤯😭
#falsettos#marvin trilogy#jett talks (me)#unlikely lovers#marvin gardens#marvin falsettos#whizzer brown#whizzer falsettos#musical theatre#theatre#musical#musicals
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Video of the standing ovation for Macbeth press night tonight, with the camera panning to the audience to Michael looking so adoringly at David...
#david tennant#soft scottish hipster gigolo#macbeth#harold pinter theatre#michael sheen#welsh seduction machine#an entire theatre full of people and it's like they're the only ones there#siri play 'I Only Have Eyes For You' by The Flamingos#also Michael and AL being the first ones in the theatre like#at this point the subtext might as well be a billboard#a friendship that's become something more#ineffable lovers#amazing#<3
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Laurence Harvey & Susan Shentall in Romeo and Juliet (1954)
#romance#real lovers#romeo and juliet#vintage#costume drama#theatre and art#masquarade ball#cinnocent#character inspo#period costume#shakespeare#william shakespere#romancecore#aesthetic#film still#classic film#film aesthetic#my screencaps#blondexbrunette#film couple#1950s#susan shentall#vintage film#vintage bombshell#slow burn#filmblr#fav movies#cinema#old films#perioddramasource
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