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Hoopla! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💚🩷🌈

A week ago we kicked up our Wicked heels or what was an amazing performance in front of 15,000 people. The love was ENORMOUS. And our Witches slayed that staged! The crowd was word perfect, if not so what an octave lower!

Grabbed some BTS pics along the way.

#Hoopla #Wicked

The Friend (2024)

A woman inherits a dog. This companionship forces her to deal with love and loss, to reassess her life, her creativity, through this new inheritance.

If you've ever had a pet that you have loved, that has gotten you through some hard times, you will see yourself in this story.

Emma Kingston preparing to play Elphaba in Wicked, puts on her glasses looking in the mirror of her dressing room.

Cue the "It's Maaaaayyyy" memes.

Getting ready for Media Night with my green gal pal, Emma Kingston at Wicked London. A little dressing room shot to get us in the mood.

#WickedUK #Elphaba #EmmaKingston

A poster for the reboot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. A woman in denim jeans stands over a fresh grave holding a cell phone and wooden stake. The hand of a vampire reaches up through the ground from the grave.

Okay, so like, I'm a little bit, like .... giddy.

Priscilla pub and 'safe space' for gay community heritage listed Landmark inner-west Sydney pub, The Imperial, has been recognised not just because of "the building but what happened inside".

This pleases me SO MUCH! My old stomping ground. So many fun nights at The Imperial. And fab shows from Mitzy MacIntosh, Tess Tickle and Chelsea Buns. The Imperial is an icon, and was a safe place for all.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

What to know of Marine Le Pen’s high-stakes EU funds misuse trial Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, will on Monday learn her fate in an embezzlement trial that could upend French politics if she is barred from running in the 2027 presidential election.

Awww.... nos pensées et nos prières, Madame Le Pen, nos pensées et nos prières.

You try to embezzle a little Euro for your disgraceful far right agenda and this is the respect you get. Merde!

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

It's that time again at Wicked London, when we say goodbye to many of our cast members. Here's a look at the full 2024/25 company onstage at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Took this photo for Wicked UK.

#Wicked #ApolloVictoriaTheatre

5 years ago it all shut down.

Seems like a world away. Theatres closed. Jobs on hold. So much uncertainty.

My photobook, Going Dark, is a reflection of those Covid19 times, with commentaries that speak to that uncertain future and our love for these buildings.

www.matchambooks.com/product-page...

A painting of the assassination of Julius Caesar

Happy ides of march!

Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻

That's a very clear unsolicited opinion. You should express it more so that those people who enjoy the song for what it is and like the mock Italian/Estonian rivalry in the joyful spirit of Eurovision can feel they are wasting their time. The educator we didn't know we needed! Well done!

You should have informed us earlier, before all those people voted for it, and the Italians started playfully parodying it. Have you watched Eurovision at all? The contest that let Jedward take to the stage? haha! No point arguing about taste.

Just a little. 😁
Everytime I am in Vanalinn, I also walk past the Russian embassy and say "Fuck Putin".

YouTube video by IGAMIDANES Italy's REVENGE on Tommy Cash 💀😅

The Italian clap back is HILARIOUS!!!
Yes indeed, miei amori, let's all eat sprats.
Brilliant.

www.youtube.com/shorts/_1eBM...

YouTube video by TOMMY CASH TOMMY CASH - ESPRESSO MACCHIATO (Eurovision 2025 Winner)

I suspect if Tommy Cash wins #Eurovision with "Espresso Macchiato" Italy may well declare war against Estonia.
But only after they have had their morning coffee.
And only in the Summer. if the weather is nice.

"No stresso, no stresso, don't need to be depresso!"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6aJ...

It only takes a minute...
But you should do something every day to make you feel proud.
Self care and all.

YouTube video by Hulu The Handmaid's Tale | Season 6 Teaser | Hulu

The trailer plays more like a guide to fight Project 2025 and less like a season finale.

Bring on April 8th.
#TheHandmaidsTale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyVD...

I really loved A Terrible Kindness, about the after effect of the Aberfan disaster. And Falling was just a (fun) suspenseful romp! x

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Australian)
Radiant Heat by Sarah-Jane Collins (Australian)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
Falling by T. J. Newman

(Yes, sadly 2 women use their initials becasue men sell books.)

I'm obsessed with this now. So much time is going to be wasted.

Blue Velvet.
Twins Peaks.
Dune.
Wild At Heart.

The dawning of my cinema and tv life, it was these works that opened the doors of possibilty. Love his work or hate it, and I did both, he always made you think.

And Bob scared the living shit out of me.

One of the great auteurs! Vale, David Lynch.

YouTube video by Australian Lamb The Comments Section - 2025 Summer Lamb ad

Australian ads for Lamb.
Always unique. And a little bit absurd.
Whoever wrote this one needs all the awards.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75BA...

The Wicked UK Tour came to an end this past weekend at the Palace Theatre Manchester. Caught up with some familiar faces, met new ones. Grab a photo of the whole company before they headed off for their last performances. Such a handsome bunch!

#WickedTheMusical #Wicked #WickedUKTour

From the man that started a website to rate women as "hot" or "not" that turned into facebook. Yeah... what's that about leopards and spots again....

I remember when everyone had Jacinda Ardern as the preferred PM.... there's a hint there.... although I don't know any sane woman in politics that would put her head on the block with the way they are treated.

oh, and just wait for this to occur to favour Dutton and his gal-pal Gina! I mean, it's already happening...

I'm sure he knows exactly what he's doing. It's been a Russian tactic for years in Europe, the barrage of misinformation and extremes. Russians used troll farms. He's doing it directly. Doesn't matter what he says, it's about disruption and destabilisation, seeding mistrust. Brexit was the example.

He won Lead, not Supporting. That's the articles error. The bigger error is that The Bear is listed as a comedy. The simple reclassification is because of what it is up against. So they call it a comedy to better their chances of winning. Even though IT MOST DEFINITELY ISN'T. Urgh, PR and Politics.

Gregorian calendar: 2025 CE (MMXXV)
Chinese calendar: 4723 Year of the Snake
Hebrew calendar: 5785–5786
Islamic calendar: 1446–1447
Star Trek Stardate: -298000.0
Age of the Earth: ≈4.543 billion years

* 2,025 seconds is equal to 33 minutes, 45 seconds. On average, to count from 1 to 2,025 would take you about thirty-three minutes.

* If you were born in 1980, at some point you’ll be 45 this year. Your aged squared is 2025.