Ok dude. I have things to say. Was it beautiful? Yes. Was the puppet one of the most spectacular pieces of technical theater I’ve ever seen? Yes. Did I like the play? No. I’m not going to say it was a bad play, because I don’t have the ability to determine what makes a “good” …
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Natural History Museum: Limited Bathrooms
I can’t say that I was fully impressed with the Natural History Museum here in London. This is in no way because of the content of the museum, which was thorough and fascinating. I only find that it didn’t strike me the way I hoped it would’ve. I found it did not stand out in …
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Poetic roads in plays and pictures
What I love about theatre is the way “place” becomes a character of its own. The stage is not just a background, but it is acting as a real setting, relying on the audience’s imagination to complete the world in their minds. Setting is such a crucial part of any story because it creates the …
Omg! Harry’s cardigan!
Our time spent at the Victoria and Albert museum was a morning spent admiring paintings and tapestries as old as the 1500s, marble statue sculptures of royalty and prisoners, and golden plates and spoons that were used in high teas with the most expensive people in London. However, our wander to the Theater and Performance …
Motherhood: Worth the Hype?
I love museums, especially art museums. One of my favorite ways to pass the time is by roaming the halls of a gallery, gazing in awe at sculptures, portraits, photographs, prints, papers, and other wonders of the visual arts. It’s no surprise then that I was chuffed to visit the Virginia and Albert museum, dedicated to performance and design. There were significantly more …
A Mom and Her Baby (And a Horse)
Seeing War Horse at the National Theatre on Tuesday night was such a special treat. The production quality was incredibly high, and the story was powerful and moving. The whole production blew me away, but it was the final moment that started the floodgates. War Horse is about a boy named Albert who gets a …
Horses, Rabbits, and Geese! Oh My!
War Horse at the National Theater is a perfect example of puppetry done well. All the animal puppets, especially the horses, moved with such intention and accuracy that you began to look past the operators and see them as real. It was so impressive the way the puppets were able to portray emotion and have …
Digital Anxieties in A Doll’s House.
This morning, we ventured to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington. This museum has always been such an iconic spot in movies/TV shows, so I was so, so excited to see it finally! I learned that it was founded in 1852 and is home to over 4.5 million objects across 6 different sections, …
Aren’t we all jesters in a way?
Within the halls of the Victoria and Albert Museum, there was a wonderful exhibit about theatre. And within this exhibit that I found absolutely interesting, there was a corner of certain fabrics hung on hooks. I crept forward with curiosity. What could all this colorful fabrics be? As I moved closer, I noticed something. They …
V&A Museum: I NEED TO PEE
When entering the Victoria and Albert Museum, I had one thought: I need to pee. So I went to the bathroom. We made our jolly way to the theater exhibit, but it was closed when we first got there. Thanks a lot, Shawn. I used this as an opportunity to walk around the museum. I …
Theatre in London U of A 