The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was a wonderful musical. The acting was superb, the music was amazing, and it was so emotional that I spent the rest of the evening reflecting on it. What it wasn’t, however, was a good adaptation of the original short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and that was the …
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Ilaria’s Pub: The Tower of London
Built out of mudstone and rocks, the Tower of London remains standing strong since the year it was founded in 1066. The Tower of London is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames. It served as a royal palace, prison, arsenal, and even as a menagerie for exotic animals. On May …
A Curious Case of Theatrical Perfection
As a theatre maker, I have had the privilege of seeing productions at all levels of good and bad, complete and incomplete, and moving and unmoving. Once in a blue moon, however, I get lucky enough to see a show that reminds me of why I started making theatre in the first place; a show …
The Curious Case of an Adaptation
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has to be one of the most successful adaptations I have seen on a stage. I think what has made this adaptation so successful is they weren’t afraid to deviate from the source material. It was very evident that the short story was used as a scaffold that they …
Don’t show me a show about community and belonging and expect me not to weep.
To my fellow travelers who all watched me silently (or not so silently) weep during the entirety of act two… thank you for standing with me in solidarity. I mean this in the most dramatic way possible… I think this show drastically changed my life. We had read the short story for class prior …
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The Tower of London
At the Tower of London, we learned much of London’s history. We wandered around and marvelled at the beautiful architecture and the red ceramic poppies placed to commemorate the anniversary of the end of WWII. We saw the crown jewels and learned about the centuries-old coronation ceremony. At Martin’s Tower, we learned about the Yeoman …
The Tower of London !!
The Tower of Lond held many prisoners, all with different stories. Yet one prisoner in particular caught my attention: Sir Walter Raleigh. He was born in Devon around 1554 and was the youngest of five sons. The man was an academic as well as an explorer, and early on in life he seemed to be …
Blog Post 2 – The Tower of London, Treasures and Torture
I had an amazing time visiting the Tower of London, it was a place with so much rich history, and while unfortunately I did not get the chance to see all of it, what I did see did not disappoint. The first thing we saw was the Crown Jewels. Photos were not permitted inside, but …
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The One Where We Skim the Surface of the Truth.
I think it has taken a few days, but I finally feel like I have found my rhythm in London. On Friday, which was day three of the trip, we started the morning with a group trip to the Tower of London. We arrived around 9:30, and proceeded to spend the next two and half …
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TOWER OF LONDON + A LITTLE BIT OF THEATER MAGIC!!!!
There was never and will never be a perfecter day to see the Tower of London in all its glory than the day we saw it! It was a truly gorgeous sunny day and I could see the tower walls glistening and the flowers blooming and the birds humming and it. was. perfect. We started …
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Theatre in London U of A 