#in that the poses are from Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

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"I am a FORCE of nature, TERRIBLE in my WRATH!"

... He's drunk :|

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Drawing fanart for an au of a movie I have no intention of ever seeing because the Twitter fandom is delightful.

(Swan Lake Reddie au by @/pasdedeux_au on Twitter)

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WIP preview of the first page of my YOI Swan Lake AU comic!

Completed page 1 here

(Text adapted from the dubbed version, costume design and rough ballet poses adapted from Matthew Bourne's swan lake!)

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Plymouth's Theatre Royal is now a listed building

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Plymouth's Theatre Royal is now a listed building

The Theatre Royal holds a special place in the hearts of Plymouth people.

Now the Royal Parade attraction can be enjoyed for generations to come after heritage experts granted it special protection.

The 36-year-old cultural mecca has been Grade II-listed – one of a number of new UK sites safeguarded by Historic England.

Cultural chiefs who signed off the deal praised the venue – opened by Princess Margaret in 1982 – for its ‘sophisticated example’ of 20th century design.

They also lavished praise on the Theatre Royal – commissioned by Plymouth City Council as a venue that could cater both large and small productions – for its ‘distinctive geometric forms’.

The milestone comes as theatre bosses bring to life one of the biggest public artworks to land in Plymouth for some time.

A giant bronze sculpture dubbed ‘Bianca’ (though that is not her official name) will stand proudly outside the Theatre Royal potentially by the end of the year, as reported by Plymouth Live.

Bianca: The key facts

Planning permission for installation of the bronze sculpture was granted by Plymouth City Council on February 9, 2017.

The sculpture is based on a pose struck by the actress playing Bianca in Frantic Assembly’s version of Othello, which was co-produced with the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

Weighing around 3,500kg, the sculpture will measure seven metres tall and nine metres (30ft) wide. To put that into perspective, the average double-decker bus measures 4.38metres tall by 15 metres wide.

The idea for a sculpture was born three years ago and forms part of the Theatre Royal Plymouth’s £7.5million regeneration project.

The artist behind the sculpture is Joseph Hillier, born and raised in Helston, Cornwall, and who studied at Falmouth College of Art before attending Newcastle University.

Frantic Assembly is an award-winning company creating “thrilling, energetic and unforgettable theatre with a unique and physical style”. The company has co-produced seven shows with Theatre Royal Plymouth including Lovesong, The Believers and Othello.

Standing seven-metres (23ft) tall, nine-metres (30ft) wide and weighing in at more than eight tonnes, the sculpture will be a third of the height of Smeaton’s Tower, wider than a tennis court and heavier than an African bull elephant.

It brings the number of buildings and sites under protected status in England to 400,000.

Historic England chief executive Duncan Wilson said: “The list is a treasure trove of special historic places that demonstrates the rich variety of England’s history.

“Reaching 400,000 entries is a milestone – it confirms just how important our heritage is and how much deserves protecting for future generations.”

Construction of Theatre Royal car park, 1980

Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said: “The National Heritage List for England tells the story of our past, and the people, places and events that shaped it.

“This landmark highlights the huge diversity of historic places that we have protected and the integral role heritage plays in our culture.”

Other national sites adopted by Historic England include the Art Deco terminal at Birmingham Airport and a 200-year-old cottage in Shropshire – which once housed animals and their owner under one roof.

Plymouth’s culture boss, Councillor Peter Smith said: “The Theatre Royal was built as somewhere where arts could thrive and a place for the people of Plymouth as well as the surrounding towns and countryside to enjoy quality performance and entertainment.

“It has become a key part of the city’s night time economy – to put it simply – a great night out for all ages, it has become a cultural powerhouse for the region and we are very proud in our role in making this happen.

“Getting the design right and flexible enough to take the big productions as well as allow experimental and smaller theatre to grow has proved to be so important.”

Theatre Royal: Key facts

It consists of a 1,300-seat main auditorium, The Lyric, which regularly hosts large-scale musicals, opera and ballet; a 200-seat studio, The Drum; and a 50-seat studio, The Lab.

On a separate site, Theatre Royal Plymouth also has a production and learning centre, TR2, featuring rehearsal studios and workshops for the production of set and costumes.

The theatre is a National Portfolio Organisation, receiving regular funding from Arts Council England.

A £7million regeneration Project was completed in September 2013 with a renovated front of house area and community performance space called The Lab.

Time Line

Theatre Royal: A Plymouth success story

1982

HRH Princess Margaret opens the Theatre Royal. Royal Charity Gala held with Leonard Rossiter, Dickie Henderson & Gene Pitney performing

Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald performs

1983

Eric Sykes performs alongside Matthew Kelly in Alan Ayckbourn’s Time and Time Again

Warren Mitchell performs as Alf Garnett in The Thoughts Of Chairman Alf

The Three Degrees & Eartha Kitt perform

Terry Scott performs in Babes in the Wood

1984

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song & Dance performed at the Theatre Royal. This is the first Cameron Mackintosh production to come to the Theatre Royal. Stars Wayne Sleep & Marti Webb

Roger Redfarn appointed as Artistic Director

Danny la Rue appears in Mother Goose

1985

Lauren Bacall stars in Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth

1986

Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington found the English Shakespeare Company, the inaugral production premieres here. The company go on to tour across the UK and worldwide

1989

Buddy co-produced with Paul Elliott premieres at the Theatre Royal

1990

Adrian Vinken OBE appointed General Manager

Des O’Connor stars in Cinderella as Buttons

1991

Barbara Windsor stars in Guys & Dolls

High Heels in the Rubble, about the Plymouth Blitz and performed by the people of Plymouth, opened with a guest appearance from Dame Vera Lynn

Sir Ian McKellen appears in Richard III

1992

Theatre Royal takes over operation of Plymouth Pavilions

Les Dawson stars in Dick Whittington

Edward Woodward appears in A Dead Secret

1993

Act Now campaign – Arts Council funding cut threat. Over 57,000 letters of support for the theatre stuck to the theatre’s windows, convoy of 20 coaches taken from Plymouth to Arts Council Head Office where opponents of the cuts sing a song from Les Miserables and hold a torchlight procession. Campaign was a success

Brian Blessed performs his one-man show

Bill Nighy appears in Arcadia

1994

World premiere of Copacabana with Barry Manilow in attendance. Gary Wilmot plays the lead role

Adam Faith performs in Alfie

1995

Out of the Rubble performed with over 500 people from the local community to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of VE Day

World premiere of Jolson starring Brian Conley

1996

Theatre Royal’s Young Company and People’s Company formed

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake performed. The first of many Matthew Bourne productions to be performed at the Theatre Royal

1997

Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Miserables tour opens at the Theatre Royal

First year of a 3 year residency for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the South West – Shakespeare performed in the Theatre Royal, Drum and Pavilions

Russ Abbot starred as Captain Hook in Peter Pan

1998

Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera starts its UK tour at the Theatre Royal

Simon Stokes joins the Theatre Royal as Artistic Director

1999

Jason Donovan stars in The Rocky Horror Show as Frank ‘n’ Furter

2000

TMA voted the Theatre Royal Plymouth the Most Welcoming Theatre

Simon Callow stars in The Mystery of Charles Dickens

Hundreds of local people involved in Union Street, a story about Plymouth’s most famous street created with local volunteer researchers, performers and backstage teams with the help of a professional creative team

2002

Richard Briers performs in The Tempest

The Green Man performed in the Drum Theatre with Phil Daniels and Danny Webb

2003

TR2 opens – Europe’s first purpose built production and education centre opened by the Earl of Wessex on his own, contrary to the plaque in reception!

Cameron Mackintosh’s UK tour of Cats begins life at TR2 with the workshops undertaking their first major set build while the company are the first to use rehearsal rooms

Theatre Royal’s 21st birthday

Ross Kemp appears in The Taming of the Shrew

2004

Launch of the new touring production of Miss Saigon

Refurbishment of Theatre Royal auditorium – yellow seating replaced with blue seating

Theatre Royal voted whatsonstage.com Best Regional Theatre

2005

Philip Ridley’s controversial play Mercury Fur, a Drum co-production with Paines Plough, opens starring Ben Wishaw

The History Boys with James Corden and Dominic Cooper in the cast

World premiere of Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands

2006

The controversial Jerry Springer – The Opera tour opens at the Theatre Royal

Yukio Ninagawa’s Titus Andronicus performed in Japanese on the Theatre Royal stage

First UK performance of White Christmas on the Theatre Royal stage with Ken Kercheval and Lorna Luft starring alongside Craig McLachlan

2007

Drum Theatre wins The Empty Space Peter Brooke Award

2008

World premieres of the international tour of Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Flashdance the Musical and Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray

Frantic Assembly present Othello, a co-production with the Theatre Royal and their first production to be performed on the Theatre Royal stage

Lesley Garrett appears in Carousel

2009

Major new touring version of Pete Townshend’s rock opera Quadrophenia opens

Alistair McGowan stars in Measure for Measure

2010

Alison Steadman stars in Alan Bennett’s Enjoy

World premiere of Lend Me A Tenor, a Theatre Royal co-production which goes on to play in the West End

Complicite’s A Disappearing Number broadcast live across the world from the Theatre Royal

2011

Lovesong, a co-production with Frantic Assembly, premieres in the Drum and stars Sian Phillips

Complicite opens The Master and Margarita

2012

Cameron Mackintosh tour of The Phantom of the Opera opens at the Theatre Royal

The Drum Theatre presents its own productions, The Astronaut’s Chair and Horse Piss For Blood

Mathew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty has it’s world premiere on the Theatre Royal Stage

The Theatre Royal Plymouth is awarded the funding for it’s Regeneration Project

2013

Theatre Royal Plymouth productions of Forever House by Glenn Waldron and Solid Air by Doug Lucie open in The Drum

Theatre Royal Plymouth co-production with Told by an Idiot and Young Vic My Perfect Mind

Fight Night; a co-production with Belgian theatre company Ontroerend Goed

2014

Theatre Royal Plymouth productions of MAD MAN, Grand Guignol, Another Placeopen in The Drum

Co-productions include The Believers, SmallWaR, The Angry Brigade and Sirens

2015

Merit, After Electra, and The Whipping Man are Theatre Royal Plymouth productions

The Solid Life of Sugar Water, a co-production with Graeae Theatre opens in The Drum, followed by a successful Edinburgh Fringe Festival run and UK tour, ending at the National Theatre.

Pardon/In Cuffs written by Valentijn Dhaenens previews in The Drum before it’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival run at the Traverse Theatre

2016

The Theatre Royal Plymouth production of James Graham’s Monster Raving Looney opens in The Drum. Followed by a 5-week run in London at Soho Theatre

The Man With The Hammer written by Phil Porter and produced by Theatre Royal Plymouth

Russian playwright Mikhail Durnenkov’s play the war has not yet started produced by Theatre Royal Plymouth opens in The Drum

Shon Dale Jones’s The Duke is co-produced with Hoipolloi, PBJ Management and Theatre Royal Plymouth

Told by an Idiot return to The Drum with Heads Will Roll a co-production with Told by an Idiot

Ontroerend Goed return with World Without Us a co-production with Arts Centre Vooruit Ghent, Theatre Royal Plymouth & Richard Jordan Productions, previews in July and embarks on a hugely successful Edinburgh Fringe Festival run. Winning a Fringe First award before returning to The Drum in November.

Billy Elliot The Musical starts its UK & Ireland tour in Plymouth

BIG The Musical starring Jay McGuiness makes its European Premiere

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins enjoys a magical run at Theatre Royal Plymouth

Wind in the Willows starring Rufus Hound opens in The Lyric and has now been confirmed for a London Palladium run in 2017

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