ALEXANDRE Desplat talks of flying when he composes. And watching him conduct the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican last week, there were around 1,000 other people flying with him. I’ve never seen an orchestra perform before, shameful really, but true. I was excited to not only see how an orchestra worked in full motion, […]
Written by clareiow on 18 December 2014. No comments »
Category: Audio, Film & TV, Theatre
Tags: Barbican, desplat, LSO, The Imitation Game
Time to get excited for The Imitation Game dear readers. The film is celebrating its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival as we speak. In only a few hours we can expect the buzz to start, after the first people apart from preview audiences will have formed an opinion about Cumberbatch’s next big movie. While we wait, we […]
Written by Cumberchicken on 29 August 2014. No comments »
Category: Audio, Music
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Hollywood, California-August 25, 2014- held the 66th Annual Primetime Emmys. Critics all across the board from Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Variety, and even Buzzfeed all anticipated a grand sweep from Breaking Bad and Modern Family (since they have been consistent reigning champions these past years) and had predicted that Netflix’s original series; “Orange is the […]
Written by Destiny on 26 August 2014. No comments »
Category: Audio, Film & TV, Places, Quotes, Various
Tags: 66th Annual Primetime Emmy's, Awards, BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emmy's, Fargo, Hartswoods Films, Martin Freeman, PBS, Sherlock
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts,” (William Shakespeare, „The Seven Ages Of Man“, excerpt read by Benedict Cumberbatch) Benedict Cumberbatch jokingly mentioned that “little play” of his in a “little town called […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 31 July 2014. No comments »
Category: Audio, Books, Education, Film & TV, Quotes, Theatre
Tags: Hamlet, London, play, Shakespeare, The Barbican, ticket sale
Happy, Happy Birthday to Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch! What better way to celebrate the actor than to reflect upon his 38 years of existence? His transformation from theater actor, radio player, and now big screen mega star and all around humble guy is simply amazing. Enjoy this video as much as we did. Many […]
Written by Destiny on 19 July 2014. No comments »
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*Bing Bong* Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We are currently part way through our flight from Yverdon-les-Bains to Zurich. I would like to thank you for choosing to fly with us today. Especially a distance that, according to Google, takes about 2 hours and 5 minutes in the car (in current traffic). […]
Written by Jess5_11 on 22 April 2014. 1 comment »
Category: Audio
Tags: cabin pressure, john finnemore, radio
There are various version of Benedict Cumberbatch reading Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats (1795 – 1821) located on YouTube for your listening pleasure. There is a voice over by Cumberbatch for scenes from Fanny and John (2009, Campion), but I don’t recommend it. The visuals and the voiceover don’t work well together. […]
Written by Cumberchicken on 2 April 2014. 1 comment »
Category: Audio, Poetry, Various
Tags: Audio, Fun, Keats, Poem
I guess we are all aware that Benedict will be gracing the London stage as Hamlet and I am sure I speak for all of us when saying that we can’t wait! Cumberbatch will star as the Danish prince at the Barbican Theatre from August to October 2015. Tickets will go on sale this May […]
Written by Cumberchicken on 30 March 2014. No comments »
Category: Audio, Books, Education, Theatre, Various
Tags: Apps, Hamlet