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Ajaxpost Plays Hotel Architect Giveaway

To celebrate the announcement of the release date for  Hotel Architect  I have TWO Steam keys for the game to giveaway! I will draw ONE winning entrant on the Gleam.io competition page and ONE entrant from the comments section of the announcement Lets Play video. Terms and Conditions General The Ajaxpost Plays Hotel Architect Giveaway ( the Giveaway ) is a lottery run exclusively by the Ajaxpost Plays YouTube Channel ( Ajaxpost Plays ) All the terms described here are in addition to the standard terms and conditions applied by Gleam.io and YouTube for all giveaways run on their platform. YouTube, Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, X, and any other platforms used to advertise or promote the Giveaway do not sponsor the Giveaway and are in no way responsible or liable for any aspect of the operation of the Giveaway There will up to TWO winners who shall receive ONE Steam key for Hotel Architect: An Entrant that wins a prize on one draw will not be ...
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On This Day: 30th April

A day of contrasts in the years Before The Lockdown... in 2015 I have never been 'to the opera', am not a fan of the big showy traditional musical and 'light opera' or operetta just sounded far too twee. But I'd heard good things about these guys, and I'm (reasonably) I'm open to being surprised by something new so on this day in 2015 I was at the Theatre Royal Bath to see Sasha Regan's All Male The Pirates of Penzance . I loved it! Athletic young men dressed in period frocks is one thing but when played with just the right amount of shared knowingness with the audience it becomes less cringe-inducing and more a joyous celebration. Alongside their cheeky smiles and metaphorical winks to the audience the effortless execution of some quite intricate choreography and being able to reach those falsetto notes so well made for a wonderfully entertaining show. in 2019 In complete contrast Falling at the Ustinov Studio in Bath explored the impac...
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On This Day: 27th April

Mental health is something we are all more aware of these days so it's interesting that on this day Before The Lockdown I saw two productions that, in quite different ways, raise issues of mental well-being. in 2012 There are some works that have become 'national treasures' and Abigail's Party is, without doubt, one of those. This production, which I saw at the Theatre Royal Bath, came from the well-regarded Menier Chocolate Factory with an interesting mix of established stage and TV actors, most of whom had significant success in TV soaps. Their familiarity with the heightened domestic drama of a TV soap served them very well in this excellent production. With a wonderfully evocative 1970s kitsch (in today's terms anyway) living room set these (mostly) appalling characters were brought to life as we laughed and cringed in equal measure at how awful their behaviour was. Back then, it was showing off our taste in terrible decor or music choices that we used ...
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Losing The Night

Yesterday I went to one of my favourite 'fringe' venues in Bristol, the Wardrobe Theatre at the Old Market Assembly to see Losing The Night . This new play, a two-hander written by Cecilia Knapp, shares with us a difficult conversation between two friends who haven't seen each other since the loss of Dylan, a brother and friend, a year ago. Beautifully written and performed (by Olivia Dowd and Marc Benga), the dialogue flows so naturally as they try to place their different memories of Dylan into the context of their own relationship and the grief they felt. It's not flash, or melodramatic, or even especially emotional but it felt right, real. It showed us that taking the time to talk about trauma, depression, secrets, and grief is important and can help us towards understanding and better mental health. Marc Benga and Olivia Dowd / Photo credit: Luis Macknes Links: Cecilia Knapp : YouTube and Twitter C.A.L.M. : Website and Twitter The Wardro...
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