#Barnaby Farrell

[tampire]

Jed finds The Corinthian’s Multiverse of Madness joke funny

[void-tiger]

Rewatching The Sandman and…oh gosh. Jed’s abusive foster family had an empty budgie cage. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I hope the bird either wasn’t purchased yet or had already died and they just hadn’t removed its cage yet.

…or was THAT the final straw for Jed to run away. Barnaby killing Jed’s pet? Or “releasing” it to force Jed to “grow up.”

[nioumin-draw]

Hello dear witch and wizard

Please welcome to my new baby : William "Will" Lee

Son of Barnaby lee and my oc Moona Drawn and godson of Teresa Grim

Also a good friend of Ted Lupin (who will join him at his 2d year)

In 2008 he become a student in Hogwart with his new friends and sorted in Hufflepuff house.

Personality : carefree, optimistic, outspoken, nature lover , energic , fun , loyal , sloppy , Kind , modest , fair-minded , Greedy,resourceful,honest , clumsy,mischievous .

Friends : Liam Whitlock- kim (best friend) @chirithy564 , Ivy warrington , Marnie Sallow ( @chirithy564 ) Lottie turner , Lorelei Sanders ( Secret crush ) ,Kevin farrell , Daniel Page , Ted Lupin ,Rubeus Hagrid.

Enemies : Cassandra Vole , Colby and Fischer Frey , Argus Filch.

Isn’t he adorable ? ( some people think he been raise by monkey or troll because of his carefree personality and his attitude XD)

What did think of him ?

Please share and comment but don’t repost it without permission

[ladycibia]

Hear me out: Barnaby with an Irish accent 😍

“He said my eyes look like the Irish countryside after a soft rain”

[milliondollarbaby87]

Pixie (2020) Review

An an attempt to avenge her mother’s death Pixie comes up with a heist that will see her get many people involved and fleeing across Ireland from the gangsters and priest!

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[solarishashernoseinabook]

Okay, Ranger's Apprentice fans, gather round!

For those who don't know, on the Discord server we often make memes and jokes about Gilan's lack of appearance (though let's be real, we do that here on Tumblr too). Some months ago I decided I would keep track of how many characters were given more complete descriptions than Gilan. As a reminder, here is a comprehensive description of Gilan from everything we get in the books:

He's tall

He's clean-shaven

I only counted characters from the main Ranger's Apprentice series (books 1 - 11) and The Early Years. There is a very scientific reason for this.*

There were some stipulations put into place, those being:

"Characters" were defined as figures who had both a name and at least one thing mentioned about their appearance. There are no characters in this study who don't have an appearance at all, which is why characters like Jurgen from The Early Years were excluded. At the urging of several members of the Discord server, several animals and Serthrek'nish (the mythical creature from Siege of Macindaw) were counted as "characters"

Cover art does not count as canon depictions of characters

Only features that were explicitly mentioned got counted in the description. Thus, things like skin colour weren't counted unless it was specifically alluded to. For all characters in The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, then, even though all Nihon-Jan characters could be assumed to have black hair, hair colour was only noted down as part of the description if it was actually mentioned

Clothes don't count as a description. Similarly, anything that was not purely physical didn't count, either. For instance, Halt is said to have "steady eyes", but as this is more of a character trait than a description it wasn't counted. Similarly, "beautiful" (and variations of it) isn't a description

If a character's appearance changes over time, the change isn't counted as part of their physical description as long as it references something that was already described. For example, Old Bob is mentioned as having brown hair in The Early Years, but white hair in Ranger's Apprentice - as these are both about his hair, this is not counted as two separate items in a description. Horace is mentioned as having a scar in Siege of Macindaw, which is a new physical feature, so because it's not describing something we already know about it counts as a new item in his description.

And with that, here we go! Raw data is provided below the cut.

Enjoy ^-^

* They were the only books I had access to. That's the very scientific reason.

The Stats

Following the criteria given above, there are 134 characters in Ranger's Apprentice and The Early Years. On average, they had 4.1 items in their physical description. Most characters overall had 2 items in their physical description, on par with Gilan.

80 characters have more complete descriptions than Gilan. On average, they had 5.9 items in their physical descriptions. Most of these characters had 3 items in their descriptions. By far the character with the most complete description is Norman, a character from The Battle of Hackam Heath, who has 20 items in his physical description. The runner-up is Kona, a character from The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, who has 15 items in his description. These represent 59.7% of all characters in the study.

28 characters have the same amount of physical description as Gilan (2 items in their description) and represent 20.8% of all characters in the study, whereas 25 characters had only one item mentioned in their physical description and represent 18.6% of all characters in the study (percentages are only counted to one decimal place, so they technically add up to 99.1%, but you get the picture).

Raw data below! Some character names are used more than once, which is why you might see what appear to be duplicates on the list. If you find yourself looking at a name and going "who?", well...exactly

Norman – 20 Kona – 15 Black O'Malley – 12 Morgarath – 12 Malcolm – 11 Alyss – 10 Berrigan – 10 Halt – 10 Keren – 10 Tennyson – 10 Serthrek'nish – 10 Arald – 9 John – 9 Nils – 9 Ragnak – 9 Demon Tooth – 8 Douglas – 8 Edwina – 8 Horace – 8 Old Bob – 8 Salt Peter – 8 Yusul – 8 Luka – 7 Montague – 7 Nimatsu – 7 Rosalind – 7 Shadow – 7 Cielema – 6 Farrel – 6 Ferris – 6 Niel – 6 Rodney – 6 Trobar – 6 Atsu – 5 Cormack – 5 Crowley – 5 Delia – 5 Deparnieux – 5 Duncan – 5 Egon – 5 Erak – 5 Robard – 5 Ryan – 5 Sean – 5 Tomas – 5 Umar – 5 Will – 5 Aman – 4 Cassandra – 4 Cedric – 4 Chubb – 4 Denison – 4 Ergell – 4 George – 4 Nialls – 4 Roberta – 4 Rob – 4 Robina – 4 Shigeru – 4 Xander – 4 Sir David Davidson – 3 Ebony – 3 Eiko – 3 Hassan – 3 Hilde – 3 Kyofu – 3 Jenny – 3 Liam – 3 Mussaun – 3 Orman – 3 Pauline – 3 Petulengo – 3 Phillip – 3 Poldaric – 3 Pritchard – 3 Selethen – 3 Ulf – 3 Abelard – 2 Alda – 2 Anthony – 2 Blaze – 2 Bran – 2 Bryn – 2 Deborah – 2 Farrel – 2 Gerald – 2 Gilan – 2 Griff – 2 Handel – 2 Jerome – 2 Killeen – 2 Kord – 2 Leander – 2 Margrit – 2 Marron – 2 Martin – 2 Mound – 2 Nuttal – 2 Peller – 2 Skinner – 2 Tiller – 2 Tom – 2 Tug – 2 Tug II – 2 Yorik – 2 Abelard I – 1 Ambrose – 1 Ayagi – 1 Barnaby – 1 Bart – 1 Carney – 1 Colly – 1 Cropper II – 1 Daniel – 1 Evanlyn – 1 Jerome – 1 Jerrel – 1 Jervis – 1 Joel – 1 Kelly – 1 Mikeru – 1 Nit'zek – 1 Oswald – 1 Ryan – 1 Sandra – 1 Saoud – 1 Teezal – 1 Wallace – 1 Warlock – 1 Willet – 1

[mikecaudron]

MCxMerula Story

Just my headcanon, 

don´t know how all this will en in game but wanted to share it :)

(Sorry about the misspelling)

Year 1 (1984)

-They started as rivals and enemies, but in christmash MC decided to give Merula a gift for pitty…here he saw her smile for first time and decided to be more patient with her

Year 2 (1985)

-The usual jokes, insults, challenges and rivalry between both of them.

Year 3 (1986)

-Mc gives his place in the Frog Choir to Merula…she mocked of him, but after he said how he loved to ear Merula sinning, She blushed. Link in here.

Year 4 (1987)

-The Celestial Ball, Mc invited Merula and she accepted both for pitty and intrigue, both really enjoyed that night.

-During the dementor attack, Mc convinced Merula to cast her Patronus, and it was a succes (Merula´s happy memory was the Celestial Ball, thinking about her parents always ended remembering their arrest and leave to Azkaban)

- “The Date”, Link in here.

-The first Date, the actually event…after this they had many dates in secret for the rest of the year.

Year 5 (1988)

-After a summer of exchanging letters, both said it to the rest of their friends and made it official. Link in here.

-Several dates and “couple moments”

-After Jacob´s flee and Rakepick´s treason, Merula taked a distance from Mc, he tried to talk with her but She was full of anger and Resentmen.

Year 6 (1989)

-Mc tried that summer to get answers and cheer Merula but he barely recived letters from her.

-At the beginning of the year both discussed about all the “vendetta” thing. Link in here but in the end, both decided to turn the “Rakepick solution” in a plan, not an obsession.

Year 7 (1990)

-That summer both were introduced to each other´s family: MC met Merula´s aunt and Merula Met the Farrel family.

-The cursed vaults and Rakepick´s problem were solved at last.

-Both graduated from Hogwarts.

(1990-1993)

-After the graduation both lived together in Merula´s old house.

-Merula, thanks to Bill´s influence started to work in Gringotts as a rookie curse-breaker. MC post an announcement in The Prophet and started to work as a private teacher

-Merula became an animagus in order to get closer to Farrell family (her form is a ferret)

-They never talked about marriage or having kids, both were too busy in their new carrers and didn´t wanted to make the other feel unconfortable.

 The Goblet of Fire 1994)

-They assisted to the Triwizard Tournament as part of the audience, they met again with Rita Skeeter (it was a pain in the ass)

-After Harry´s return with Cedric´s corpse, they both knew The Dark Lord was back and decided to stay Sharp.

The Order of the Phoenix (1995)

-Tonks contact with them in order to help the Order against Voldemort, but many didn´t trust them because Merula´s parents record, so they stay as backup, like Flitwick and Mcgonagall.

-They also sent a letter to Harry after Reading his interview in The Quibbler in order to cheer him.

The Half-Blood Prince (1996)

-They assisted to Dumbledore´s funeral, with many others like Rowan, Barnaby, Tulip, etc.

The Deadhly Hallows (1997)

-They assisted in Bill´s wedding, a warm desire of being in fron of the altar rise in both, but then Voldemort taked the control of the Ministery and the Death eaters burst in the wedding.

-Both scape, but knowing the situation they knew both would be targets. Mc because his muggle and giant lineage and Merula because her past related with Death eaters. So they decided to burn their house and become exiled, in a low profile until the time of the counter attack.

-They traveled across Englad, between muggle villages, protecting them with shield charms and protective magic without them notice about it. They tried to make contac with their friends or the Order of Phoenix, but Voldemort had eyes everywhere…their only conection with the situation was lisening Potterwatch in their magical radio.

The Battle of Hogwarts(1998)

-Tonks warned them about Hogwarts siege and they knew that was the time they have been waiting for. They appeared in Hogsmade and join the resistance forces during the Battle of Hogwarts.

-After the first wave and knowing about Tonk´s dead…Mc went to the artefact room with sad eyes.

Merula follow him and tryed to cheer him when she realices he was holding a Little snake-shape silver ring with a Little emerald. He asked to marry him there and then in order to die with his most loved being, just like Tonks.

Merula was in shock for a moment but then She slapped MCs faces with determinated eyes. Mc was in shock but then she talked to him.

“Don´t talk to me like this is our final day! Don´t you dare to talk to me like We are going to die today! We are going to survive, we are going to live and after all this madness  You are going to ask me again in the correct way!!!”

Smiling, both kissed and get back to the the final battle.

-During the celebration in the Great Hall, He asked her again…and She said yes.

-Some weeks after the Battle of Hogwarts, Merula was accepted again in Gringotts as a Curse-breaker, Mc become a substitute teacher in Hogwarts Merula also discovered she was pregnant.

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[centrestagereviews]

Les Miserables Cast Change

The London production of Les Miserables has announced it’s new cast which will take over at the Queens Theatre from Monday 11th June. 

Dean Chisnall will lead the production in the role of Jean Valjean with Toby Miles joining as Marius, Elena Skye as Eponine, Vivien Parry as Madame Thenardier and Amara Okereke as Cosette. 

David Thaxton will continue to star as Javert till the 21st July and from 23rd July Bradley Jaden will take over.  Carly Stenson will continue to star as Fantine and Steven Meo will continue to star as Thenardier. 

The ensemble will be made up by: Tegan Bannister, Emma Barr, Adam Bayjou, Ciaran Bowling, Oliver Brenin, Grace Farrell, Sophie-May Feek, Adam Filipe, Antony Hanson, Sam Harrison, Barnaby Hughes, James Hume, Ciaran Joyce, Katie Kerr, Rebecca Lafferty, Sarah Lark, Hannah Grace Lawson, Jessica Lee, Jo Loxton, Anna McGarahan, James Nicholson, Ben Tyler, Joe Betch, Raymond Walsh and Andrew York. 

 Further casting is to be announced at a later date.

For more information or to book tickets to see either the current or the new cast head to the official Les Miserables website. 

Image courtesy of Google Images.

[gokinjeespot]

off the rack #1255

Monday, March 25, 2019

 Saw my first robin while out for a walk yesterday. Some juncos and a young male goldfinch came to our feeders too. Wintery weather is still hanging on though. It snowed and there's a skiff of the white stuff on the ground this morning. It's not going to get above freezing today unfortunately. We tried to buy a bag of sand to help with traction on our frozen icy driveway but couldn't find one for love nor money. At our age the fear of falling and breaking a hip is very real.

 Spider-Man Life Story #1 The 60's - Chip Zdarsky (writer) Mark Bagley (pencils) John Dell (inks) Frank D'Armata (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). Back when the House of Ideas had neat ideas they put out a comic book called "What If?" that took their famous super heroes and changed major stories around to see what would have happened. This new Spider-Man book feels a lot like that, rather than telling stories filling in gaps from old issues. It's 1966 and Peter and Gwen are not a couple yet. Flash Thompson is going off to fight in the war in Viet Nam. Chip wasn't even born yet but he captured the sentiments at the time and Mark got the looks right. Peter meets an arch enemy face to face for the first time and secrets are revealed. What makes this feel like a "What If?" is another possible secret coming out that surprised me. If you're a true blue and red Spider-Man fan like me I think you'll like this.

 Invisible Kingdom #1 - G. Willow Wilson (writer) Christian Ward (art) Sal Cipriano (letters). I picked this off the rack because I liked what G. Willow Wilson did when she was writing Ms. Marvel. Here she presents a sci-fi story about religion and big business with two very different female leads. The art is beautiful and coolly futuristic and the convent scenes reminded me of Moebius. This is what it might be like if Amazon and the Catholic church controlled the world in real life. Do the creators of this comic book know something that we don't?

 High Level #1- Rob Sheridan (writer) Barnaby Bagenda (pencils) Romulo Fajardo Jr. (colours) Nate Piekos (letters). Here's another new sci-fi comic book that I snagged to read because I liked the art. The story about a young girl who could save the world from war is okay but the telling of it wasn't done very well. It's not good that I got majorly confused twice and had to flip back pages to see if I missed something. The first time was the artist's fault. One panel shows a character with hair covering the right side of her head and three panels later that side of her head is bald. The door panel of the vehicles she's driving didn't match so I thought it was two different women. Then I got sidetracked again when the little girl talks about someone named Ezra helping them on page 19. I'm thinking who the heck is Ezra? Turns out it's a robot that first shows up on page 7. Why didn't they name the robot then? I found these things so annoyed me that I didn't want to continue reading. I didn't care enough about little Minnow or her protector Thirteen.

 Spider-Man City at War #1 - Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum (writer) Michele Bandini (art) David Curiel (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). How could I not grab this to read with its gorgeous cover by Clayton Crain? Welcome to the Gamerverse version of Spider-Man where it's eight years after Peter first dons the costume. In this universe Otto Octavius isn't Doc Ock yet and Peter is his research assistant. Otto even helps Peter design a spiffy new costume. Peter fights the Kingpin who is not the mayor of New York City and I have to say that if the animators had modelled their Kingpin after this version I would have enjoyed Into the Spiderverse a whole lot more. Mary Jane knows Peter's secret and she's a reporter working for the Daily Bugle. Mister Negative is another major villain in this story and he's the one that will be featured in the next issue. I'm not a video gamer so this alternate version of Spider-Man doesn't mean a lot to me so this new book is not for me.

 Naomi #3 - Brian Michael Bendis & David F. Walker (writers) Jamal Campbell (art) Wes Abbott (letters). There are so many great twists as the mystery of Naomi's origin is slowly being revealed. I loved the dad bod on the last page. I'm guessing she's from Rann going by the costume her father is wearing.

 West Coast Avengers #9 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Gang Hyuk Lim (art) Triona Farrell (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Dang, I missed the last issue so I don't know how most of the team was captured by a vampire cult. This rescue issue was tons of fun and there's a major change to one of the characters. The last page cliffhanger means that I won't want to miss reading the next issue.

 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4 - Saladin Ahmed (writer) Javier Garron (art) David Curiel (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). I love what they're doing artistically with this book. The double page spread showing how Miles and his friends get back to school was cool and super cute to boot. This is a great one issue story about Miles playing hooky if you want to see how good this comic book is.

 Meet the Skrulls #2 - Robbie Thompson (writer) Niko Henrichon (art) Laurent Grossat (colour assistant) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). This issue shows a little origin story for this Skrull family and more of them achieving their mission. That is until the Skrull killer shows up. I need to find out who is going to die next issue.

 Avengers LGY #713: No Road Home #6 - Jim Zub, Mark Waid & Al Ewing (writers) Sean Izaakse (art) Jay David Ramos with Marcio Menyz (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Can you believe a team-up with Conan and the Scarlet Witch? Believe it True Believer. Wanda and the brawny barbarian wander the desert in search of one of the Shards of Night. Their journey leads them to Shadizar where priests use the shard to summon their dark god. They don't worship Nyx but that's who shows up. Meanwhile, the Hulk has a shard as well and it's quite a surprise what he does with it.

 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4 - Tom Taylor (writer) Juann Cabal (art) Nolan Woodard (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). Mother of Exiles part 4. The evil overlord of the underground city invades New York to retrieve his heir. You won't believe who saves Manhattan. This was a great first story and the next one looks like another doozy. This is my favourite Spider-Man title right now not just because of the beautiful art but because Tom King knows how to write Peter Parker and Spider-Man to make him fun and serious too.

[asdamagicbiscuits]

Theatre Highlights 2018

My Top 10 Theatre Highlights and Moments of 2018 (in no particular order other than roughly chronological. I combined things together to make it easier to read and talk about without doubling back on myself). Let's go!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 

My first London theatre trip of the year saw me and my very good friend Hannah make our first visit to see Cursed Child. After a year and a half of trying to get tickets we finally won the Friday Forty and had PHENOMENAL seats - we couldn’t have asked for more with front row stalls, just off centre. It meant that I could see every detail of everyone's performances and the slightest of reactions which I may have missed sitting elsewhere. The show blew my tiny mind. I turned to Hannah in the interval of part one and said that this was going to be the best thing I saw this year and as the year draws to a close I can safely say past me was VERY much correct!! The things they achieve on stage are outstanding and just goes to show anything is possible with theatre, including magic!

In my six visits to see the show I’ve seen some of the brilliant covers in both the second and third year companies including Gideon Turner - First Cover Harry Potter Year Two, Tom Peters - First Cover Harry Potter Year Three, James McGregor - First Cover Bane Year Two and Three, April Hughes - First Cover Delphi (I have SO MUCH I want to say about April’s performance but #KeepTheSecrets and all that but everyone needs to see this girl as Delphi!) Ed White, Tom Mackey and Martin Johnson were the covers I had on in the principal company playing Draco Malfoy, Albus Potter and Amos Diggory/Dumbledore respectively on my first visit to the show and I was genuinely blown away by their performances. I have to talk about Ed and Tom’s performances as they were incredible and stole the show for me.  Firstly, Ed as Draco. Now like many other fans I grew up reading the books and watching the films and everyone was very much I love Draco, he’s great. He’s such a layered character. Now I didn’t get why everyone was so obsessed with him, like what am I not seeing? Then I saw Ed as Draco and was like Oh. Okay, NOW I get it. Ed brought such a warmth and a heart to the character I hadn’t actually noticed before and completely changed my opinion on how I view Draco. The bit which got me was whenever Draco was talking about Astoria and especially the scene in the ministry with Scorpius. It was beautifully acted and a stunning performance. It was a similar thing with Tom as Albus, going in to watch the play I had an idea of what Albus’ character would be like having read the script before hand, yet watching the story unfold Tom played it completely different to how I pictured it in my head. I laughed, I cried and I just wanted to give Albus a hug at the end of it. Those two really stick in my mind when I think back to my first visit and even a year later I’m still talking about it. 

Lastly, as I’m aware this is only the first section and it’s already massively long, I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, shout out to all the Swings, especially on this show as they are all phenomenal and all the tracks are so intricate and they play multiple characters in a single ensemble track, it must be so challenging on cut shows making sure it all gets covered. Loving ya work Swing Team!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is running at the Palace Theatre so make sure to grab your tickets!!

Miss Saigon UK Tour 

I was so thrilled to get to see this wonderful show again on tour three times after having seen it in London. It was just as moving and powerful as it was in London and hats off to everyone involved with getting the show on the road. You’ve done a grand job. It was lovely to see Zoë Doano on stage again, she delivered such a beautiful performance as Ellen and stole the show with Maybe. The whole company were exceptional, Sooha Kim as Kim and Ashley Gilmour as Chris were such a fabulous pairing. Last Night Of The World was so gorgeous and my favourite song in the show. Barnaby Hughes and Vinny Coyle were standouts in the ensemble and it was fabulous to see James McKeon at the helm conducting, doing a marvellous job. Love your work James!

Titanic UK Tour 

Now for those long standing readers of this yearly blog post, some might remember back in summer 2016 I saw Titanic at the Charing Cross Theatre and just fell in love. 

Well fast forward to 2018 where I got to see this fabulous show again three times on tour. It was just as moving, emotional and breath taking as I remembered. The first time I saw the tour was in Southampton I was physically shaking before the show had even started because I love it so much. It’s safe to say I was a pure wreck during that show. I had cried three times by the end of the first song and by the end of the show I’d cried so much there was no moisture in my eyes whatsoever. It was so great to see so many returning performers who I’d seen in the show in London. Dudley and Judith are sublime as the Strausses and of course it was so brilliant to see the heart and scene stealer that is Victoria Serra, who I have to say was born to sing Yeston’s music. Such a gorgeous vocal and performance. Ladies Maid will always be my favourite song in the show and Victoria leads it beautifully. I have a lot of love for that girl. 

I have to mention Kieran Brown, who was wonderful as Murdock, and Chris McGuigan, a sublime Jim Farrell, who were standouts each time I saw the show. 

There are pieces of theatre which just move you so much and deserves to be seen by everyone. Titanic is just this.

Madagascar The Musical UK Tour 

I went to this see this with my friend, Sejuti, and we went to go see Shane McDaid in the show. We were probably also the only people there without kids but we LOVED IT!!! Such a fun show, great music and the penguins were hilarious. My favourite bit was when they were in the antarctic! Excellent comic timing. I’m far from the target audience for this show but I’d recommend it in a heartbeat. Great for adults and kids alike and I’m definitely going to be seeing it again when it comes closer to me. 

Madagascar the Musical is on tour during 2019, check their website for tour dates. 

Shitfaced Shakespeare 

It’s not a secret how much I blooming love this company. As always it’s top notch Shakespeare, hilarious antics and you are guaranteed to have the best hour of your life when you go and see any production they do. This year they had Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet in London and Hamlet on the Fringes so got introduced to two new (well new to me) Shakespeare plays. Ophelia becoming Queen and turning Arass’ were a thing which happened in that time right? 

Got some great compère and drunk combos and two shows I had been waiting to see for over a year so I was happy!!

Unsure how they will top this year but undoubtedly it’ll be genius whatever they do! The big thing for me in 2019 though is to see Saul Marron compère more than once per a season. Am I cursed to only see him once a year? 😢 I hope not! Will update you all on if I manage it next year! 

Keep your eyes peeled on what shows they are doing at the Fringes and in London next year, make sure to grab your tickets when they go on sale in 2019, it’s gonna be a corker for sure!! 

Edinburgh Fringe

I don’t know where to start here. I had simply the best time. I slept a lot as I was knackered but I saw some BRILLIANT shows and Edinburgh is such a gorgeous city as well, especially at Fringe where it’s so busy and got a lovely atmosphere about it. (Still gutted I never found where the pretty Edinburgh Gin Bar at Fringe was. I saw some lovely photos on Instagram!) Fringe staples were Shitfaced Shakespeare and Showtime obviously, did you even do Fringe properly if you DIDN’T see one of those shows?! Another show which I loved whilst up there was Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Parody. Saw it twice and oh my word they were all so fantastic and it was hilarious. I also cried when Muffin died. BOTH TIMES. Legit it got to me. The Amazing Bubbleman - mind blowing, Out Of The Blue, Paddington’s First Concert, Gulliver Returns were some of the fantastic shows at Fringe I saw. I also bumped into my old headteacher on the first night I was at Fringe, at Shitfaced Shakespeare, so I ended up going to see the show he had brought up with a few of the A level drama students at my old school. I was really surprised at how well I followed it (we all know how confused I get at plays. It doesn’t always end well) and all of the girls delivered excellent, solid performances. 

I’m already BUZZING to go back to Fringe next year and the magical waffle place of dreams is actual perfection, very much worth a visit!!

Shitfaced Showtime

Again like with their sister show, I have a lotta love for those musical booze loving beans. I was lucky enough to catch this show twice on Fringe and then once in London. It definitely is a theme with me that at Showtime I always see the drunk I see the show I’m at is compère the next time I go and it’s pure coincidence but I love that it’s worked out like that. I was THRILLED to get to see Nick, the Musical Director, as the drunk on the last night of Fringe, genuinely don’t think I’ve ever laughed that hard before ever. It was a show I really wanted to see at some point and shout-out to Jessica and Beth for doing an ace job looking after him. I’ve said this before but I’m gonna say it again, everyone needs to see a Shitfaced Showtime production and every Musical needs to get the Shitfaced treatment as it’s pure brilliance how they put it all together!!

And lastly, someone cast Issy Wroe-Wright as Fantine as the pipes that girl has are out of this world and she’d slay it. #IssyForFantine 

Phantom Cast Change 

Cast Changes don’t get any easier and this year I had to say goodbye to the lovely Leo Miles who was a swing and then moved to ensemble and Second Cover Raoul (he was flawless as Raoul. Definitely one of my all time favourites.) I’d watched Leo in the show from when he joined back in 2013 so to see him leave was sad but I’ve loved watching him on stage those five years and seen his journey. He is one of the loveliest people on the planet and destined for great things and I’m so excited to see him in the Les Mis tour next year! 

Twelfth Night - Young Vic Theatre

Now no theatre highlights of mine would be complete without mentioning Natalie Dew and the show she was in. As I mentioned earlier on that Cursed Child was the best thing I saw this year, it was equalled by Twelfth Night at the Young Vic. I did a review of it which is also on here if you want to check out my full thoughts.

However in brief, it was sheer brilliance. The music was INCREDIBLE and getting to hear Nat sing again was so fantastic (there may have tears) and also getting to see Rupert Young perform live was great. Rupert hands down has one of the best Male voice I’ve ever heard. The tone and quality of it was just gorgeous. I could talk about this show all day, uplifting, delivers such a good message at the end and so good for the soul. 

‪42nd Street‬

‪42nd Street has featured before in my highlights but I want to talk about the brilliant covers I’ve seen in the show this year. Firstly all the principals in both companies are a joy to watch and so fantastic.‬

Hannah Faith-Marram - First Cover Peggy

I only saw Hannah as Peggy once but oh my word she blew my away. Her dancing was beautiful and crisp, lovely vocal and her smile lit up the whole stage. Her interpretation of Peggy was so sweet and everything she did felt so organic. Me and Rebecca, the friend I went with, felt very lucky to get to see Hannah and Philip together as Peggy and Billy. It felt like we were watching a piece of pure magic up there!

Phillip Bertoli - First Cover Billy and Pat

I’ve been very lucky to see Phillip as both of his covers. In year one I saw him twice as Pat and in year two I’ve seen him twice as Billy. He is exceptional in both roles and  also in his ensemble track, he suits the era so well. It’s like someone picked him out of the ‘20s and popped him in present day. Everything about his performance, you can’t help but watch him in the dance numbers. It’s a very classy performance

Ryan Glover - Second Cover Andy/Swing

Want to give a special mention to Ryan as not only was he performing as Andy during one show he also was on in the ensemble during one of the dances as they were on a cut show that performance and I thought he did an outstanding job! 

Finally I just want to say that I’m so gutted this show is closing, the West End won’t be as bright without this wonderfully uplifting show. Thank you to both the original revival company and the second year companies for bringing me such joy over the past nearly two years. You’ve all been magnificent!! Make sure to catch all those hoofers on stage at Theatre Royal Drury Lane before the show closes ‪on January 6th‬ and don’t forget to go see it in the cinema when it’s released!!

Well, that wraps up a very stagey 2018. I’ve got some exciting stuff planned for 2019 so it’s looking to be a good one!! 

Who knows what will make it in next year but I sure know it’s gonna be one fun stagey ride! So make sure you come back next year and find out what my highlights for 2019 are!

Until next time, cheerio! 

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Announcement of New Star Cast of Les Miserables

The popular London Westend production of Les Miserables is all set for major cast change from Monday 11 June 2018. The award winning London show has already entered its record breaking 33rd year at the Queen’s Theatre. Recently, a major announcement has been made by Cameron Mackintosh.

The role of Jean Valjean will be portrayed by Dean Chisnall, Maris will be portrayed by Toby Miles, Elena Skye as ‘Eponine’, Vivien Parry as ‘Madame Thénardier’, Samuel Edwards as 'Enjolras' and Amara Okereke as ‘Cosette’, whereas Steven Meo will continue portraying as ‘Thénardier’ and Carley Stenson as ‘Fantine’. Until 21st July, David Thaxton will continue portraying the role of ‘Javert’, whereas Bradley Jaden will portray the role of ‘Javert’ from Monday 23 July.

The new star cast of Les Miserables from Monday 11 June 2018 the company will be Tegan Bannister; Emma Barr; Adam Bayjou; Ciarán Bowling; Oliver Brenin; Dean Chisnall; Grace Farrell; Sophie-May Feek; Adam Filipe; Antony Hanson; Sam Harrison; Barnaby Hughes; James Hume; Ciaran Joyce; Katie Kerr; Rebecca Lafferty; Sarah Lark, Hannah Grace Lawson; Jessica Lee; Jo Loxton; Anna McGarahan; Steven Meo; Toby Miles; James Nicholson; Amara Okereke; Vivien Parry; Carley Stenson; Elena Skye; David Thaxton; Ben Tyler; Joe Vetch; Raymond Walsh and Andrew York

Dean Chisnall is a renowned name in theatrical shows as some of his recent works include the UK tour of “Blood Brothers” “The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ The Musical” at the Menier Chocolate Factory; “Working” at the Southwark Playhouse; “Shrek” at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and UK tour; “Love Never Dies” at the Adelphi Theatre; “La Cage Aux Folles” at the Playhouse Theatre and “Never Forget” at the Savoy Theatre.

Bradley Jaden is known for portraying some wonderful role such as the UK tour of “Ghost The Musical”; “Shrek The Musical” at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; “The Blues Brothers” at the Edinburgh Festival and Stiles and Drewe’s “Peter Pan” at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.  His TV credits include “Emmerdale” on ITV and “Sugar Rush” on Channel 4. He is currently portraying the role of ‘Fiyero’ in “Wicked” at the Victoria Apollo Theatre.  

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