#Luke Middleton

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Simone Ashley Passes the torch to Nicola Coughlan | Bridgerton | Netflix

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The scenes from preseason here in St Paul

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Last month, "The Motive and the Cue" moved to the West End (originally staged at the National Theatre), symbolically finding a home at the Noël Coward Theatre, where John Gielgud played Hamlet back in 1934.

After less than two weeks of our read-along of "Emails from an Actor," I was so excited to see this play that I could hardly breathe when I saw "Day 1, The Play’s the Thing" projected on the black curtain! Honestly, this has been the best play I’ve seen in the last four or five months (and I go to the West End almost every week). The entire production revolves around the captivating power struggle between the legendary John Gielgud and the flamboyant Richard Burton, with Elizabeth Taylor acting as a calming force. Act one, aptly titled "The Motive," explodes with conflict, culminating in a public humiliation of Gielgud by Burton, and the second act, “The Cue,” focuses on the peace process and completes with reconciliation and a successful premiere. It’s rare to find an end of the play stronger and more cathartic than an end of the first act, but this play achieves it beautifully.

Johnny Flynn breathes life into Burton, portraying him as charismatic, expressive, and loud, yet hinting at hidden demons. However, I felt that he was trying too hard to mimic Burton's voice and mannerisms. Flynn's natural voice doesn't have the same level of hoarseness, so much of his performance feels more like an impersonation.

Tuppence Middleton steals the show as Taylor. Her captivating presence shines in every scene, offering a nuanced portrayal that deconstructs the stereotypical image of the airheaded Hollywood beauty. The connection she forms with Luke Norris' William Redfield, based on their shared childhood experiences as actors, is a delightful highlight. Redfield is arguably the most prominent supporting character, and his presence is impactful. But, unfortunately, there was no Sterne.

The real star and the absolute best part of it all was Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud. He is so natural in this role: knowledgeable, gentle, charismatic, witty, and extremely vulnerable. (By the end, you yearn to offer him a comforting hug.) This is exactly how I imagined Gielgud from what I’ve read so far in Redfield’s and Sterne’s texts. During the first rehearsals, Mark Gatiss even did something mentioned by Sterne: “he was also acting all the parts with the actors, mouthing the lines, reflecting the emotions in his facial expressions, and kinesthetically making all the gestures.” It was so lovely! And he did many things described by Redfield as part of Gielgud's ‘directing style.’ It was amusing to recognize quotes from both Redfield and Sterne throughout the whole play, even if repurposed for different situations.

The staging was both beautiful and smart. They used three locations: the big white rehearsal room, the smaller red hotel room (of Burton and Taylor), and the smallest blue room (of Gielgud). This last room was the most intimate space, where Redfield came for acting advice (and Gielgud told him that his advice cannot make him a better actor) and where Gielgud himself brought a sex worker boy ('I just wanted to do something reckless') – this is the most touching scene! I also liked the production’s attention to details: for example, when Taylor and Burton host a party in their room, we see vases with flowers – roses and tulips, and when we return to their room a few days later, we see these same flowers withered!

I really enjoyed the play. It was a captivating blend of wit, intelligence, and genuine tenderness. And it was nice to see our guys 'alive.' Gatiss/Gielgud is my big love! The whole experience made me very emotional.

The three rooms:

Our boy William (Luke Norris):

Mark Gatiss/John Gielgud:

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Opening night in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for Asia Tour 2022-2023 was today (06 July 2023), and the Kitties are back!

Sophie-Rose Middleton as Electra and Isabella Roberts as Victoria.

Katie Hutton is always excited to be back!

Gabrielle Parker as Jemima gets to be a cover star!

Amy Louise Whittle as Jennyanydots and Francesca Benton-Stace as Jellylorum, with booth friends Lucy Rice and Lydia Gerrard.

Matt Krzan as Munkustrap.

Meghan Peploe-Williams as Tantomile and Nathan Luke as Coricopat. Gone but not forgotten in the programme is Madison Green as Jennyanydots.

Oliver Ramsdale as Macavity looks fierce.

Matthew Levick as Bill Bailey has something important to show you: himself.

Saverio Pescucci has his new role as Alonzo, changing from Admetus.

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The best photographer has once again come for my emotions. (I'm so happy they made it to the final show T_T)

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degrassi characters' dnd classes- pt 3 (classes of 13 and 14)

the not awaited pt 3 of the series of posts only I and maybe a couple other people care about but idc because hyperfixations baby!!

eli- sorcerer (shadow magic)/bard (college of eloquence)

bianca- rogue (soulknife)/paladin (oath of vengeance)

owen- barbarian (path of the beast)

marisol- sorcerer (draconic bloodline; bronze dragon)

katie- fighter (cavalier)/monk (way of the shadow)

jake- druid (circle of the moon)

mo- fighter (battle master)/bard (college of swords)

clare- clare-ic (sorry) (life domain and later war domain)

alli- wizard (school of transmutation)

jenna- bard (college of glamour)

connor- artificer (alchemist)

drew- fighter (champion)/monk (way of the open hand)

adam- bard (college of valor)

imogen- warlock (archfey; pact of the chain)

becky- paladin (oath of devotion)

dallas- fighter (battle master)

luke- gelatinous cube food :) his class doesn't matter :)

dave- bard (college of swords)

kc- rogue (thief)

wesley- wizard (school of illusion)

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Closer To Free Part 2

“This plan God has for me…any chance I could get an advanced copy?”

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Virginia Danson from Magical Diary is a soft butch gendersport nonbinary lesbian with hyperactive type ADHD and a chronic illness who uses she/her and they/them pronouns!

She's roommates and best friends with Ellen Middleton, an autistic omni lesbian anisomagiscien magiscifightic magiencetion magisciencegender genderqueer girl with PTSD and a special interest in the way magic and science interact who uses she/her and it/its pronouns!

Minnie Cochran is an autistic trans girl with anxiety and PTSD who uses she/her pronouns and exploring her sexuality in the wake of separating from an abusive boyfriend, and she's in a QPR with Jacob!

Minnie's roommate Pastel Rao is a pansexual pixibordaen pinkgender passerifaen faething faefaerian genderfae girl with hypersexuality, BPD, and HPD who uses fae/faer pronouns!

Raven Darkstar is an arospec bisexual trans vampyrgender stagevampiric ebonyfulic girl with ASPD who uses she/her and vamp/vamps pronouns!

Her roommate Suki Sato is an autistic quoiromantic asexual dragongender weirdgirl who uses any pronouns!

Barbara Solmaro is an autistic selectively mute amatopunk damselpunk acespec combootic roguian rebelburn ignidesolation latenightdrawic punkcutic trans girl who deliberately leaves her sexuality unlabeled, has ADHD and PTSD, and uses she/her pronouns!

Luke Phifer is a veldian nonbinary guy with an undiagnosed learning disability who uses he/him and they/them pronouns!

They're roommates and best friends with Virginia's brother Donald Danson, a straight transmasculine guy with ADHD who uses he/him pronouns!

Donald and Virginia's older brother William Danson is an autistic femme kindligender girlboy brothergender shadowbi gay man with PTSD who uses he/him and she/her pronouns!

Jacob Blaising is an aromantic nonbinary boy who uses he/him and it/its pronouns, and it's in a QPR with Minnie!

Jacob's roommate and Luke's twin brother Logan Phifer is an autistic aroace nonbinary bluegender person who uses they/them pronouns!

Damien Ramsay is canonically bisexual and uses he/him pronouns, and he and William are exes!

Manuel Arias is an autistic wolfgender werecreature cuddleweren softdogwolfial artgender trans gay man who uses he/him and nya/nyas pronouns!

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Goethe's poetry - some new translations by John Greening

In this blog post, I am discussing John Greening’s new translations of a small selection (9 poems in all) from the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. With the original German texts provided on facing pages, these translations are published as Nightwalker’s Song, by Arc Publications (2022). This review was originally commisioned and published by Acumen poetry magazine early in 2023. By the way,…

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Holiday Audio/Video Gifts!

For the holiday season, here are some audio gifts from various shows and one Phantom video! The link to them is here and the info is below the cut:

Happy holidays and I hope you are all having time for some rest!

Audios

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Jon Robyns, Paige Blankson, Joe Griffiths-Brown, Kelly Glyptis, Matt Harrop, Adam Linstead, Francesca Ellis, David Kristopher Brown, Maiya Hikasa August 22, 2023; London

Tim Howar, Harriet Jones, Nadim Naaman, Lara Martins, Nicholas Garrett, Arvid Larsen, John Ellis, Valerie Cutko, Kelsi Boyden March 19, 2023; Greece

Josh Piterman, Corinne Cowling (u/s), Danny Whitehead, Katy Hanna (u/s), Ross Dawes, Kris Manuel (u/s), Sophie Caton (u/s), Paul Ettore Tabone, Georgia Ware October 17, 2019; London ​Matinee.

Jeremy Stolle (u/s), Samantha Hill, Greg Mills (u/s), Michele McConnell, Richard Poole (u/s), Tim Jerome, Ellen Harvey, Christian Sebek, Kara Klein, Scott Mikita (u/s) March 9, 2013; Broadway Matinee performance.

John Owen-Jones, Deborah Dutcher, Matthew Cammelle, Bruce Montague, Charles Shirvell, Margaret Mary Kane (u/s), Janet Murphy, Jeremy Secomb, Lucy Middleton January 5, 2002; London

Love Never Dies

Tam Mutu, Celia Graham, David Thaxton, Daniel Dowling August 25, 2011; London Tam Mutu's last performance.

Les Miserables

Christopher Jacobsen (u/s Jean Valjean), Stewart Clarke (Javert), Katie Hall (Fantine), Will Callan (Marius), Lulu-Mae Pears (Cosette), Amena El-Kindy (Eponine), Luke Kempner (Thenardier), Claire Machin (Madame Thenardier), Dejan Van der Flyert (Enjolras), Alex Shaw (Gavroche), Clohe Sullivan (Little Cosette), Tom Hext (Grantaire/Majordomo), Adam Pearce (Bishop/Claquesous), Ellie Ann Lowe (Factory Girl), Jordan Simon Pollard (u/s Foreman/Bujon), Matt Dempsey (Bamatabopis/Lesgles), Annabelle Aquino, Hazel Baldwin, Emily Olive Boyd, Ben Culleton, Matt Hayden, Sam Kipling, Anouk Van Lake, Harry Lake, Ben Oatley, Jonathan Stevens, Phoebe Williams, Ollie Wray September 28, 2023; London 15,000th show in London and the 5th show for the new company.

Sunset Boulevard

Nicole Scherzinger (Norma), Tom Francis (Joe Gillis), David Thaxton (Max von Mayerling), Grace Hodgett Young (Betty Shaefer), Ahmed Hamaad (Artie), Tyler Davis (Sheldrake), Charlotte Jaconelli (Johanna), Jon Tsouras (Cecil B. de Mille) September 28, 2023; London

Rebecca

Laureen Jones (I), Richard Carson (Maxim de Winter), Kara Lane (Mrs Danvers), Sara Harlington (Beatrice), Neil Moor (Giles), Piers Bate (Frank Crewley), David Breeds (Ben), Alex James Ward (Jack Favell), Shrley Jameson (Mrs Van Hopper), Nicholas Lumley (Colonel Julian) September 27, 2023; Off-West End

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Ian Jon Bourg, Olivia Safe (u/s), Kyle Gonyea 2001; Hamburg, Germany VOB files. One of the most legendary Phantom's opposite one of the youngest Christine's!

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The Princess of Wales’ siblings, Pippa and James Middleton with their spouses, Alizee Thevenet and James Matthews attend the Henry van Straubenzee Christmas carol concert at St Luke's Church in Chelsea, London. 1/12/22

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Sophie Thatcher

Sophie Turner

Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga)

Tia Jonsson

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Tom Hiddleston

Tuppence Middleton

Ty Tennant

Victoria Pedretti

Vincent Cassel

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George Kennedy and Patty Duke at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968. George Kennedy won the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Cool Hand Luke.

George and Patty died one month apart in the same state. George Kennedy died on February 28, 2016 in Middleton, Idaho and Patty Duke died March 29, 2016 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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Closing night (13 August 2023) in Taipei, Taiwan for Asia Tour 2022-2023, a nine month journey across two countries for the wonderful cast that delighted audiences with the magic of CATS.

The full cast, crew, and company that put on the show.

Embraces after the final curtain call.

Final bows were taken by Katie Hutton as Rumpleteazer and Sophie-Rose Middleton as Electra.

Lucy Rice wrapped up the tour covering Bombalurina, a fitting end to the former RCCL Bombalurina performer. With Taryn Donna as Cassandra.

Lucy gets some snapshots in other performers to mark closing night.

Meghan Peploe-Williams as Tantomile and Nathan Luke as Coricopat had some fun in the tour, and Johnny Randall as Mistoffelees sweated out one last solo.

Jack Danson bids farewell to Taiwan as Rum Tum Tugger.

Oliver Ramsdale as Admetus and Russell Dickson as Munkustrap have one last hurrah.

Matthew Levick ends his time as Bill Bailey and six years of the show, while Lydia Gerrard shares her goodbye from her time as a Swing.

Some wigs belonging to Saverio Pescucci as Alonzo and Cian Hughes as Carbucketty.

The theatre is quiet once more; Happy Trails to everyone!

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Penultimate night for the Asia tour in Seoul—11 March 2023—and the lineup is a little unusual. George and Electra are absent. Nathan Zach Johnson and Alice Oberg cover Coricopat and Tantomile, then we have Matthew Levick covering Carbuckety...

Ed Kingsley Wade, who's just recently stepped in as Tugger to cover for an injury, continues his career choice of being too cool for an energetic bow. (Gavin Eden's Skimbleshanks compensates with a little gay frolic.)

Sophie-Rose Middleton covered Jemima, and Cian Hughes covered Mistoffelees, managing a triple toe-touch and a demand for more applause...

(much to Tugger's delight)

And Nathan Luke was back in a role he often covered in Vienna: Bill Bailey, for the final tumbleflips!

(All gifs above are from footage by insta user mongswelgim, except for the first two of Cian, which are from yhh6820.)