I started my journey through London delirious from a lack of sleep, and ended my time there with an excess of everything. It felt like I was a tea cup poured over the brim every moment spent out in the bustling, thrumming city. Heading to Stratford-Upon-Avon was like finally pulling back on the hot water …
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June 14: Hamlet Hail to the Thief – Review
Hamlet in 90 minutes. I’ve been told that’s impressive, but since I haven’t seen any other version of Hamlet on stage I don’t have much to go by. The other half of this show’s equation is the integration of Radiohead’s album Hail to the Thief, which I also hadn’t listened to going into my viewing. …
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Markets: May 23, May 24, June 12
May 23: Old Spitalfields, pt.1 After visiting the Tower of London, the group headed to Old Spitalfields Market. There, I had some nice curry and later, a latte. While drinking my bevy, I did some watercolor. As I stood to leave, a staff member who had been on break behind me stopped me and asked …
June 5: Clouds Above Hampton Court Palace
The day was cloudy, my mind, foggy. A lovely train ride, that old sleepy joy, took our group out to Hampton Court Palace. I didn’t nod off during this drive, but I did find myself slipping into a sort of drear. It was a kind of ironic aloofness that occasionally takes me over, where my …
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June 4: Persona Portrait
The first thing I was drawn to at the National Portrait Gallery was the self-portrait of Scottish Theatrical Designer Doris Zinkeisen. The contrast, I think, was what did it: her dynamic angle against a flat backdrop, and her pale skin, itself shadowed, against a black kimono with a brightly colored pattern. The contrasts create a …
June 2: Time. Space. War.
I wish for the abolishment of time as we know it. The timepiece is a cruel mechanism demanding the allocation of human time into chunks far too small to be healthy. That said, clock mechanisms themselves are really, really cool to me. The aesthetic of gears and catchments, spinning, ticking, pulling, whirring; it’s all so …
May 30: The Globe, The Bard, and All of Us Across Time
As I entered The Globe Theatre, I barely looked around. It was a sleepy day for me, and I wasn’t really prepared to see the day’s show. I only took in my surroundings once the chatter in the crowd picked up. Our group had ground floor seats, stage left. A large portion of our group, …
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May 28: My Master Builder – Review
I was excited to see how this modern adaptation of The Master Builder by Ibsen would be handled. I wanted to see complex social dynamics, the contradictory depths of an artist’s mind, and the manipulations people use on each other. Instead, I watched a dramatic prime-time television series play out on stage. I’m sure 2 …
May 27: The Tides are Timeless
We were given a Quest at the Victoria and Albert Museum: Find an object, and tie it to a play we’ve seen. We started at the Theatre and Performance section. I was at a loss at first. Instead of finding something there, I wandered, moving from gallery to gallery, taking photos of intriguing objects. I …
May 26: Time and Tide
I had never fallen so deeply into a story as when I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button unfold before me. By the end, I was holding back openly bawling in the theatre, trying my best to pay attention through blurry eyes. The book the play was based on was intriguing and evocative, sad …
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