🚨NEW DIVISIONS MUSIC!🚨
Are you a pessimist? Are we all screwed? Do you want to curl up under a blanket & not come out until whatever the fuck is happening in the world is all over? If you said yes to any of that, this is for you.
Year Zero is out NOW.
He’s completely hung the theatre industry out to dry. Same with pubs. Small breweries will be hammered. ‘Strong advice’ means fuck all to an insurer, thousands of people’s livelihoods are at risk here. Horrific. What a dreadful time for this absolute weapon to be in charge.
To whoever is sat in the second row, about 8 seats in from the right (as you see it) at this afternoon’s performance of Phantom of the Opera - do me a favour & STOP READING YOUR TEXTS. ACTORS CAN SEE YOU. YOU ARE IN A DARK ROOM, YOU’RE COMPLETELY LIT. EVEN BETTER - JUST LEAVE.
Think how fucking mental that first gig after this is over is going to be? That first football match. That first performance of Les Mis. Think about it. It will be utterly, utterly incendiary.
So here’s a thing. At the end of a VERY long journey, one I very much want to talk about and will another time, we find ourselves here. Today we brought Calon Sullivan-Thaxton home. Just the loveliest thing, we are besotted and so happy. ❤️
I will never understand why this original production ended but I will forever be beyond grateful for what Les Miserables has done for me as a person. I know the show itself isn’t closing but I feel like it is. Goodbye and thank you. Fucking thank you. Xxx (3/3)
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce that David Thaxton will play ‘The Phantom’ for a limited run at Her Majesty's Theatre, London from Monday 10 December 2018.
Well here we are. Farewell
@lesmisofficial
. Very hard to say goodbye to a show that has been such a colossal part of my adult life & even harder to say goodbye to the nicest company I’ve ever worked with.
I don’t know if this is it for good, but if it is then THANK YOU. 💙🤍❤️
Will she resign though? Or be sacked? Not a chance. Not a single chance. There is never a single chance of that for any of them. They just do whatever they like, however badly, and KNOW they won’t be held to account. Jobs for life. Do what you like, who cares? Nothing matters.
Since 1 January this government has lost access to an EU database that UK police relied on 1.5M times a day AND 400K police records, many of which are necessary to keep dangerous criminals behind bars.
Priti Patel said we'd be just as safe post-Brexit.
As a new
#PartyGate
photo emerges showing Boris Johnson & an open bottle of bubbly at the No10 Xmas quiz here is Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi previously defending the PM because there was “NO alcohol on the table!”
Will the Cabinet Ministers defending the PM never learn!
The amount of actors I know (including myself) who have never had an audition at the National is astonishing. Haven’t been on Netflix either. Lots of us about…
National Theatre director Rufus Norris has warned that a surge in opportunities with streaming platforms including Netflix and Amazon is taking talent away from theatre
So ends one of the hardest but most rewarding things I’ve ever done. I couldn’t be more grateful for
#JCStheConcert
, thank you to all
@OpenAirTheatre
for being so bold and making it happen. 🙌
So farewell JCS and farewell Pilate. Will we meet again? Perhaps. Let’s hope so. Xx
I’m not usually one to gush but
#JCStheConcert
@OpenAirTheatre
was such a buzz tonight.
I’ve never done anything so intensive & relentless, just THE craziest amount of effort from everyone, but I’m so proud of what’s being achieved.
One of my favourite nights in the theatre. ❤️
Goodbye
@ComeFromAwayUK
, what a treat that was. From rehearsing in NYC to that wonderful last show, it’s been fantastic start to finish & getting to work with such amazing actors, creatives and friends (old and new) is something I’ll always cherish. Thanks for having me.💙💛🙌
It’s such a privilege being part of
@OpenAirTheatre
right now. No stone left unturned as far as safety’s concerned, incredible to see the combined effort in action. And as for what’s happening onstage, it’s simply too exciting for words. You just can’t miss it.
#JCStheConcert
It’s a miracle Femi hasn’t ripped his own cheeks off in frustration these last few years, I don’t know how he has it in him to keep fighting the fight.
Fair play man, seeing you still going reminds me I have to too. We all do. 💪
Seriously WTF!
Telling millions of working class parents that we're going to give them less food than THEY could buy with £15 because we think they'd rather buy vodka than feed their kids?
#WhySoTory
#FreeSchoolMeals
So there you go. The original production of Les Mis is no more. It was an honour to be there and see it sent off. The backbone of my adult life, there is no trace of hyperbole when I say all the good things I have are a result of being in that show. (1/3)
Well, farewell
@sunsetblvd
, for now at least. What a ride it’s been. And what a pleasure, I have loved EVERY second. Here’s to the next time…
The final
#MaxTracks
here at the Savoy is The Take Off and Landing of Everything by Elbow.
Come From Aways! We've got some news for you...
@OlivierAwards
winner David Thaxton (
@YoungThacko
) is joining our London family as Kevin T/Garth and Others from Monday 9th September. 🌍
We'll be waving goodbye to our original Kevin T
@DShannonmusic
on 7th September. 💙💛
Right, one more go
@PhantomOpera
. It’s totally flown by, just a lovely experience. One of the hardest jobs I’ve ever done but extremely satisfying. The 13 year old musical theatre geek inside me still can’t quite believe it happened... It has been an honour. (1/2)
This is now on the cusp of a staggering 8 million views!
Where are you
@BBCNews
@itvnews
@Channel4News
@SkyNews
?
What will it take for you to report this issue which is of national importance? Are you really just going to leave it to me?
Oh my actual God. I know there’s a lot going on right now but this government video is the stupidest fucking thing I have ever seen in my life. Why are none of them, NONE OF THEM talking about the insanity of all this? Businesses everywhere just screwed left right and centre.
This is absolutely SHOCKING!
The Cabinet Office has released a film reminding British exporters of all the bureaucracy they now need to go through to sell goods to the EU after Brexit
Watch in disbelief! No wonder British business is being crucified with Brexit red tape & costs
To the utter moron in the 6th row: you are in a darkened room, you’re lit up like a Christmas tree and actors can see you. GET OFF YOUR FUCKING PHONE. I don’t give a shit if you aren’t enjoying it or hate theatre to its very core, that’s fine. But why actually bother turning up??
Absolutely shameful. Conservative MPs have abstained in the parliamentary vote tonight calling on the government to take action to remove flammable cladding from buildings more quickly. The didn’t even bother to vote.
Make sure the country knows this
Ah man. You know these things will happen eventually but it’s mad how sad it is when they do. Steve Sondheim was my hero. He was a real shining light durning a very difficult time. Working with & getting to know him a bit was BRILLIANT. I’ll never forget it, or him. Thank you. ❤️
I found out I’d been nominated for an Olivier whilst temping. I once got fired from a temp job at BSKYB because I had a tiny hole in the back of the jumper I was wearing that I couldn’t see. In my thirties, in tears in the kitchen. This is what happens. Shameful ‘journalism’.
When I left Corrie I had a string of very nice tv and theatre jobs. Then I didn’t. So I got a job working in a restaurant to pay my bills and take care of my kids. That’s what responsible adults do. This is shameful journalism
Introducing the cast of
#JCStheConcert
!
With 9 perfs per wk, Jesus, Judas & Mary are double-cast, giving you the opportunity to see any combination of actors as they alternate. A schedule will not be confirmed in advance to allow for flexibility.
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I’d just like to second this and suggest that the ONLY REASON Mr Davies got his adaptation commissioned is because of ‘that awful musical’. The most extraordinarily arrogant, smug and downright disrespectful thing I’ve heard in ages. Do one.
You know what? I can’t ignore it. I can’t just let it go. What a disaster of a day for our country. I’m truly embarrassed to be British. And I’m sorry but I can’t just ‘move forward’ or ‘come together’, this has all been too hurtful. Too shameful, too one-sided. What a shitshow.
Tell you what, I’m getting proper fucking angry seeing all this VE Day, flag-waving, We’ll Meet Again shit.
Never mind the fact that they’re all as socially distant as a sauna, we are literally killing off what few veterans we have left in care homes. And nobody seems to care.
But beyond my (long) personal involvement in this production it was just a joy to witness it with no agenda in all it’s glory. The most wonderful design, totally revolutionary staging and (IMO) the greatest work of direction in musical theatre history. It’s unsurpassable. (2/3)
Btw, I watched Tick Tick Boom! over Xmas and, whilst I’ve never really rated Larson’s music (and still don’t) I found it brilliantly directed and very moving. And good LORD that’s one hell of a central performance. So very, very good.
In the most late anyone has been to a party EVER, I have started Schitt’s Creek and am completely devouring it and it’s just faultless. Like, flawless television. The most flawless television I’ve seen since The Sopranos I think. I am spellbound.
This is very important and gets my FULL support.
Time to start talking about mental health the same way we talk about physical health. If you’ve a bad cold & can’t go to work then fine. If you’re having a bad day in your head & can’t go in then fine. Thanks
@PattiMurin
.
👏
So last night I called out of the show because I had a massive anxiety attack in the afternoon. It had been building up for a while, and while the past month has been incredible, all of the ups and downs and stress and excitement really takes a toll on m…
Fucking HELL I’ve had enough of this government. Another drip feed of announcements, leaked whilst half the country is in bed. They couldn’t have handled this worse & they INSIST on driving us off the Brexit cliff too. They’re taking us for fools, in absolutely every way. Awful.
Screenshotting your private messages and putting them out in the public domain in order to set your hounds on a former friend is pretty gross behaviour isn’t it?
Yes, the Cats trailer is terrifying and incredibly confusing and raises all sorts of difficult questions but is nobody going to tackle the fact that I keep reading in various places (including the BBC) the song referred to as ‘Memories’? The awful icing on the cake.
I am in singularly the most spectacular auditorium I have ever set foot in to watch two of the best actors I’ve ever seen smash two of the greatest roles in MT history. And I’m fortunate enough to work with one & be married to the other. Astonishing.
@Nancy_Sullivan
@RobertHands7
‘A black’.
Seriously, fuck off back under your racist rock where you can pretend it’s 1935 still and everything is great. The rest of us on Planet Earth will do just fine without you or your narrow minded, bigoted, evil kind.
Ridley and Shelby (on her first day, a slightly dramatic one to come home on...) have aided me in exercising my democratic right, go and do the same. If you haven’t already, I implore you to vote. VOTE VOTE VOTE.
#GE2019
#dogsatpollingstations
"The reports of which I'm aware would seem to constitute blackmail."
Tory MP William Wragg has accused No 10 officials of "intimidation" for threatening to withdraw funding from MPs opposing the PM, and has called for the police to get involved
Criminality wins. Our country’s a toilet. I’ll enjoy this evening’s television as ever but if that’s even close to being true I’m out until next time. I have to disengage. My mental health simply won’t take it. And I have friends who’ve voted for this. How do you deal with that?
The most wonderful, bizarre and exciting three weeks in New York learning
@ComeFromAwayUK
and spending time with
@Nancy_Sullivan
and some amazing friends, old and new. Can’t wait to get back but by Christ I’ll miss it. On to the next bit... xxx
Absolutely incredible sitzprobe for
@sunsetblvd
this afternoon, it sounds absolutely colossal. I’ve only ever done one that thrilling in my whole career. Do not miss this.
Harry Potter fans were left disappointed as a commuter train passed through the station at the same time as the steam train which served as the Hogwarts Express 🚂🚄
More here:
Andy Murray. Difficult to overstate just how amazing his achievements were. To have won everything he has in the very greatest and hardest era of tennis in history is mind-blowing.
He is, simply, Britain’s greatest ever sportsperson.
Thanks for everything.
This is such a lovely thing, absolutely wonderful video. Happy birthday
@lesmisofficial
, this is my sixth birthday performance spanning seventeen years and I’m so grateful for every single one. What a treat. Lots of love. ❤️🇫🇷
37 Years Young! Raise a glass to the longest-running musical in the history of the West End! 🥳
#LesMiz37
Comment below with your favourite
#LesMiz
memory. 👇
Thanks for all the nice messages regarding
@ComeFromAwayUK
. To mark the occasion I can think of nothing better than to quote the one and only
@MesserBest
who, as usual, sums up a situation better than most. This is ‘Toi Toi Toilet’:
Benitez out. Kenwright out. Moshiri needs a massive fucking lesson in what football actually is. For the 1000000th time, fuck off Everton. Just SO bored of it all.
This is the birth of one of the great tennis rivalries isn’t it? I wonder how many times we’ll see this final in the years to come? Totally unbelievable level so far.
#USOpen
Have had to shave for a thing. I look and feel just dreadful. My face is now that of a plump, ruddy, 13 year old girl from the country. All definition gone, I look like a wheel of cheese.
They both nailed that. Great speeches - perfect tone and emotionally delivered. What a DIFFERENCE. Over four full days later I’m going to bed with a full heart. Let’s hope this is the catalyst for a shift in the UK & across the world. I believe it will be. 💙🇺🇸
Forget Love Island, the reality tv hit of the summer that I PERSONALLY want to see is a fly on the wall documentary of Danny Dyer watching his daughter on Love Island. Danny Dyer’s Love Island Experience.
Someone, PLEASE make it.
Honestly mate, I know you do this shit on purpose and I know it’s click bait and I know I’m falling for it but you are SUCH a fucking moron it’s unbelievable.
And there we go, over the line. I’m a bit emotional I won’t lie. That might be because I’m delighted to have seen it called live after five days of watching CNN... Well done America. 💙
Oh I SEE! Thank God you’ve let us know, turns out all anyone ever needed to do was cheer the fuck up. So OBVIOUS isn’t it? That’s mental health taken care of, what next? A cure for cancer? (‘Just don’t get cancer’) Or homelessness perhaps? (‘Choose to live somewhere’) FFS.
SomeBODY can’t be sad, or anxious or depressed, fearful or confused. Only someMIND can be. So change the mind, the perspective you have of life, to live more joyfully and contented. There’s no reward for being miserable. Choose.
Also, this is Day 12 and I feel, for the first time, that there’s an end in sight. Woke up feeling like a human again (albeit a coughing, sweaty, knackered one). It’s really not been fun, this virus is getting a shit review on Tripadvisor.
Entirely gutted I can’t be there to see the best actor I’ve ever seen open as Eliza in My Fair Lady in the most astonishing theatre I’ve ever set foot in. Go well all, I cannot WAIT to see it on Sunday. Smash it like you always do sweetheart xxxxx
Here’s hoping
@DShannonmusic
is having an amazing last
@ComeFromAwayUK
. The only downside to everything is that we can’t do it together. Go well old friend. X
In honour of the one and only
@johnowenjones
, I’m bringing something I always liked back.
So
#themusicoftonight
is Send Away The Tigers by Manic Street Preachers.
Good to be home after a brilliant 10 weeks in Sheffield. Thank you
@crucibletheatre
, Rob Hastie and every single ridiculously nice person in that building and indeed in that city. It was bloody great. 💜