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Take me to the world: Hide and Seek @parktheatre

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In a small town where everyone knows everyone, if you don't like it, you might feel that the only logical thing to do is to disappear. Especially if you think it will help your social media rankings. The loneliness and isolation of youth meet influencers in the wild in Tobia Rossi's Hide and Seek. And while events take a darker turn, the humour and the intimacy make this piece about youth on the edge (of trending) fascinating and enjoyable. It's currently playing at Park Theatre .  Mirko (Nico Cetrulo) is exploring a cave with his camera when he stumbles on Gio (Louis Scarpa). Gio has been missing for a while, and the town has been looking for him. But Gio is more interested in how much he is trending on TikTok. He also had a crush on Mirko. Soon, they establish a friendship and a bond. In the cave, they explore feelings they would not dare share outside. However, things turn darker when Gio is confident enough to leave the cave, while Mirko doesn't want his double life

Film: Marie Antoinette

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Sunday night I caught Marie Antoinette . I would warn people not to watch this film on an empty stomach as there are an astonishing array of desserts in this film. After ninety minutes I kept looking at my watch as I really fancied a tart or something with cream and berries. Unfortunately the film had another half hour or so to go so it was a bit of a long wait. And all I could get at the end of the film was a Magnum . Kirsten Dunst is great in any film she is in, although here she just had to play herself. Style triumphs over substance here but everything is so gorgeous (including the tarts) and was similar in tone to director Sofia Coppola's other films that it was watchable enough...

Quiet Saturday Lunch in SW2

Scenes from a SW2 Bar Friday 21:12

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Scenes from a SW2 Bar Friday 21:12 Originally uploaded by Pauly_ . After a jug of cosmopolitans, I started photographing anything around me... Last time I was at this bar (just a few days earlier) there was this fifty-something woman making out with a twenty-something man on the very same seat that these ladies were sitting on. It was so bizarre. Anyway, the ladies didn't mind the attention. Oh and that is a projection screen behind them...

Scenes from Jubilee Bridge Thursday 22:18

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Scenes from Jubilee Bridge Thursday 22:18 Originally uploaded by Pauly_ . Conversation taking this photo went something like this: Paul : I'm not sure about using the flash on this camera as I will look really white... F : But you ARE white... Paul : Oh yeah...

Theatre: Caroline Or Change

I received a bit of flack this week from an anonymous poster connected somehow to the West End production of Cabaret saying I was such a bitch for what I wrote about Cabaret and that I should stick to watching Daddy Cool or some other jukebox musical as that would be all my intelligence could cope with. Those creative types can get so touchy... Anyway, I had already bought tickets to see Caroline Or Change for Thursday evening so I couldn't take them up on their suggestion. I had been looking forward to this for some time. Listening to the Broadway Cast Recording over the past couple of years it has grown on me to be one of my favourite musicals of recent years. With a book and lyrics by Tony Kushner (who also wrote Angels in America) and music by Jeanine Tesori (who wrote the musicals "Violet" and "Twelfth Night" and the new music for "Thoroughly Modern Millie" when it was adapted for stage) it received raves when it opened and the UK production ha

Scenes from the Northern Line Southbound Monday 22:45

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Scenes from the Northern Line Southbound Monday 22:45 Originally uploaded by Pauly_ . Freebasing on the Northern Line...

Scenes from Tooting Sunday 21:33

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Scenes from Tooting Sunday 21:33 Originally uploaded by Pauly_ . Heading home from a curry in Tooting, one couldn't help but notice the window displays. I suggested to An that I could wear that hat at his impending birthday party... Well, the invite said dress "celebratory"...

Sunday phone conversation

Paul : Just what do you say to someone with a Prince Albert? Ad : How about, "Would you take that out for me please?" Paul : Yes it's good to remove the earrings before dinner...

Scenes from Clapham Common Fish pond Saturday 13:37

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Scenes from Clapham Common Fish pond Saturday 13:37 Originally uploaded by Pauly_ . Afternoon light...

Scenes from Elephant & Castle Saturday 00:15

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Scenes from Elephant & Castle Saturday 00:15 Originally uploaded by Pauly_ . Waiting for doors to open...