I cannot believe that the people we saw perform King Lear last night in Ukrainian weren’t professional actors. They were just a group of people from different walks of life who wanted to find solace in the theatre during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The director Viacheslav Yehorov chose to do King Lear because he …
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Blue at the VA.
I thought about what I wanted to write about in this blog post, and in attempting to relate my experience to theatre I went on a scavenger hunt at the Victoria and Albert Museum. I did what the character from Bluets did in several scenes when strolling the museum. Walking through museums and art galleries, …
Choir of Man, an example of Fringe Theater.
I was a choir kid growing up. It was something that my mother insisted that I did and originally, I didn’t want to stick with it during high school as I wanted more free time to participate in sports. Looking back at it, sticking with the choir was one of the best decisions I’ve made …
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Epic Dead People at Almost Hogwarts with Beer Making Monks.
Well that was the coolest fact I learned today. Was that one of the oldest rooms in Westminster Abbey stored some beer the Monks would make when they resided there. Sounds lit. Now to talk about the famous dead… There were so many memorials of people who contributed greatly to the world at Westminster Abbey. …
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Roll Tide (London version)
On the 4th night of our London trip, we had the pleasure of watching “London Tide”, an adaptation of “Our Mutual Friend” by Charles Dickens. This has been the second show we have watched at the National Theater and we had amazing seats this time around. London Tide deals with important themes in today’s world …
Theatre in London U of A 