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A wonderful night at the Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip. Always gonna love these neon caricatures and, yes, I do recognize all of them!
Blackpool's brand new Comedy Carpet sits in the shadow of the world famous Blackpool Tower – and it’s one of the largest pieces of public art ever commissioned in the UK. Artist Gordon Young, in association with leading design agency Why Not Associates, created the Blackpool Comedy Carpet. 850 writers and comedians are represented on the Comedy Carpet - with letters ranging in size from a few centimetres to almost a metre tall so that the laughs can be enjoyed from all sides and from both close up and at height from the Tower.
(born June 15, 1963) is an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She starred in the sitcom, Mad About You, for seven years before being cast in the 1997 romantic comedy film, As Good as It Gets for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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The Comedy Carpet in Blackpool. Made up from catchphrases, quotes and dialogue from British comedians and comedy throughout the years.
Divine Comedy 2010
Orgy
Director: Wiktor Rubin
It is not a tale of the body, the pleasure, and the delight, but a theatre study of Power. The monotonous and systematic chain of cruelty and violence that a man and a woman deal to each other is meant to illustrate the principle of supremacy over another human. Violence is the essence of power. In this play, Wiktor Rubin changes the foundations of his directing style, leaving the collages of alterations and formulas aside. He provokes a performance that should disrupt the spectators’ sense of security, and test the mechanisms of linguistic, carnal, and situational enthrallment. We do not understand what Power is until we are wronged, until we have realised how hurt we have been. Thus, every action of the two actors within the space of the play must be aimed not only against each other but also against the spectators. The reactions of the onlookers are filmed and shown on screens; actors take away women’s handbags and comment upon their contents; they search the men, and lock some in boxes on stage, forcing them into mock sexual intercourses. Eroticism becomes lined with fear, intimacy is exposed to the public eye. The Gdańsk staging evokes powerful emotions in an experiment that may be rejected, yet in which one may also get lost.
Photography: Grzegorz Ziemiański
Dancers perform with Emmanuel Kembe during the “Comedy for Peace" event, supported by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre on Sunday, 23 April in Juba.
When I think about toilet seats I get nauseous, especially public ones. Just the thought of sitting where everyone else has sat is disgusting to me. Restrooms in general gross me out–the sink, the door knob, everything. I went to a small private school in high school and the only restroom the boys had was this really small, dark hole in the hall and the only reason anyone would ever use it was because they had to. It was lit by the light of a 40 watt bulb and for some reason it always smelled like Pine Sol and mothballs–it was weird. Anyway, I didn’t really have any friends in high school, so many times during the day I would just go in there and hang out for long periods of time waiting until the school day was over. One time one of the guys in my class got suspicious and pointed out that I was spending an awful lot of time in the bathroom, but I just pretended like I wasn’t feeling well and he let it go. After school every day I’d usually just go home and watch something on TV until bedtime. A couple of years later I graduated, went to college and that pretty much brings us all up to speed I think.
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE 12 - 15 June 2013 Mad Props Theatre present their inaugural production, the Glasgow premiere of this Tony Award-winning musical. Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grownups who barely managed toescape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t make you a loser. With profits going to Leukaemia Research and with laughs guaranteed, don’t miss out on this cult musical where anything can happen! Part of the West End Festival, tickets are £12 and available here: www.cottiers.com/theatre-programme/the-25th-annual-putnam... — with Niall Murray, Rachel Thomson, Erik Igelström, Alex Lyne, Paula Russell, Ronan Glam Radin and Laura McLuskey at Glasgow Premiere of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
This was a promo shoot for local comedy team. Total improvisation. I love comedians.
Lighting:
1. 2 bare SB-26 from the left and right (you can see them in the frame) with CTB filter as kicker.
2. 2 SB-800 into Photek Softliter 60'' from the left and top, as fill light.
3. SB-800 into 41cm beauty dish from the same side as Photek, as key light.
Triggered via Radiopoppers PX and JrX via Nikon CLS and Wireless remote SU-800.
The gardens of the Grade I Listed Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset.
Construction began around 1210 by Bishop Jocelin of Wells but principally dates from 1230. Bishop Jocelin continued the cathedral building campaign begun by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin, and was responsible for building the Bishop's Palace, as well as the choristers' school, a grammar school, a hospital for travellers and a chapel within the liberty of the cathedral. The chapel and great hall were built between 1275 and 1292 for Bishop Robert Burnell. The windows had stone tracery. Stone bosses where the supporting ribs meet on the ceiling are covered with representations of oak leaves and the Green Man. The building is seen as a fine example of the Early English architectural style.
In the 14th century, Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury continued the building. He had an uneasy relationship with the citizens of Wells, partly because of his imposition of taxes, and surrounded his palace with crenellated walls, a moat and a drawbridge. The 5 metres (16 ft) high three-storey gatehouse, which dates from 1341, has a bridge over the moat. The entrance was protected by a heavy gate, portcullis and drawbridge, operated by machinery above the entrance, and spouts through which defenders could pour scalding liquids onto any attacker. The drawbridge was still operational in 1831 when it was closed after word was received that the Palace of the Bishop of Bristol was subject to an arson attack during the Bristol riots. These took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill. The proposal had aimed to get rid of some of the rotten boroughs and give Britain's fast growing industrial towns such as Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds greater representation in the House of Commons; however there was no rioting in Wells. The water which filled the moat flowed from the springs in the grounds which had previously chosen its own course as a small stream separating the cathedral and the palace and causing marshy ground around the site. The moat acted as a reservoir, controlled by sluice gates, which powered watermills in the town.
The north wing (now the Bishop's House) was added in the 15th century by Bishop Beckington, with further modifications in the 18th century, and in 1810 by Bishop Beadon. It was restored, divided, and the upper storey added by Benjamin Ferrey between 1846 and 1854. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1548, Bishop Barlow sold Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset the palace and grounds. These were recovered after the Duke's execution in 1552.
In the 1550s, Bishop Barlow sold the lead from the roofs of the great hall. This resulted in it falling into a ruined state. It can be seen in an engraving of 1733 but was largely demolished around 1830 by Bishop Law. He created a "more picturesque ruin" by removing the south and east walls and laying out and planting the area previously occupied by the great hall. The palace was used as a garrison for troops in both the English Civil War and Monmouth Rebellion after which it was used as a prison for rebels after the Battle of Sedgemoor.
Bishop Kidder was killed during the Great Storm of 1703, when two chimney stacks in the palace fell on him and his wife, while they were asleep in bed. A central porch was added around 1824 and, in the 1840s and 1850s, Benjamin Ferrey restored the palace and added an upper storey. He also restored the chapel using stained glass from ruined French churches.
The palace now belongs to the Church Commissioners and is managed and run by The Palace Trust. The main palace is open to the public, including the medieval vaulted undercroft, chapel and a long gallery, although the Bishops House is still used as a residence and offices. There is a cafe overlooking the Croquet Lawn. The palace is licensed for weddings and used for conferences and meetings. The croquet lawn in front of the palace is used on a regular basis. The palace was used as a location for some of the scenes in the 2007 British comedy Hot Fuzz, and more recently in the 2016 film The Huntsman.
Divine Comedy 2010
Orgy
Director: Wiktor Rubin
It is not a tale of the body, the pleasure, and the delight, but a theatre study of Power. The monotonous and systematic chain of cruelty and violence that a man and a woman deal to each other is meant to illustrate the principle of supremacy over another human. Violence is the essence of power. In this play, Wiktor Rubin changes the foundations of his directing style, leaving the collages of alterations and formulas aside. He provokes a performance that should disrupt the spectators’ sense of security, and test the mechanisms of linguistic, carnal, and situational enthrallment. We do not understand what Power is until we are wronged, until we have realised how hurt we have been. Thus, every action of the two actors within the space of the play must be aimed not only against each other but also against the spectators. The reactions of the onlookers are filmed and shown on screens; actors take away women’s handbags and comment upon their contents; they search the men, and lock some in boxes on stage, forcing them into mock sexual intercourses. Eroticism becomes lined with fear, intimacy is exposed to the public eye. The Gdańsk staging evokes powerful emotions in an experiment that may be rejected, yet in which one may also get lost.
Photography: Tomasz Wiech
Divine Comedy 2010
Orgy
Director: Wiktor Rubin
It is not a tale of the body, the pleasure, and the delight, but a theatre study of Power. The monotonous and systematic chain of cruelty and violence that a man and a woman deal to each other is meant to illustrate the principle of supremacy over another human. Violence is the essence of power. In this play, Wiktor Rubin changes the foundations of his directing style, leaving the collages of alterations and formulas aside. He provokes a performance that should disrupt the spectators’ sense of security, and test the mechanisms of linguistic, carnal, and situational enthrallment. We do not understand what Power is until we are wronged, until we have realised how hurt we have been. Thus, every action of the two actors within the space of the play must be aimed not only against each other but also against the spectators. The reactions of the onlookers are filmed and shown on screens; actors take away women’s handbags and comment upon their contents; they search the men, and lock some in boxes on stage, forcing them into mock sexual intercourses. Eroticism becomes lined with fear, intimacy is exposed to the public eye. The Gdańsk staging evokes powerful emotions in an experiment that may be rejected, yet in which one may also get lost.
Photography: Grzegorz Ziemiański
Inspiring Comedy proves that comedians can be clean and funny! These hilarious performers provide non-stop laughter for the entire family.
Whether you like stand-up comedians, magicians, ventriloquists, jugglers or musical comedy, this DVD has something for everyone! You’ll enjoy nearly two full hours of entertainment.
Available now at www.filmbaby.com/films/4971
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE 12 - 15 June 2013 Mad Props Theatre present their inaugural production, the Glasgow premiere of this Tony Award-winning musical. Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grownups who barely managed toescape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t make you a loser. With profits going to Leukaemia Research and with laughs guaranteed, don’t miss out on this cult musical where anything can happen! Part of the West End Festival, tickets are £12 and available here: www.cottiers.com/theatre-programme/the-25th-annual-putnam... — with Niall Murray, Rachel Thomson, Erik Igelström, Alex Lyne, Paula Russell, Ronan Glam Radin and Laura McLuskey at Glasgow Premiere of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE 12 - 15 June 2013 Mad Props Theatre present their inaugural production, the Glasgow premiere of this Tony Award-winning musical. Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grownups who barely managed toescape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t make you a loser. With profits going to Leukaemia Research and with laughs guaranteed, don’t miss out on this cult musical where anything can happen! Part of the West End Festival, tickets are £12 and available here: www.cottiers.com/theatre-programme/the-25th-annual-putnam... — with Niall Murray, Rachel Thomson, Erik Igelström, Alex Lyne, Paula Russell, Ronan Glam Radin and Laura McLuskey at Glasgow Premiere of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 23JAN15 - particpants captured during the session Comedy and Empathy in the congress centre at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2015.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/Benedikt von Loebell
THE WRONG DOOR
Picture shows: Myanna Buring as Melanie out for dinner with her new boyfriend, Philip The Dinosaur.
The Wrong Door is set in a parallel universe; a fantastic world governed by the laws of comedy where the special effects you see in the movies are part of everyday life. Sounds like our kinda world...
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Divine Comedy 2010
Orgy
Director: Wiktor Rubin
It is not a tale of the body, the pleasure, and the delight, but a theatre study of Power. The monotonous and systematic chain of cruelty and violence that a man and a woman deal to each other is meant to illustrate the principle of supremacy over another human. Violence is the essence of power. In this play, Wiktor Rubin changes the foundations of his directing style, leaving the collages of alterations and formulas aside. He provokes a performance that should disrupt the spectators’ sense of security, and test the mechanisms of linguistic, carnal, and situational enthrallment. We do not understand what Power is until we are wronged, until we have realised how hurt we have been. Thus, every action of the two actors within the space of the play must be aimed not only against each other but also against the spectators. The reactions of the onlookers are filmed and shown on screens; actors take away women’s handbags and comment upon their contents; they search the men, and lock some in boxes on stage, forcing them into mock sexual intercourses. Eroticism becomes lined with fear, intimacy is exposed to the public eye. The Gdańsk staging evokes powerful emotions in an experiment that may be rejected, yet in which one may also get lost.
Photography: Grzegorz Ziemiański
I think comedy, and by extension comedy clubs, is the best thing in life.
Nothing else can have such an effect on people, causing some to go from their saddest state ever to their happiest... or the reverse possibly ;)
But one of the great benefits of comedy is a look into culture and how certain people live.
I think when tourists visit a country that is not their own, that if they don't have the time to talk to a mass amount of residents to become one with their new city, that paying to see a comedy show should be mandatory. Nothing else can introduce a tourist into another's culture quite like a comedy club can.
And that's what Sonia and I did.
I had never been to the UK before a few weeks ago, and Sonia had only been there a few weeks herself when I got there. While she and I both had been talking to a few British on our own time, there's no way we could've grasped the culture as quickly as when went to the show -- it was probably my greatest experience in the whole trip.
Everything that we already had learned over those four days were regurgitated quite hilariously, and we learned oh so much more about the British psyche. Their uptightness, their semi-racism, their attitude towards the government... it was all too enlightening!
And because we went to the midnight show (9 pounds) that got out at around 2 or 3 in the morning when the Tube is closed, we got to take the bus back to our hotel... and, if it's possible, the buses were better organized than the subways.... That city was awesome :D