We trod the boards looking for the best in British culture and art
Walking through the Theatre and Performance exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum was one of the coolest experiences of the trip so far. There were so many amazing set models and costume pieces ranging from Lawrence Olivier’s Hamlet costume to a costume that Dua Lipa wore on her most recent tour. For this …
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MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO PLAY SPOILERS AHEAD!!! (mostly in regards to the puppets) I’d first like to state that this museum is my favorite place we’ve been to so far. I spent most of my time standing far too close to the paintings, trying to observe each brush stroke like my life depended on it. I …
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was unlike anything I had expected. I suppose I expected it to mostly be like the original story, but honestly I don’t know why I would’ve thought that. When do adaptations literally ever do that. But, I will say, it’s different in a GOOD way. With the narrative, the …
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – one of the greatest shows I’ve ever seen, and a truly perfectly wildly different adaption of the original F. Scott Fitzgerald short story. I say perfectly different as it completely deviated from the short stories in all of the right ways. With the difference in location, characters, the …
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I feel like a bit of an outlier with my class, as I actually did partially enjoy the original The Curious Case of Benjamin Button short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Obviously there are things that aged poorly (as it is over 100 years old), but it was the idea of a life lived in …
On Monday, May 26th, 2025 at approximately 7:30 pm within the Ambassador’s Theatre on West Street, London, England, a crowd of people hushed their voices as the lights began to dim. Then, from above, bright lights suddenly lit the stage as a small cast of musicians, singers, and actors began to tell the story of …
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Last night I had the absolute pleasure of watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was one of the three works we studied during our class week, but was only about 30 pages and I knew ahead of time that the musical was quite different so I went in mostly blind. I think mostly …
I’ll be honest, when I first read The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I didn’t connect with or really like it. The concept was interesting to me because it was about a man who ages backward and how society sees that. But the story felt distant and almost made me mad about some of the …
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I write this as I still emotionally recover from the mental wreckage this show put me through. The music, acting, and adjusted storyline all evoked a response from me that I had not prepared for going into the theatre. At least with my other shows I went in knowing I would get emotional; here, I …
I was very nervous about how the story of Benjamin Button would be portrayed on stage. First of all,the source material is fairly short, about thirty pages, and it was going to be stretched over two and a half hours. Also the original story was fairly mean spirited, and did not really give any reason …
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