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[title of show] takes you back to a time before the fast paced social media where word of mouth for a positive show came from chat boards, video diaries or (god forbid) blogs. A simple staging makes it an ideal (and economical piece to stage), but it’s sweet and earnest take on just putting on a show, and putting it out there and taking a chance gives this show its heart. With a strong and energetic cast and endless musical theatre references, it’s hard to resist and it’s currently playing at the Southwark Playhouse .  It opens with Hunter (Jacob Fowler) and Jeff (Thomas Oxley) as struggling young writers in New York City. An upcoming New York Musical Theatre festival, inspires them to write an original musical within three weeks to make the deadline. As they discuss ideas, writers block, distractions and endless other good and bad musicals, an idea for a show emerges. Which is about writing a show for a musical theatre festival.  Their friends Heidi (Abbie Budden) and Susan (Mary Moor
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Tits a little bit later on Old Compton Street... it was a bit crowded and people were rubbing shoulder to shoulder, pec to pec and cheek to cheek... Well it is that sort of day...
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Scenes from the West End Saturday 16:09 - Much later after the march, lunch and a quick look at the rally in Trafalgar Square - approaching Shaftsbury Avenue you could spot a poof a mile away. Others used none-too-subtle baloons to help punters identify them...  
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Scenes from London Pride 13:51 - on Whitehall looking towards Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery.  
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Scenes from London Pride Saturday - A bit of colour and movement and heels... Clothing was definitely optional (except for covering the most naughty of naughty bits) for some... 
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Scenes from London Pride Saturday 13:10 - Hmm they must work out... 
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Just another Summer Saturday in London Today was one of those days when you could have: Seen the women's final at Wimbledon (assuming that you had tickets) Gone to Live 8 at Hyde Park (assuming you won tickets on the mobile phone lottery) Participated in the London Pride (assuming you were a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person) I went the third one of these. There hadn't been so many gay men in central London since yesterday, but that didn't stop anybody having a good time. I wasn't planning on taking part in the actual march from Hyde Park to Victoria Embankment, but A convinced me to do so and before I knew it I was walking up Piccadilly getting applause (which is something that you don't get everyday). There was an interesting part near Pall Mall as well where anti-gay protestors had placards saying something about sodomites. A and his friends asked what we should be doing at this point and I said we should just do what everybody else was do
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Scenes from Central London Tuesday 22:05 - Late evening Thunderstorms 
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Office situations A colleague at work returned today to say goodbye to everyone. She left work in March to go to hospital, but has now left work completely. I suggested to F that her departure in March may have been to have a face lift. Today I can confirm that this was not the case. But I couldn't rule out botox...
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