#victoria yeats

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[ofbooksandteacups]

"Ben and Imo" - or: one of the most beautiful plays of 2024 - is coming back on stage, and closer to London! The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond will present the show's Off West End première next year, starting previews on April 19th. The show's only staying for a month, closing on May 17th.

But what's this show about? I'm glad you asked!

Ben and Imo is a two-hander, telling the story of the not so easy collaboration between composer Benjamin Britten and musical assistant (and composer herself) Imogen Holst. The show is set in a composition room in Aldeburgh, a charming little coastal town in Suffolk. Music composition is - at times - just a background topic to the play's true centre: polar opposites Imo and Ben, whose relationship is just like the waves of the sea, with its highs and lows. The themes developed in the play can be touching to anyone who's worked in the music and theatre field: facing a writer's block, fearing no one might like your art, ultimately accepting rejection and an unsatisfactory result. Ben and Imo are incredibly different - one is led by rage and unfiltered emotion, the other is calm and loving - but they work beautifully on stage. I won't spoil the end of the play - but can you really spoil something that actually happened? - just, be warned: bring a handkerchief. Or a thousand of them. You'll need it.

Erica Whyman and Mark Ravenhill are theatre rockstars, managing to condense everything that happened during the creation of Gloriana in a show that's a little over two hours without losing its pace and its emotional value. The score is effective, a leitmotiv that accompanies the audience throughout the play. The piano was remote played live by Connor Fogel while the actors mimicked it on the silent piano on stage. The cast - aka Victoria Yeates and Samuel Barnett - is possibly one of the best I've ever seen on stage, one of those cases in which I could never be able to choose who I liked best, because they balanced each other to perfection. Five stars overall - and almost one year later my opinion hasn't changed.

Trust me - you don't want to miss this.

You can buy your tickets on orangetreetheatre.co.uk and if you're under 30 they are only 15 pounds!

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everyone's awake post ben & imo edit

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Victoria Yeates

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[willstafford]

Facing the Music

BEN & IMO The Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon, Tuesday 2nd April 2024 Mark Ravenhill’s new play couldn’t be further from his first one (Sh*pping and Fucking), dealing with a rather rarefied moment in British musical history.  Composer Benjamin Britten has just nine months to come up with a grand opera in time for the coronation of Elizabeth II.  Along comes Imogen, daughter of Gustav ‘The…

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Imogen never stays late.

She stays too late only once.

[scamanderishredmayniac]

Would have loved to seen this scene, maybe a whole scene at the book signing.

Newt’s book signing. 

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more stills!

[ofbooksandteacups]

I had the chance to see Ben and Imo yesterday (and I'm going tonight as well) and I think words will never suffice to describe how wonderful this play is. It's moving and tender, yet you can't stop laughing at every little joke and remark. It's both comedy and drama, with two acting powerhouses who've never done better than this. I am completely in awe of their portrayal of Britten and Holst. The writing and directing are sublime. And kudos to the pianist! A 10/10 experience. If you can, go see it. You won't be disappointed (and you'll want to see it all over again just to feel something).

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Victoria Yeates

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MASTERS OF THE AIR — insp. x and x

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, W.B. Yeats // Deluge, Leila Chatti // The Torn Up Road, Richard Siken // On the Rainy River, Tim O'Brien // Late Poems, Margaret Atwood // Love Letters, Victoria Chang // Since You Ask, Carl Phillips // Pompeii, Bastille // How to Drown a Boy, J. Bruce Fuller // [journal entry], Henry David Thoreau // Flower Bomb, Vuong Quoc Vu // it was you, Salma Deera // War and Remembrance, Herman Wouk

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I feel most relationships to me are situationships and I always leave sad it never got to be an actual relationship and I feel used and lonely in my grief can I get a web weaving capturing those feelings?

louise glück ararat: "the untrustworthy speaker" \\ victoria hannan kokomo \\ richard siken crush: "litany in which certain things are crossed out" \\ william butler yeats aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven \\ matsuyama miyabi \\ regina spektor december \\ alexandra levasseur \\ richard siken crush: "litany in which certain things are crossed out"

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[risingsoleil]

Thank goodness for the Linzin mid-yeat revival. It's keeping me sane.

My nerd side loves the idea of future generations looking back into historical couples. Think on the literal compilation of Napoleon's love letters but make it Tenzin's, or the study of Queen Victoria's complete devotion to her husband but make Lin.

Idk, there's something about true love stories in historical power couples that seems so in tune with them.

This gives me reincarnation AU vibes!

A hundred years later, when a new Avatar helps bring balance to the world, a nonbending woman visits the museum with her nonbending boyfriend.

They've only started dating about a month, but the moment they first met, their hearts and souls were reunited. Even with one glance, all they felt was love, safety, peace, and home with each other. As if they had known each other their entire lives and had finally found the other.

An exhibit at the museum dedicated to all the Avatars and the important figures/mentors has opened to the public. The man has suggested they check it out and his girlfriend sighs and goes along with it.

They walk through the maze of chambers and rooms, recording videos of the holographs. One section boasts AI and the man scoffs at the idea of a respectable museum giving in to a dangerous technology. It's educational, but he has conflicting views on it.

Avatar Korra is the last room and somehow, the energy and vibes in this room are heavier compared to the others. The woman walks with her hands behind her back, viewing the photographs and reading the paragraphs about them. Then she sees the statue of Chief Lin Beifong standing beside Master Tenzin.

Her heart flutters as she stares at them in awe and fascination. She can't move, blink, or speak. There's something about the hardened and fierce expression on Chief Beifong's face that resonates for her. Beifong has the same green eyes as her and she can't tear her gaze away from the two scars. What could have caused that? Was it from her job? Was there an accident? What is it like to bend metal and earth?

Warm arms slide around her waist from behind. "You kinda look like her, Poppy."

She raises a brow and turns in his arms. "Is that a good thing?"

He smiles and kisses her cheek. "Yes. She's beautiful."

"Hmph."

"Not as beautiful as you, but she looks like you except with years of wisdom."

"Who's an earthbender, metalbender, and can kick ass."

Her boyfriend shrugged.

Poppy shook her head and shifted her attention to the airbending master. "You look like him."

"I wouldn't look good bald. And I don't like red."

"But you have the same eyes and light blue tattoos."

"Wow babe. Such a convincing comparison."

Poppy walked out of his arms, but grasped his hand gently pulled him to inspect the first airbending child of Avatar Aang. She studied the red, yellow, and orange robes. "Red is nice. It's the color for war, passion, fire."

He hummed unimpressed.

She wriggled her hand against his. "Come on, Lao. Entertain me."

Lao read the text detailing Master Tenzin's work and life. "They're exes...that's so sad." He pulled Poppy closer, wrapping his arm around her shoulder protectively. "I wonder why they didn't work out. They knew each other their whole lives and grew up together."

Poppy rested her head against his shoulder. "Sometimes things just happen," she muttered sadly. "Maybe they wanted different things. She didn't have any kids and he had kids right after they broke up."

Her boyfriend clicked his tongue, his hold on her tightening. "Probably to save the airbenders..." Lao inhaled deeply, wiping his eyes and shaking his head. "They came back anyway."

She hugged his waist, rubbing his side soothingly until the strange and sudden emotions passed. Lao gave her a soft smile. "You okay?"

"Mhm. Yeah, I'm fine because you're in my life."

She mirrored his smile and pressed a soft kiss to his lips. "I'm glad we're not famous and we can live the way we want."