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Peter Ustinov - The Many Voices of Peter Ustinov, in after supper conversation with Cliff Michelmore, Kenneth Allsop and Derek Hart
Flyer for Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Linda Smith performing at the Comedy Boom from the 15th-24th August 1988. (c) Linda Smith estate / Stephen Houfe.
Divine Comedy 2010
Persona. Simone’s Body
Director: Krystian Lupa
The scandal that accompanied the premiere production (One of the actresses, Joanna Szczepkowska, rebelled against the director, showed her naked buttocks to the spectators, made a Nazi greeting gesture, and later long explored the meanings of this performance in the media), somehow overshadowed somehow the intentions of Krystian Lupa. And yet Simone’s Body is the second part of the Persona diptych. The play opens in the same space as the previous part: this time the sound stage, where Marilyn Monroe took shelter from the world, plays the role of the rehearsal stage, where a young, eccentric director is getting ready to put on a production on Simone Weil. The philosopher is to be played by a Bergmanesque character, Elizabeth Vogler, an actress who returns to the profession after 30 years of “silence”. The heroine doubts whether it is fair to make a play on Simone against her, with contempt for her theses, and disbelieving her honesty. Nevertheless, the rehearsals start, and the director and his collaborators provoke a long improvisation – a psychodrama especially for Elizabeth. It is as if a trip into the interior of one of the dreams described by Weil is to be a trap for the actress. It is to coerce her into an uncontrolled reaction, to kindle her senses, and to compromise her own perception of Christianity and the person of Weil.
As is his style, Lupa enters deeply into the intimacy of his actors, talks them into emotional transgressions, and provokes extreme situa-tions.
Photography: Grzegorz Ziemiański
On Sept 19th, members of Club Fit enjoyed a comedy night in the gym. We had 3 comedians make us laugh all night long!
Paramount Comedy is a channel that broadcasts on Sky TV. Like many other satellite channels, it used to have a full working set of teletext information pages, including TV listings and an irreverent viewer feedback page. Now, the pages are no longer updated but still exist in a form untouched since they couldn't be bothered with the service any more. Included in these are some rather interesting technical and humorous pages, such as ones depicting cats and penguins.
64: 'comedy'
There are words that are inherently funny due to their phonetic sound. Consonant plosives like p, b, t, d, k, and g have been found to be the funniest sounds in
the English language – particularly when found in short words since these create the greatest tension.
Of these k is considered to be the most humourous letter, and words that use its phonetic sound are most likely to gain a laugh especially when naive references to either sex or expletives are made.*
Wordplay using innocent innuendo was popular in the british comedy of the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Origin of ‘Gruntfuttock’: J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock was a character created by Kenneth Williams for the 1950’s comedy sketch show ‘Round the Horne’.*
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Poor lighting, very dimmed venue. No flash allowed, naturally. Tried to use the circumstances to my advances and went for a "vintage" grainy B/W look. Shot mainly with manual focus, which was a new (but rather fun) experience.
Custom Buckle
This belt buckle was plasma cut from 1/4" mild steel plate, textured, rusted and sealed.
Terry Fator and his puppets entertained the crowd at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino with their comedy and singing routine.
64: 'comedy'
There are words that are inherently funny due to their phonetic sound. Consonant plosives like p, b, t, d, k, and g have been found to be the funniest sounds in
the English language – particularly when found in short words since these create the greatest tension.
Of these k is considered to be the most humourous letter, and words that use its phonetic sound are most likely to gain a laugh especially when naive references to either sex or expletives are made.*
Wordplay using innocent innuendo was popular in the british comedy of the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Origin of ‘Gruntfuttock’: J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock was a character created by Kenneth Williams for the 1950’s comedy sketch show ‘Round the Horne’.*
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Divine Comedy 2010
Persona. Simone’s Body
Director: Krystian Lupa
The scandal that accompanied the premiere production (One of the actresses, Joanna Szczepkowska, rebelled against the director, showed her naked buttocks to the spectators, made a Nazi greeting gesture, and later long explored the meanings of this performance in the media), somehow overshadowed somehow the intentions of Krystian Lupa. And yet Simone’s Body is the second part of the Persona diptych. The play opens in the same space as the previous part: this time the sound stage, where Marilyn Monroe took shelter from the world, plays the role of the rehearsal stage, where a young, eccentric director is getting ready to put on a production on Simone Weil. The philosopher is to be played by a Bergmanesque character, Elizabeth Vogler, an actress who returns to the profession after 30 years of “silence”. The heroine doubts whether it is fair to make a play on Simone against her, with contempt for her theses, and disbelieving her honesty. Nevertheless, the rehearsals start, and the director and his collaborators provoke a long improvisation – a psychodrama especially for Elizabeth. It is as if a trip into the interior of one of the dreams described by Weil is to be a trap for the actress. It is to coerce her into an uncontrolled reaction, to kindle her senses, and to compromise her own perception of Christianity and the person of Weil.
As is his style, Lupa enters deeply into the intimacy of his actors, talks them into emotional transgressions, and provokes extreme situa-tions.
Photography: Grzegorz Ziemiański
Der Comedy Club 15 mit Michel Gammenthaler, Nils Althaus, dem Duo Full House, Stéphanie Berger und Fabian Unteregger auf grosser Schweizer Tournee.
Der Comedy Club 15 mit Michel Gammenthaler, Nils Althaus, dem Duo Full House, Stéphanie Berger und Fabian Unteregger auf grosser Schweizer Tournee.
Diane Robinson as Adriana in the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival's 1988 production of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS.
Third Thursday: LOL MIA
We got silly with local comedians from the Theater of Public Policy.
We took part in live museum label Mad Libs.
We created our own museum comics.
We embarked on a spontaneous “tour” guided by unexpected characters.
We took in the sweet jams of Hot Freaks and Apollo Cobra.
We hung around for in-gallery comedic performances and elevator improv games.
We recorded reactions to goofy prompts in the Funny Face photobooth.
Official Beer: Summit
Music Partner: Local Current from 89.3 The Current
Event partner: Theater of Public Policy
On Sept 19th, members of Club Fit enjoyed a comedy night in the gym. We had 3 comedians make us laugh all night long!