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The author who created "Mary Poppins" had a spoon full of HATRED for everyone affiliated with her movie ... this according to "Poppins" star Dick Van Dyke.
DVD -- who played Bert in the 1964 classic -- was out in Malibu yesterday ... and told us he was super-excited about Tom Hanks playing Walt Disney in an upcoming movie about the making of "Mary Poppins."
But Dick explained ... there was some MAJOR DRAMA behind the scenes, telling us author P.L. Travers -- who created the Mary Poppins children's books -- battled Disney for 20 years before begrudgingly allowing him to make the film.
"She didn't want to do it," Van Dyke says ... "She just hated the idea ... she hated Julie [Andrews] and she hated me."
In fact, Travers hated the movie so much, she put it in her will that NO AMERICANS shall ever be granted permission to work on a Poppins project ever again.
We also asked Dick if there was any truth to the urban legend that Walt's head was cryogenically frozen -- but it's clear DVD ain't buyin' the rumors.
Dick Van Dyke is awesome!
I love that man!
Oh she was fulla crap. He brought passion to every role he played. What about all the Brits who played all kinds of foreign roles but never bothered to take on that role's specific accent? As if a British accent makes even a Morrocan accent sound more authentic? Flip off. I can't imagine the kind of person who could hate Dick Van Dyke, or Julie Andrews for that matter. Mary Poppins is one for the ages and always will be.
We Love you don't worry...She was wrong the movie was and still is a success.
What a class act! Still just as approachable and likable as ever!! He's always had this demeanor about him.......just a genuinely NICE guy. Even when he played a villain in "Night at the Museum", you couldn't help but love the guy! It'll be a sad day when he leaves this world.
I'm looking at Julie Andrews nipples on Google Image and there's nothing anyone can do to stop me
He's a great guy.
Dick is a cousin of mine and we just love him!!! He really personifies old Hollywood class!
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Egremont Writing Competition: David Cameron is like Neville Chamberlain
Several weeks ago, Egremont launched its first writing competition challenging readers to write an article comparing David Cameron to a past Tory leader other than either Edward Heath or Margaret Thatcher. The competition was prompted by the seeming ignorance of many Conservatives about their Party's history before 1975. In our first entry, Andrew controversially argues that Mr. Cameron is most like Sir Neville Chamberlain – though not because of the Iran deal, as neocon pundits like Douglas Murray claim. For details about the competition, see here.
Andrew Morrison
Congratulations to the TRG for organising this competition; it is an important exercise for enlightening many members, including myself, on where exactly we have come from. If we know our past, we can better plot a trajectory for our future. The trouble is that many of our detractors, and indeed supporters both within the Party are broadly ignorant of our history pre-1975.
I take this opportunity not only to state that David Cameron is a latter-day Neville Chamberlain, but also a little revisionism to the record of a leader whose achievements many moderate Conservatives ought to be proud of.
Sir Neville was a great social reformer – one very much in the mould of the One Nation Conservatism that we still champion today. Beginning his career in Birmingham Town Council, he directly alleviated that city's dreadful housing shortage and abject poverty – a sign of the widespread welfare reform programme he was to go on and introduce at the Health Ministry in 1929.
The rhetoric surrounding the Unemployed Assistance Board that Chamberlain introduced could easily be mistaken from Mr. Cameron's rationale for our welfare reforms, i.e. not just to alleviate true poverty, but also lift people from poverty of thought and of ambition. Indeed, of his reforms, Sir Neville said:
[We] saw the importance of providing some interest in life for the large numbers of men never likely to get work, and out of [this] realisation was to come the responsibility of the UAB for the welfare, not merely the maintenance, of the unemployed.
This unified Board replaced the locally administrated Poor Boards, which were usually Labour-dominated and had a tendency to overspend and subsidise those who otherwise could have worked rather than exclusively those who really could not stand on their own two feet. Set this against a backdrop of Sir Neville's achievement of halving the Government's debt servicing costs from 1932 to 1938, and as such lending security and confidence to the Britain's credit rating.
His welfare reform programme was so successful that it attracted cross-party support. Opposition MPs are on a tighter rein than Sir Neville's time, thus it is difficult to know the extent to which Labour agrees with Mr. Cameron's welfare reform in the present day – but we can look to Frank Field's proposals in 1997 as an indication that he is not a million miles off.
One of the hallmarks of Mr. Cameron's premiership is his willingness to work with political opponents in the national interest. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Neville Chamberlain served under Labour Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald from 1931 to 1935.
Thankfully the only battles that the current Prime Minister fights on the continent concern only the extent to which the institutions of Europe should be competent over British sovereignty. Some hardline Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party may consider this a form of appeasement; others recognise an indirect, conciliatory approach can work when one is dealing with other rational human beings as compared to war-warmongering demagogues.
Ultimately, both David Cameron and Sir Neville Chamberlain were keen to put European issues to bed in order to press on with domestic policy issues. The scale of poverty and deprivation in 1930s Britain was of course far deeper and more severe than that which we face today. Indeed it is more a poverty of ambition and thought than poverty for the materials of subsistence which the current Prime Minister faces today. Nevertheless it is a battle fought against the backdrop of austerity and budget cuts following a Labour government which nearly bankrupted the country.
Sir Neville was a great social reformer and pioneered many items of legislation that would confound detractors of the modern Conservative Party: reform of factory working hours; restrictions placed on employers for the employment of women and children; introducing paid holiday entitlement for all workers; providing subsidies to accelerate slum clearance; and, of course, nationalisation of national coal stocks. Chamberlain was the first Prime Minister to legislate "[W]e are all in this together", if not the first to say it.
Although the predicament touching the poor of Britain today is far less acute than those faced during the 1930s, the levels of poverty which the public are prepared to tolerate decreases.
No matter the level of revisionism Sir Neville's legacy is subjected to, history will judge him much too unkindly due to foreign policy errors. There has been no comparable crisis against which Mr. Cameron could be compared against thus far, but certainly the present day has been kinder to Chamberlain than the period immediately following his premature death on 9th November 1940. I believe, for better or worse, if Mr. Cameron does not return as Prime Minister in 2015, he may well be subjected to the same treatment – history will judge him far more kindly in future than immediately following defeat.
If on the other hand he does return to No. 10, hopefully with a majority government, he shall be celebrated as the man who reformed his party, reformed Parliament, and reformed his country – all in the One Nation Conservative tradition exemplified by Sir Neville Chamberlain at a time before it was necessary to differentiate between One Nation versus any other form of Conservatism.
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Did I ever tell tumblr about how the light behind Jhonen's head from where I was sitting during the panel of ultimate doom made him look like christ in half of my pictures?
Well it did and it was funny.
not to mention the creepy light on his shoulder making the shape of a cross.
Jhonen Christ…This is perfect.
This is because he is your lord and master
Quick, someone draw a parody of The Last Supper
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While Muslims weren't the only ones scrutinized, the organization said that FBI documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act showed that agents monitored Muslim and Arab-American communities in Michigan as a probable terrorist recruitment ground. Law enforcement officials have contended they were engaging in effective crime mapping, not ethnic profiling.
KPCC intern Yasmin Nouh spoke with several American Muslims in California after the latter report was released, some of them community leaders, others rank-and-file citizens. Some have been subject to law enforcement scrutiny themselves, including the president of an Orange County, Calif. mosque infiltrated by an FBI informant.
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The co-owner of the London tower known as the Gherkin says the time is right to buy more offices in the U.K. capital and is about to make its biggest acquisition since 2007.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said J. Michael Evans, a vice chairman who ran emerging markets and was seen as a potential successor to Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein, is retiring after more than 20 years at the bank.
Manulife Financial Corp., Canada's largest life insurer, hired Michael Evans as a managing director and U.S. equity specialist for its asset-management unit.
The announced year-end retirement of J. Michael Evans, the 56-year-old vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., sends the not-so-subtle message to the firm's rank-and-file that in GoldmanWorld, raw power grabs are frowned upon.


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The 2014 Pre-Dental 101 Conference was held on February 1st. The LSU School of Dentistry hosted over 200 students from Louisiana and surrounding states interested in dentistry and dental hygiene.
A special thanks goes out to Dean of the LSU School of Dentistry Dr. Gremillion, Director of Admissions Dr. Cheramie, LSU Pre-Dental Advisor Mr. Bowen, Director of Dental Hygiene Ms. Mason, and all of our sponsors.
From left to right: LSU Pre-Dental Advisor Mr. Robby Bowen, PDS President Caroline Cazayoux, Media Representative Colleen Kimball, Director of Membership Paige Muse, Vice President Caleb Blackburn, Treasurer Richa Banthia, Service Coordinator Emma Arceneaux, Fundraiser Coordinator Bryant Bourgeois, Hygiene Representative Kaylee Roussel, and LSU School of Dentistry Director of Admissions Dr. Toby Cheramie.
JANUARY 31st - Mark your Calendar for this year's Conference:
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Affordable, Appreciable and Aesthetically Pleasing Lineup on Display in CEDIA Expo 2012 Booth #2225
Austin, TX – August 03, 2012 (CEDIA – Booth #2225) – Screen Innovations (SI) will demonstrate for CEDIA Expo 2012 attendees an impressive new lineup of projection screens and screen materials for residential and commercial applications. On display will be the new Black Diamond Motorized and Black Diamond Zero Edge G2 projection screen as well as several new versions of the lesser-known Lunar™ Gray and Solar™ White screen materials, and a brand new rear-projection screen material called FlexGlass™ that is the first of its kind within the SI line. Demonstrating game-changing technologies that can easily represent a greater value per square inch in the video category than traditional flat panel displays, CEDIA Expo 2012 attendees are sure to be captivated with what they see in Screen Innovations booth #2225.
New: Black Diamond™ Motorized
A new and truly unique motorized design utilizing our award-winning Black Diamond ambient light rejection screen technology, Black Diamond Motorized is a sleek and sexy flat-panel alternative that actually disappears when not in use, ideal for virtually any environment or application. Utilizing one motor, four custom helixes, and a spool of slender aircraft cable, Black Diamond Motorized silently lowers a thin wing containing the rolled Black Diamond screen downward from a recessed ceiling-mounted cassette. The cable-hung wing then stops, and from it, a small tube quickly emerges and lowers itself down to an adjustable, pre-determined image height, leaving only the image space in sight. Because Black Diamond screens do not require masking or any black drop material whatsoever, there is no visible material above, below, or on either side of the screen surface, allowing the images projected on Black Diamond Motorized to appear as though they are suspended in air. Unlike flat panel TVs, Black Diamond Motorized delivers zero glare and reflection when used in a bright environment, and by virtue of its industry-leading Black Diamond ambient light rejection screen technology, light scatter is measurably reduced by over 75%. Delivering a next-level entertainment experience while literally disappearing into the room's existing décor when not in use, Black Diamond Motorized appeals to the senses – and satisfies the needs of – a diverse audience in either residential or commercial environments. Black Diamond Motorized is the ultimate blend of art + science.
New: Black Diamond™ Zero Edge G2
The New Black Diamond Zero Edge G2 by Screen Innovations is the world's first and only multi-directional ambient light rejecting projection screen technology that has the look and feel of a flat panel TV. Featuring a rigid panel, a pencil-thin 10mm bezel, and the award-winning Black Diamond screen technology that can boost a projector's contrast by over 900%, Zero Edge screens blend flawlessly with surrounding décor, deliver a stunning image, and provide a fully immersive entertainment experience for light or dark room applications. A new frame design provides better structural support, an integrated track system gives
integrators the option to inlay an optional LED Lighting Kit behind the screen for added effect, and improved shipping cartons simplify jobsite handling and reduce freight costs by more than 65% on average.
With a starting price of $3,099 MSRP and available in either Black .8 gain, Dark Gray 1.4 gain, or Silver 2.7 gain screen materials, Black Diamond Zero Edge offers the most affordable, innovative, and versatile projection screen technology available, setting a new aesthetic standard that is currently unmatched in the residential or commercial marketplaces.
New: Solar 4K 1.3 Projection Screen Material
Solar 4K White is a new front projection screen material that boasts a revolutionary new emboss pattern, providing perfect color neutrality and zero sparkle. Delivering an exceptional active 3D image, a wide viewing angle, and a vivid picture with bright punch, Solar 4K rivals traditional standard-bearers in either residential or commercial environments. Now shipping, Solar 4K is available in 1" increments and custom aspect ratios for Reference series models or in standard sizes and standard aspect ratios for Performance series models, up to 12'x330".
A white paper on Solar 4K is available for download by following this link.
New: Lunar 4K .85 Projection Screen Material
Lunar 4K .85 Gray is a new front projection screen material featuring a revolutionary new emboss pattern that provides perfect uniformity, color neutrality and enhanced contrast, which preserves color saturation and accuracy in a multitude of challenging environments. An ideal solution for residential or commercial installations, Lunar 4K Gray is suited particularly well for applications with ambient light and/or those utilizing brighter projectors. Now shipping, Lunar 4K is available in 1" increments and custom aspect ratios for the Reference Series screens or in standard sizes and standard aspect ratios for Performance edition projection screens, in sizes up 205".
A white paper on Lunar 4K is available for download by following this link.
New: FlexGlass™ Rear-Projection Screen Material
FlexGlass is a new rear projection screen material that offers all of the benefits of rigid optical panels with the added benefit of custom and curve capabilities that can only be provided by flexible screen materials. Featuring exceptional smoothness and an unmatched viewing angle, FlexGlass eliminates projector hot spotting and has zero sparkle, providing significant advantages for command & control, simulation, and large scale rear-projection applications. An ideal choice for multiple-projector, edge-blending, and short throw projector applications that are often needed or necessary in commercial applications, FlexGlass is available in custom diagonal sizes and aspect ratios up to 7.5' x 131.23'.


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Ever wondered what it is like to be a games journalist? Well one of our fellow editors from IGN Middle East, Nick came up with a set of GIF images that we feel pretty much reflects the daily reactions seen at the IGN offices WORLDWIDE.
A while back I wrote a piece about what it was like to be a gaming journalist for IGN. And while I certainly enjoyed writing the piece, I feel that there are still a few things that were left unanswered. So rather than churn out another piece of stellar journalism, I decided to resort to the Internet's oldest form of explanation - the gif. Plus, this way you can get a few giggles along the way. Just wait a while for the page to load!
Well, double standing ovation for having awesome workmates such as those at IGN Middle East!
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Castelli Ergo Tights
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I am 6'4" and just received my tights. XL looked tiny out of the package but fit perfectly
I am 6'4" and just received my tights. XL looked tiny out of the package but fit perfectly
Having been less than satisfied with the fit of tights with chamois I've been on the lookout for no-chamois tights. i ordered these Ergo tights at a great price and with the advice of the live chat rep ordered the XL. Thank goodness! I'm 6'4" , 195lbs, and when these tights arrived they appeared to be children's XL. They fit perfectly and the materials are first rate.
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Bought these tights in xl being used to all the snug Italian sizing. They were huge!! I'm 6-4 200lbs. Returned them for a no questions asked exchange. Large fits great! Excellant materials, and construction at a reasonable price. Get'em!
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Finally bit the bullet and coughed up the dough for this jacket...I'm not disappointed!! Looks great, feels great. A quality piece of kit but a cold weather jacket for sure. Delivery was fast!
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I've been wanting to write all freakin' day! Been soooo busy per the usual. Yesterday was my baby (not so much baby anymore) 14th birthday. And unfortunately (not really) while we were out to dinner, I missed a phone call. I have extremely mixed feelings about this call. It was sperm donor's mother. What the pho?!?! She, as her voicemail says, wanted to wish lil one a happy birthday and to call her. Uh…ok that's nice of you. That being said, I had let the lil one hear the voicemail and asked if she wanted to call her back. Response was no. Anywho, I didn't force it on the child. Why would I? Why should I? And then started thinking…which is bad. What in the pho was she thinking? Last time she called was for the 12th bday! I don't remember us getting a call last year. And on top of that, did she forget that we have another kid? She never called the baby for any of her birthdays in the last few years. Nor do I recall any call during the holidays. Bottom line, she's had plenty of different opportunities to call and speak to them yet she seems to pick and choose. And not only that she could call any time of the year to talk to the girls. But she doesn't.
Not only that, we haven't heard from sperm donor in about 3 years now. No complaints there. I mean they are happy that we don't have to deal with him in any capacity at all. But that doesn't mean he can't reach out to them. He has their emails, my number. That information has never changed. Same for her, she has their emails. But you gotta understand, what happened…well they don't want nothing to do with that side of their DNA. And if you know the story, you wouldn't blame them. And truth be told, it's a relief not to have to worry about the anxiety levels in both of them. It's nice to see that with everything I've done to ensure safety, they are doing perfectly well in their life dispite what happened and are extremely happy.
Anywho, I actually wanted to call her back today. My only problem was, well no matter what I thought of to say, she probably would have thought I was a bitch. Even the simple, hello, we got your message, wasn't ignoring you, just missed your call, sorry, but she don't wanna talk to you sounded horrible. And then the other ones were actually a bit bitchy. I wanted to tell her off for only calling when it was convienant for her. I mean like I said, no calls for the baby? No calls to randomly chat? Anywho..there's so much that I would want to say but I shouldn't.
And then, well it turns out that me and sperm donor have more friends in common then I originally thought. Why some people would feel the need to hide that particular information is beyond me. I really don't care if we have mutual friends. What I really care is that those said mutual friends can stay neutral. I mean I truly hope that they aren't feeding back to him information about the kids that I post when he himself can't pick up a fuckin' phone and call to see how they are doing. I hope that no one is passing on pictures of the kids to him because well like I said, I hope they are neutral. He shouldn't have pictures of them. And it's not like he can't see them. My facebook is private but my instagram isn't. I have nothing to hide. Unlike him.
My girls are my world, I'd do anything for them, they know it. That might have some repercussions in the future but I'll deal with it then. Thing is, I learned about them, they are a bit more resilient then I thought they would be. And I'm glad. So yea, I'm tired of hiding parts of my life from our mutual friends, that's not fair to them. I'm tired of hiding my beautiful girls from any of my friends that want to share in that part of life. So I don't no more. It's not fair anyway just because of what he did. He did that himself, he was selfish and screwed it up for himself. So I welcome him and his family to peek into my world with the glimpses of these wonderful girls of mine. I post to share with my friends and my friends only. I ask that those that are mutual be respectful and not share with him because frankly he doesn't deserve any of it. He doesn't deserve to see them the way I do. He doesn't deserve to know about their life as we do, he should try to make contact with us to find out. Not thru a third party. But then again, at the same time, fuck it. He should see what he is missing out on. He should see what he tossed to the curb with the actions he decided to take.
This is his regret to bear. He did this to all of us. It could have been different. And the sad thing is, I know that him and the people on his side think that I am the worse kind of bitch in the world. But, I never did anything to keep him away from the girls. I opened email accounts so he can keep in touch. We did visitations. I rearranged our life so he can do visitations. I rearranged our life so that he could do weekly calls. Even when it was affecting the girls to the point of them having anxiety and separation withdrawals from me. They were terrified that he was coming to see them. That he was coming to take them away from me. That he would hurt me. How in the pho is that suppose to be kids growing up??? I'm suppose to fear for them and protect them, not them going thru it like that. And that is something that I hope he takes with him forever. He did that to them. So don't blame the girls that they want nothing to do with him and his side. It's all him. Leave us alone. You don't believe our side, sweet young lil girls at the time…how could they lie about that? Just go away…all of it…when they are ready to reach out to you, they will. In the meantime, all of you should leave us alone. So yea, got your call sperm donor's mother, just no one wanted to talk to you so we didn't call back, wasn't ignoring you. Hope you understand that.
Why do I have a feeling this is going to get back to him and then shit is going to happen just to spite me? I hope not. For the sake of my girls, I truly hope not. For the sake of my girls, I truly hope not. Leave them be. Preteen and teen life is just getting interesting for them….don't need anything to interrupt that.


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11th Annual Halloween Bash & Showcase of Terror!!! (Friday, October 31)
This Hallows Eve; Friday, Oct. 31st - Bay West Ballroom Gets Bit By The Black Widow! Be Not Afraid as you dare to climb our Haunted Stair Well ..Zombies Only Bite, But Incidentally. Should you survive the climb you'll find the Ballroom Transformed into a Haunted Forest filled with Ugly, Magical & Whimsical Characters. We Invite you to search your Alter Ego-All Of Them-and dress to impress at our 10 Annual Costume Ball. Mark & Andrea will conduct an Evil East Coast Swing Class for Monsters of All Levels from 8-9 pm; followed by dancing with the whole Motley Crew from 9 pm until the Witching Hour of 12 Midnight. Ballroom * Latin * Club Styles & Body Parts are all on the Turn Table! If you get low on energy we will be Serving Sweet Treats & Punch in the Wee Studio. We will conduct our Annual Tradition ..THE MONSTER MASH LINE-DANCE! Get out that box of old VHS LINE DANCE VIDEOS and start studying. ***AT 10 PM -- Our Feature: THE 10TH ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF TERROR!!! Be prepared to be amused or scared or scarily amused-as Staff, Students & Friends Entertain you with all of their dancing & theatrical skills. This Most Anticipated Halloween Dance Event of the Year is only 20. (Flat Fee Structure).
See You On The Dance Floor - Alive ..Hopefully
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Special Topics Professional Series - Argentine Vals w/ CHRISTY COTE (Saturday, November 15)
On Saturday afternoon, Nov. 15th, Bay West Ballroom proudly continues its Special Topics Professional Series; this time with one of the most notable maestras in the world of Argentine Tango: Christy Cote. Popularized by her many series of instructional DVDs brought to the public through Dance Vision Productions, Christy is a force, both as a teacher and promoter. She has performed and taught both at home and abroad in many incarnations. Perhaps most recently & visibly with her all Female professional troupe, Tango Confusion. On Saturday 11-15, she will teach us a deeper understanding and add to our repertoire in the Argentinean Vals (Tango in quick 3/4 time). She will teach the class from 2-3 p.m., followed by a guided practica from 3-4 pm.
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11th Annual Christmas Gala & Holiday Pro Show (Saturday, December 6)
On Saturday evening, Dec. 6th, we present one of our most elegant evenings of the year - our 11th Annual Christmas Gala & Holiday Floor Show! Featuring, this year, A Double Show! Dima & Olga Sukachov will join forces with studio directors', Mark & Andrea Novak to present a combination professional show of both Latin & Ballroom Magic! It all gets underway with a Foxtrot Class from 8-9 pm, followed by dancing from 9-11:30 pm. Hors D'oeuvres, Beverages, Holiday Cheer. Showtime 10pm. Adv. Tix. 35.- At Door. 40.
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A little while ago, Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields announced that they'd put out their tenth LP, Love At The Bottom Of The Sea. Merritt also promised a return to the more acoustic,…   Read Story »
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Earlier this year, Franz Ferdinand released the Covers Record Store Day EP, which features a whole mess of other artists taking on Franz tunes. One of those artists was LCD Soundsystem, whose version…   Read Story »
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The song is Rocky Horror Picture Show classic "Science Fiction/Double Feature," and the lineup is Coraline crew Stephin Merritt and Neil Gaiman, backing up the latter's wife along with Moby, because…   Read Story »
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Stephin Merritt's forthcoming Obscurities is what you'd expect from the title: The 14-track collection features "hard-to-find" recordings from 1994 (circa The Charm of the Highway Strip) to 1999 (69…   Read Story »
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Ben Gibbard - "I Don't Want To Get Over You" (Magnetic Fields Cover Live At Stereogum Range Life 2010)
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The Bengals announced the games that will comprise their two- and four-game packages for the upcoming season. Those will go on sale Saturday starting at 10 a.m. The four-game packages are the following: Orange: Green Bay, New York Jets, Indianapolis, Minnesota Black: Pittsburgh, New England, Cleveland, Baltimore The two-game packages are the following: A) […]
Bengals announce ticket packs
05/14/13 at 11:17am by Paul Dehner Jr. | Comments
Bengals sign two more draft picks, CFA Stephens
05/13/13 at 2:22pm by Paul Dehner Jr. | Comments
The Bengals continue to reach deals with their selections from the 2013 NFL Draft. That continued Monday when the team locked up sixth-round pick RB Rex Burkhead and fourth-round pick LB Sean Porter. They also came to terms with college free agent DT Terrance Stephens out of Stanford. Stephens took part in this past weekend's […]
Rookie Minicamp ends
05/12/13 at 1:45pm by Joe Reedy | Comments
Bengals rookie minicamp ended with a routine 70-minute session on Sunday morning. Most of the draft picks will remain in town this week before the start of the 10 full squad, on-field coaching sessions on May 20 Coach Marvin Lewis and the rest of the staff still have decisions on whether they will sign any […]
Rookie Minicamp: Day 2 random thoughts
05/11/13 at 11:13pm by Joe Reedy | Comments
Another good day for Tyler Eifert and Giovani Bernard, but here are some thoughts on other players: –WR Cobi Hamilton has been a surprise over both days. He's playing very well and has made a number of nice catches both days. Offensive coordinator Jay Gruden has been using him mainly as an outside receiver but […]
Onterio McCalebb learns of connection with Ken Riley
05/11/13 at 2:17pm by Paul Dehner Jr. | Comments
Onterio McCalebb didn't know who Ken Riley was before Marvin Lewis asked him to give the former Bengals All-Pro cornerback a call following being drafted. The more he learns, the harder it is to believe all the similarities between the two. Riley, who played 14 years with Cincinnati being named an All-Pro four times […]
Third draft pick under contract as Hamilton signs
05/11/13 at 2:13pm by Joe Reedy | Comments
The Bengals have announced the signing of WR Cobi Hamilton, who was their second selection in the sixth round in the NFL Draft. Hamilton set Arkansas season records for receptions (90) and receiving yards (1,335) last season. He also holds the career record for receptions (175) and stands third in receiving yards (2,854). Hamilton has […]
Schaffer getting lots of reps this weekend
05/10/13 at 8:18pm by Joe Reedy | Comments
For the first time since he signed with the Bengals, J.K. Schaffer is getting an opportunity this weekend at the rookie minicamp to show coaches what he can bring to the roster. Calling the defensive signals at middle linebacker, the former La Salle High and UC standout is one of four players who are allowed […]
Five thoughts from Day 1 of Rookie Minicamp
05/10/13 at 8:08pm by Joe Reedy | Comments
1. Offensive coordinator Jay Gruden wanted to see what Tyler Eifert could do and he wasted no time in lining him up all over the field. Overall a good first day for the first-round pick and as coach Marvin Lewis noted, the rest of the coaching staff, who was not as familiar with Eifert as […]
Eifert a quick study so far in rookie minicamp
05/10/13 at 3:11pm by Joe Reedy | Comments
During the first hour of the opening practice of Bengals Rookie Minicamp, Tyler Eifert made a play that elicited a wide grin from Andy Dalton, who caught part of the session at Paul Brown Stadium. In a drill matching the receivers and tight ends against defensive backs, Eifert adjusted to an underthrown ball and made […]
Rookie Minicamp storylines and roster
05/10/13 at 10:41am by Joe Reedy | Comments
The 10 draft picks, 12 college free agents and an assortment of tryout players and first-year eligible players hit the field at Paul Brown Stadium for five practices over the next three days. There are two sessions today and Saturday with camp concluding on Sunday morning. Here are some of the things we'll be watching […]
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Jesus Chiko
Jesus Chiko has an awesome website.
Take me by the hand, and lead me in wonder. Diving in your arms to where defeat can find me no longer. A love that I will follow til the ends of the waters, a love abounding in grace redeeming your sons and daughters.
And what could I possibly say about these things ? I am a mess and a screw up. I am fallible. Yet, I hear you make much of nothing. Out of the broken you make things new and whole. Is this true ? How could you possibly love this tired heart. Tired of idols, tired of hoping, tired of self. So down cast, O' my soul. For I once Adam, sheepishly hiding from your tender love. Ashamed and embracing the dark. Naked and filled with angst.
Yet your love knows no bounds. You searched for me O' Lord, in the mist of all my shame and disgusting sin. What could I possibly say about these things? I deserve death, yet with no merits of my own you lavish upon me your grace.
I am a lover of grace, and a lover of your mercy.
Psalm 86:13 — For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
It's always easier to worship when we have a reason to, when life's bliss is like sweet honey to our hearts. But what about when we life turns bitter? Why is it we are likely to curse God than instead of worship. It's true, we need a reason to worship, but he alone is our reason, because he is worthy. Not our circumstances or "blessings", because in the end, if that's all we seek, we are only worshiping ourselves.
I often find it hard to evaluate my spiritual life. I equate my value through my actions more than i do my intentions. Which is pretty selfish of me actually. Who am I to give myself value? Through my works? Through my myself? Through my words? It's a great thing we live on grace and not actions. But we must seek our God daily. Blessings to you my friends.
For if I fell a thousand times, your love will be deeper than my shame, your grace sufficient and sound. Manifest in me, that i may glorify you.
No lie, kinda inspired by Aslan…lol
My heart yerns for your sweet grace to quench my bitter soul.


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Centre for the performing and visual arts in Anglesey, North Wales
Diary — Live satellite broadcasts
Using the large screen in the auditorium the Ucheldre Centre is able to offer live satellite broadcasts from major international venues.
NT Live: A Streetcar Named DesireThe fastest-selling production in the Young Vic's history, Tennessee Williams' timeless masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire will be broadcast live from their London home by National Theatre Live.
With Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Fall) as Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster (Lone Survivor, Kill Your Darlings) as Stanley and Vanessa Kirby (BBC's Great Expectations, Three Sisters at the Young Vic) as Stella.
As Blanche's fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. Visionary director Benedict Andrews returns to the Young Vic following his Critics' Circle Award-winning Three Sisters.
4 hr
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
Nick Cave and 20,000 Days on Earth
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH is a bold vision of one of music's most mysterious and charismatic figures, the iconic Nick Cave. In their debut feature directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard fuse drama and documentary by weaving a cinematically staged day in Cave's life with never-before-seen verité observation of his full creative cycle.
The film delves into Cave's artistic processes, unpicking the stuff that makes him tick. We meet those who have affected his life, personally and professionally, including hilarious moments shared with his regular collaborator, the multi-instrumentalist and epic beard-wearer Warren Ellis; actor and friend Ray Winstone; and Kylie Minogue, whom Cave duetted with on his mainstream hit single Where The Wild Roses Grow. These voices from the past revisit Cave in daydream-like scenes as he sits behind the wheel driving through his adopted hometown of Brighton, England.
The film constructs a narrative
and cinematic reality that seamlessly blends performance and storytelling with
emotional truths. Avowedly neither a music documentary nor a concert film,
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH still contains electrifying performances. We see a song grow
from the tiniest of ideas sketched out by Cave in his office to a monstrous
epic performed by the peerless Bad Seeds on stage at Sydney Opera House. We
also witness Cave open up to psychoanalyst Darian Leader as he discusses how
his early years continue to inform his work, and later join him on a journey
through his personal archive. This category-defying film possesses the same
frankness and wry humour that run through all of Cave's work, and pushes the
form into new territory, exploring universal themes and celebrating the
transformative power of the creative spirit.
2 hr 55
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
MET Encore: Macbeth (Verdi)
soprano Anna Netrebko delivers her searing portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad
and murderous mate of Željko Lučić's doomed Macbeth, for the first time at the
Met. Adrian Noble's chilling production of Verdi's masterful adaptation of
Shakespeare's tragedy also stars Joseph Calleja as the noble Macduff and René
Pape as Banquo. Fabio Luisi conducts.
3 hr 13
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
ROH Live: Manon (Ballet)
Manon Lescaut is a beautiful young woman who falls prey to the moral corruption of 18th-century Paris. Kenneth MacMillan brings Manon's story vividly to life, with his ballet, which evokes the brutality and decadence described in Abbé Prévost's infamous novel, as well as the feckless character of Manon herself – torn between love for the poet Des Grieux and her desire for money and attention. The cast of complex characters includes the callous Monsieur GM, the swaggering Jailer, Manon's roguish brother Lescaut and his coquettish Mistress, but at the ballet's heart are the duets MacMillan created for Manon and Des Grieux, which are among the most emotionally intense and erotically charged ever choreographed.
Manon - Marianela Núñez
Des Grieux - Federico Bonelli
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Choreography - Kenneth MacMillan
Conductor - Barry Wordsworth
Designs - Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting design- John B. Read
2 hr 35 (inc 2 intervals)
2 hr 35
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
MET Encore: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Mozart)(The Marriage of Figaro)
Met Music
Director James Levine conducts a spirited new production of Mozart's
masterpiece, directed by Richard Eyre, who sets the action of this classic
domestic comedy in a 19th-century manor house in Seville, but during the gilded
age of the late 1920s. Dashing bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast in
the title role of the clever servant, opposite Marlis Petersen as his bride,
Susanna, Peter Mattei as the philandering Count they work for, Marina
Poplavskaya as the long-suffering Countess, and Isabel Leonard as the
libidinous pageboy Cherubino.
3 hr 52
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
ROH Live: I Due Foscari (Giuseppe Verdi opera)
Plácido Domingo returns to give his first London performances of another major Verdi baritone role. I due Foscari is based on a play by Byron set in 15th-century Venice. The two Foscari of the title are the city's Doge, Francesco Foscari (sung by Domingo) and his son, Jacopo (Francesco Meli), who has been brought back from exile to face charges of treason. Jacopo is innocent, but neither the pleas of Jacopo's wife Lucrezia (Maria Agresta) nor those of his powerful father are enough to save Jacopo from condemnation by the hostile Council of Twelve. This taut, sombre drama provides the basis for one of Verdi's most arresting early scores, not heard at the Royal Opera House since 1995 and newly presented in an acclaimed staging by the American director Thaddeus Strassberger, which had a much praised premiere in Los Angeles in 2012 and has gone on to further success in Valencia and Los Angeles.
Cast to include:
Francesco Foscari Plácido Domingo Jacopo Foscari Francesco Meli
Lucrezia Contarini Maria Agresta Jacopo Loredano Maurizio Muraro
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor - Antonio Pappano
Director - Thaddeus Strassberger
Set designs - Kevin Knight
Costume designs - Mattie Ullrich
Sung in Italian
2 hr 35 (inc 1 interval)
2 hr 35
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
MET Encore: Carmen (Bizet)
Eyre's mesmerizing production of Bizet's steamy melodrama returns with mezzo-soprano
Anita Rachvelishvili singing her signature role of the ill-fated gypsy
temptress. Aleksandrs Antonenko plays her desperate lover, the soldier Don José,
and Ildar Abdrazakov is the swaggering bullfighter, Escamillo, who comes
between them. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the irresistible score, which
features one beloved and instantly recognizable melody after another.
3 hr 38
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
MET Encore: Il Barbiere di Siviglia(The Barber of Seville – Rossini)
The Met's
effervescent production of Rossini's classic comedy – featuring some of the
most instantly recognizable melodies in all of opera – stars Isabel Leonard as
the feisty Rosina, Lawrence Brownlee as her conspiring flame, and Christopher
Maltman as the endlessly resourceful and charming barber, himself. Michele
Mariotti conducts the vivid and tuneful score.
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
An exclusive gala screening of the highly anticipated new feature film HOCKNEY, followed by an in-depth conversation with David Hockney from his Los Angeles studio, broadcast live onto the Ucheldre's big screen.
Hockney is the definitive exploration of one of the most significant artists of his generation. For the first time, David Hockney has given access to his personal archive of photographs and film, resulting in an unparalleled visual diary of a long life.
The film chronicles Hockney's vast career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation to Hollywood where his life long struggle to escape labels ('queer', 'working class', figurative artist') was fully realised.
Paradoxically, this escape to live the American Dream did not break the ties to the childhood that formed him. We see his upbringing and life experiences give him the willpower to survive relationship problems, and later the AIDS epidemic, but also allow him to create some of the most renowned works of the past century.
Acclaimed filmmaker Randall Wright offers a unique view of this unconventional artist who is now reaching new peaks of popularity worldwide, as charismatic as ever, and at seventy seven still working in the studio seven days a week.
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
ROH Live: L'Elisir D'Amore (Donizetti opera)
Donizetti's romantic comedy of rural life
shines brilliantly in Laurent Pelly's hilarious staging, which matches the
piece's perfect blend of sentiment and tomfoolery. Italian conductor and former
Jette Parker Young Artist Daniele Rustioni conducts a starry cast. Lucy Crowe
takes the dazzling soprano lead as Adina, the most sophisticated woman in the
village, loved from afar by Vittorio Grigolo's handsome but shy Nemorino.
Nemorino meets a worrying rival in Levente Molnár's braggart Sergeant Belcore, until the love potion sold to him by Bryn Terfel's larger-than-life travelling quack, Dr Dulcamara, gives him a powerful dose of courage – with both comic and touching results.
Nemorino - Vittorio Grigolo
Dulcamara - Bryn Terfel
Adina - Lucy Crowe
Belcore - Levente Molnár
Royal Opera Chorus
of the Royal Opera House
Conductor - Daniele Rustioni
Director and costume designs - Laurent Pelly
Set designs - Chantal Thomas
Lighting design - Joël Adam
Sung in Italian
2 hrs 45 (inc 1 interval)
2 hr 45
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
NT Live: JOHN (Cert 18)
Internationally renowned DV8 Physical Theatre bring their powerful new production to the National Theatre.
DV8 Physical Theatre has produced 18 highly acclaimed dance-theatre works and four films for television, which have garnered over 50 national and international awards.
The company's new production, JOHN, authentically depicts real-life stories, combining movement and spoken word to create an intense and moving theatrical experience.
Lloyd Newson, DV8's Artistic Director, interviewed more than 50 men asking them frank questions, initially about love and sex. One of those men was John.
What emerged was a story that is both extraordinary and touching. Years of crime, drug use and struggling to survive lead John on a search in which his life converges with others, in an unexpected place, unknown by most. Don't miss this eagerly anticipated new production, broadcast live from the National Theatre.
2 hr
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
MET Live: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
James Levine returns to one of his signature Wagner works conducting this epic comedy—back at the Met for the first time in eight years—about a group of Renaissance "master singers" whose song contest unites a city. Johan Reuter, Johan Botha, and Annette Dasch lead the superb international cast in this charming and magisterial celebration of the power of music and art .
6 hrs
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
ROH Live: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (ballet)
Christopher Wheeldon's full-length ballet based on Lewis Carroll's book is an exuberant piece of storytelling featuring an instantly recognizable cast of characters, among them a tap-dancing Mad Hatter, a tetchy White Rabbit and a raucously bad-tempered Queen of Hearts.
Wheeldon, along with composer Joby Talbot and designer Bob Crowley, have created a genuine family ballet in the spirit of Carroll's much-loved children's classic. While regular ballet goers can appreciate nods to other famous works – there's a parody of the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty, for example, with jam tarts instead of flowers – the ballet is above all a brilliant realization of Carroll's zany dream-world featuring stunning choreography, a colourful score and ingenious stage-magic..Cast - TBC
of the Royal Opera House
Choreography - Christopher Wheeldon
Designs - Bob Crowley
Music - Joby Talbot
Conductor - David Briskin
2 hrs 55 (inc 2 intervals)
2 hr 55
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
MET Live: The Merry Widow (Lehår)
The great Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale
who captivates all Paris in Lehár's enchanting operetta, seen in a new staging
by Broadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers,
Oklahoma!, Contact). Stroman and her design team of Julian Crouch
(Satyagraha, The Enchanted Island) and costume designer William
Ivey Long (Cinderella, Grey Gardens, Hairspray) have
created an art-nouveau setting that climaxes with singing and dancing grisettes
at the legendary Maxim's. Nathan Gunn co-stars as Danilo and Kelli O'Hara is
Valencienne. Andrew Davis conducts.
2 hr 57
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
NT Live: Treasure Island (Cert 10)
Robert Louis Stevenson's story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from the National Theatre.
It's a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins.
3 hr
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
ROH Live: Andrea Chénier (Giordano opera)
Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier (1896) presents a fictionalized account of the last years of the French poet André Chénier, guillotined during the Reign of Terror in 1794. It is the greatest of Giordano's operas, and shows why Puccini sometimes feared Giordano as a rival. Taking the starring role of Chénier, with its three marvellous arias, is Jonas Kaufmann, Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings the role of Chénier's beloved Maddalena (which includes the great aria 'La mamma morta', a favourite with Maria Callas) and Serbian baritone Željko Lučić stars as Carlo Gérard – the servant-turned-revolutionary who is Chénier's rival for the love of Maddalena. With a string of successful productions for The Royal Opera to his name, including Rigoletto and Les Troyens, director David McVicar brings Giordano's thrilling historical drama back to the Royal Opera House for the first time since 1985 in a stunning new production.Cast to include:
Andrea Chénier, Jonas Kaufmann, Maddalena de Coigny, Eva-Maria Westbroe, Carlo Gérard, Željko Lučić
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor - Antonio Pappano
Director - David McVicar
Set design - Robert Jones
Costume designs - Jenny Tiramani
Sung in Italian
2 hrs 30 (inc 1 interval)
2 hr 30
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
MET Live: Les Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach)
(The Tales of Hoffmann)
The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title of Offenbach's operatic masterpiece, in the Met's wild, kaleidoscopic production. Soprano Hibla Gerzmava faces the operatic hurdle of singing all three heroines—each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann's desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts the sparkling score.
3 hr 46
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
MET Live: Iolanta (Tchaikovsky) / Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Bartók)
On the heels of her triumphant Met performances in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of an enchanting fairy tale (Iolanta) followed by an erotic psychological thriller (Duke Bluebeard's Castle).
Netrebko stars as the beautiful blind girl who experiences love for the first time in Iolanta, while Nadja Michael is the unwitting victim of the diabolical Bluebeard, played by Mikhail Petrenko.
Both operas are directed by Mariusz Trelinski, who was inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s. Iolanta also stars Piotr Beczala, and Valery Gergiev conducts both operas.
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
NT Encore: Treasure Island (Cert 10)
Robert Louis Stevenson's story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from the National Theatre.
It's a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins.
3 hr
£4, £3.25 concessions, £2 children
NT Encore: Treasure Island (Cert 10)
Robert Louis Stevenson's story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from the National Theatre.
It's a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins.
3 hr
£4, £3.25 concessions, £2 children
ROH Live: Der Fliegende Hollander (Wagner opera)
Wagner's first masterpiece explores the themes of damnation and
redemption that would fascinate the composer throughout his career. In this
tale of a captain forced to sail the seas for eternity unless released by the
faithful love of a good woman, and the lonely girl who longs to save him,
Wagner created two unforgettable characters operating near the limits of human
emotion. Tim Albery's atmospheric 2009 modern-dress staging provides an ideal
platform on which Bryn Terfel's turbulent Dutchman and Adrianne Pieczonka's
visionary Senta will explore their passions and struggle to find salvation in a
hostile world. Admired for his Wagner
interpretations with the CBSO and at Bayreuth, Andris Nelsons returns to steer
the orchestra through Wagner's stormy score.
Cast to include:
The Dutchman - Bryn Terfel
Daland - Peter Rose
Senta - Adrianne Pieczonka
Royal Opera Chorus
Conductor - Andris Nelsons
Director - Tim Albery
Set designs - Michael Levine
Lighting design - David Finn
Costume designs - Constance Hoffman
Choreography - Philippe Giraudeau
Sung in German
2 hrs 20
2 hr 20
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
ENO Live: La Traviata (Verdi)
A stunning production of Verdi's masterpiece which reaches to the heart of the opera's themes of passionate love and tragic death. The production is ideal for newcomers to opera with its contemporary staging, and a running time of less than two hours.
1 hr 50
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
NT Live: Behind the Beautiful Flowers (12A)
Meera Syal (The Kumars, Goodness Gracious Me, Rafta Rafta at the National) returns to the National Theatre, directed by Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road).
Pulizter Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale.
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he's as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a 'first-class person', while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum's first female graduate.
But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.
3 hr
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
MET Live: La Donna Del Lago (Rossini)Bel canto superstars Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of vocal virtuosity, set in the medieval Scottish highlands and based on a beloved novel by Sir Walter Scott. DiDonato is the "lady of the lake" of the title, and Flórez is the king who relentlessly pursues her, their vocal fireworks embellishing the romantic plot in this Met premiere production conducted by Michele Mariotti.
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
ROH Live: Swan Lake (Petipa ballet)
Swan Lake, surely the greatest of all Romantic ballets, is the captivating story of a beautiful woman transformed into a swan, and a heart-rending tribute to the power of love. Swan Lake is a perfect synthesis of choreography and music and, though Tchaikovsky did not live to see it become a success, his first ballet score is now synonymous with ballet itself, inspiring generations of dancers and crossing over into popular culture.
From the earliest days of the Vic-Wells
Ballet, Swan Lake has been one of The
Royal Ballet's signature works. In creating this production, Anthony Dowell
aimed to return to an authentic version of the choreography created by the
great Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov for the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895. Yolanda
Sonnabend's designs draw on the Russian Imperial Court of that period with an
inspired blend of historical accuracy and gothic fantasy. The court scenes of
Acts I and III have a dark glamour rooted in the opulent style of Carl Fabergé,
while the famous lakeside 'white' acts are rich with mist, shadow and
Cast TBCOrchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor - Boris Gruzin
Choreography - Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Production - Anthony Dowell
Designs - Yolanda Sonnabend
Additional choreography - Frederick Ashton and David Bintley
3 hrs (inc 2 intervals)
3 hrs
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
ROH Live: Rise and Fall, City of Mahogany (Weill opera)
Kurt Weill, Mahagonny was first performed in Leipzig in 1930. Its first ever Royal Opera staging, by Associate Director of Opera John Fulljames, is sung in English, and conducted by Mark Wigglesworth – recently announced as the successor to Edward Gardner as Music Director of English National Opera. Mahagonny is a satire on money, morality and pleasure-seeking among the dubious citizens of a fictional city. The richly varied, jazz-infused score, influenced by ragtime music, includes such irresistible melodies as the 'Alabama Song' and many dramatic ensembles. The superb cast includes Kurt Streit as the wild lumberjack Jimmy, Christine Rice as his sweetheart Jenny, Anne Sofie von Otter in a welcome return to The Royal Opera as the cunning Leokadja Begbick, and Peter Hoare and Willard W. White as her helpers and fellow-fugitives Fatty and Moses.
Jenny Smith - Christine Rice
Trinity Moses - Willard W. White
Leocadja Begbick - Anne Sofie von Otter
Jimmy MacIntyre - Kurt Streit
Fatty - Peter Hoare
Bank Account Billy - Darren Jeffery
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor - Mark Wigglesworth
Director - John Fulljames
Set designs - Es Devlin
Lighting design - Bruno Poet
Movement - Arthur Pita
3 hrs (inc 2 intervals)
3 hrs
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
NT Live: The Hard Problem (12A)
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors).
Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is 'the hard problem' which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.
3 hr
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
MET Live: Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) / Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
Opera's most enduring tragic
double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar, who
sets the action across two time periods but in the same Sicilian village.
Marcelo Álvarez rises to the challenge of playing the dual tenor roles of
Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Canio in Pagliacci. Rae Smith (War Horse) has
designed the moodily atmospheric 1900 village square setting of Cavalleria,
which transforms to a 1948 truck stop for the doomed vaudeville troupe of Pagliacci.
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Cav) and Patricia Racette (Pag) sing the
unlucky heroines, and Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
3 hr 30
£10, £8 concessions, £3 children
ROH Live: La Fille Mal Gardée (Ashton ballet)
Frederick Ashton's final full-length ballet is one of his most joyous creations, inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside. It is based on an 1828 French ballet and the music was adapted by John Lanchbery from Ferdinand Hérold's original score. La Fille mal gardée was a resounding success on its premiere in 1960 and has remained a firm favourite in The Royal Ballet's repertory. The title translates as 'The Wayward Daughter'.
La Fille displays some of Ashton's most virtuosic choreography – the youthful passion of Lise and her lover, Colas, is expressed in a series of energetic pas de deux. The ballet is laced with good humour and a whirl of dancing chickens, grouchy guardians and halfwit suitors take to the stage. Ashton affectionately incorporated elements of national folk dance into his choreography, from a Lancashire clog dance to a maypole dance, making La Fille mal gardée (despite its title) The Royal Ballet's most emphatically English work. Osbert Lancaster's colourful designs reinforce the robust wit of the production.
Cast tbc
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Choreography - Frederick Ashton
Conductor - Barry Wordsworth
2 hrs 15 (inc 1 interval)
2 hrs 15
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
NT Live: Man + Superman (12A)
Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler's List; Oedipus at the National Theatre) plays Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw's witty, provocative classic.
A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate, Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live.
Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress, Ann. But she takes it in her assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary.
Tanner, appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauffeur and flees to Spain, where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil. An extraordinary dream-debate, heaven versus hell, ensues. Following in hot pursuit, Ann is there when Tanner awakes, as fierce in her certainty as he is in his.
4 hr
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
English National Opera: The Pirates of Penzance (LIVE) by Gilbert & Sullivan directed by Mike Leigh.
Guaranteed to be a major event, Mike Leigh (Palme d'Or winner and five times Oscar nominee) directs his first ever opera for the stage. Gilbert and Sullivan's popular comic opera features much-loved favourites including A Policeman's Lot is Not a Happy One and I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General
2 hr 15
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
ROH Live: La Bohéme (Puccini opera)
The most popular opera of all returns in one of The Royal Opera's best loved stagings, regularly revived since its opening night in 1974 – and now being seen for the very last time. John Copley's keen stagecraft and loving attention to period and dramatic detail make his production a masterpiece of realism, while Julia Trevelyan Oman's designs evoke the atmosphere of 19th-century Paris. Several of today's greatest opera stars return to bid farewell to this sublime staging, notably Anna Netrebko as Mimì, and Joseph Calleja as her lover, Rodolfo. Israeli conductor Dan Ettinger conducts one of Puccini's most emotional and melodious scores, in a revival that promises to go down in Royal Opera history.
Cast to include: Mimì - Anna Netrebk, Rodolfo - Joseph Callej, Marcello - Lucas Meache, Musetta - Jennifer Rowley
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor - Dan Ettinger
Director - John Copley
Designs - Julia Trevelyan Oman
Lighting design - John Charlton
Sung in Italian
2 hrs 50 (inc 2 intervals)
2 hrs 50
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
ENO Live: Carmen (Bizet)
Probably the most popular opera in the world. Carmen scandalised its earliest audiences with its raw depiction of lust in 19th-century Seville. In ENO's popular production, the action is a full-on battle of the sexes, fought out in the arena of the Spanish bullring.
2 hr 45
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant
ROH Live: Guilaume Tell (Rossini opera)
Opening with what is arguably the most exciting of all operatic overtures, Rossini's final opera helped to lay the foundations of the genre of French grand opéra that dominated European stages throughout the mid-19th century. The opera's theme is liberty, as exemplified in the struggle against Austrian occupation led by the Swiss archer and patriot Guillaume Tell: in the opera's most famous scene, Tell shoots an apple from his son's head, a feat that inspires his countrymen to revolt. Rossini's score is one of his most outstanding, and packed with glorious arias, choruses and ensembles, as those who have heard Antonio Pappano's admired recording – which also features Gerald Finley (Tell), John Osborn (Arnold) and Malin Byström (Mathilde) – will know. The exciting young Italian director Damiano Michieletto makes his debut with what promises to be a spectacular and thought-provoking production.
Cast to include: Guillaume Tell - Gerald Finley, Arnold Melchtal - John Osborn, Mathilde - Malin Byström,
Hedwige - Enkelejda Shkosa, Jemmy - Sofia Fomina, Gesler - Nicolas Courjal
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor - Antonio Pappano
Director - Damiano Michieletto
Sung in French
4 hrs (inc 2 intervals)
4 hrs
£10, £8 concessions/gostyngiadau, £3 children/plant