The Changeling

                                             

I'm far from a theatre critic/journalist but after watching The Changeling at the Young Vic theatre I feel compelled to talk about it. Prior to watching the play, I attended a workshop for young directors where we were taught different ways to construct a piece of theatre and also how to analyse different aspects of a play from set design to inter-character relationships. This being the first play I watched since gaining these new skills was very interesting. I tried to be very critical when rating the different aspects of but the lowest ranking I was able to give was 9/10.

 I was given a brief synopsis of the film Changeling starring Angelina Jolie, so I thought I knew roughly what to expect. I was far from wrong. The play is based on a young lady, Beatrice, who has a number of suitors but knows which one she wants and her scheming ways in which she gets rid of the rest. Although the play was written in the 17th century, the director ( Joe Hill-Gibbins) was able to modernise it while still maintaining its archaic nature. There is also a hilarious unexpected scene which will actually make you laugh out loud. It's described as: "A darkly comic tale of sex, love and panic", which I can say is an accurate description. If you happen to be in London between now and 22nd of December I highly recommend you go and watch it, plus ticket prices start at only £10!

 

So much for shopping.

After getting my results and the fact that the non-uniformed days are now gone means my parents had no
choice but to give me money to go shopping. It didn't exactly go like that but close enough. The point I'm trying to make is that I am not into anything that's in the shops at moment. How was I able to come home from Oxford street with 2 pairs of jeans and heat protection spray? That says a lot. I decided to come home and evaluate my wardrobe so I could work out what I needed. Again, that didn't go too well. I did go to Westfield on Monday which wasn't the worst, but still I didn't get much. I think the issue is having a large sum of money. When I have no money I can click 'Add to basket' endlessly, then when I do have money I think stupid things like "do I really need this?" Summer ends in 7 days so I need to get my act together. Maybe tomorrow be will the day of success. I can only hope!

Me being the independent 16y/o that  I am, had to take a picture of the shoes in Office and send it to my mum to help me pick which ones to get. The final verdict was the dark red...then my size was out of stock.

Riding the escalator whilst chewing gum = that face!

                                                                   ~Taz x