Chambers_ immersive dining experience — the review
An interactive story-driven culinary adventure that’s like being dropped into a Doctor Who–esque spacetime unknown. Weird, wonderful, sometimes unnerving. An intriguingly odd sensory odyssey.
stage buzz
curated: going to the theater sounds as bad as going to the movies these days…
I’m flabbergasted. But not really, either.
curated: Mark Rylance quits Royal Shakespeare Company over BP sponsorship
Ouch. The arts are so underfunded that they rely on corporate sponsorship… but that sponsorship can be a way for a big corp to wash its karma.
The Grand Expedition immersive dining experience — the review
A round-the-world culinary adventure that’s like Secret Cinema, except about food rather than movies, with a Jules Verne vibe and a nostalgia for a time when the world was bigger than it is now.
Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience — the review
Replicates the abusive experience of being served a meal by noted hotelier and ball of rage Basil Fawlty in his Torquay lodging establishment. It is an absolute riot.
curated: gay black man smacks down the racist, homophobic vice president elect
Don’t worry: he’s tops on the enemies list now.
open thread: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
A place to discuss both the stage play and the script book. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet isn’t a very good Hamlet
Of course it’s fun in the “oh my god that’s Benedict Cumberbatch!” sense, but it’s a bit Hamlet for Dummies, or Hamlet’s Greatest Hits.
“Benedict Cumberbatch urges fans not to take photos during Hamlet play”
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Old Vic’s The Crucible with Richard Armitage now on VOD
Just a heads-up for the fangirls…
