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Colin as Elder Mckinley boots?
Hey all! I'm wondering if anyone has any links to boots of Colin Burnicle playing Elder Mckinley? I've recently been able to see the show twice and he is my fav Mckinley!! (bonus points if Ben Tyler is Elder Price too <3)
I've seen clips on tiktok of him and tried to get in contact with the master but they seem to be busy at the moment!
American Psycho - Ben Tyler (he/him) as Patrick Bateman, requested by @light-apologist
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Theatre credits include: Jean Prouvaire/Understudy Marius/Bishop of Digne (Les Misérables), Soldier/Understudy Raoul (The Phantom of the Opera), Ensemble/Swing (The Book of Mormon), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), Anthony “Tick” Belrose/Mitzi Mitosis (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), Rudy/Ensemble (Cabaret)
(Pictured on the right is Benjamin Walker, who played the role in the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions)
Credits: Michael Carlo, Jeremy Daniel
“Hope I die and get reincarnated as Ben's tooth brush”
Costa meets a mother and son in Jessie Alderson and Ben Tyler who have created an abundant community kitchen garden in the heart of Kakadu, overflowing with indigenous and exotic fruits, vegetables and herbs. Subscribe 🔔 http://ab.co/GA-subscribe
The garden is at Murdudjurl, also known as Patonga homestead community, in the heart of Kakadu. About 50m south of Jabiru, it is on the way to Jim Jim falls, home to the Murumburr clan. The homestead was constructed as a game lodge in the 1950’s, and has since operated as a school and now a community home to a number of families.
The land here is diverse and abundant, having provided for the local people for tens of thousands of years. Ben says ‘the food we eat is reliant on the seasons. As the water recedes it is mostly plant-based foods we are collecting, chestnuts and lily seeds. The young geese are eating the wild rice; once they fatten up we will eat them!’
But as is common in many remote communities, the supply of fresh non-traditional foods is limited. Ben explains ‘it is really expensive, and really not at all fresh’. In 2014 Ben’s mum Jessie, a traditional owner and community leader, decided to start her own home-grown solution, a garden. Ben has been her right-hand man. ‘We are hoping that others in the community will get gardening, but at the moment it is really just me and mum’.
Their 30 x 15m plot is now filled with an astonishing array of productive plants, supplying fresh food to their own community and those beyond. Ben – ‘we started out with 3 bananas, now we have hundreds. The fruit gets sent all over Arnhem land!’ Tropical fruits, nuts, herbs and spices grow alongside some traditional native food plants, native lemongrass and many of the local apple species – pink, red and white fruited Syzygiums.
Given the garden is in the national park, all plants brought into the garden need to be approved. Ben – ‘there is an allowed plants list for new things but also others that need to be closely managed’. Rosellas are a weed in Kakadu, but have become a resource for many local weavers, with the calyx’ collected to provide vibrant red colour as well as food.
Ben says that despite the exotic location, they have some fairly standard challenges, lots of pests! ‘Lots of bugs in the wet season, they really stunt growth’ but in the dry season, it is fire! ‘One went through the garden a couple of weeks back!’
Ben, a fabulous cook who works at finding the balance between traditional and modern cooking, introduces Costa to some of his favourite indigenous ingredients found on the property. This includes the Cheeky Yam, the Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), and Water Lilies,
He says he is not a professional chef, ‘I sort of fell into cooking watching mum, and just being interested’. He is constantly trying to find the balance between traditional and modern cooking. ‘As soon as you add salt or sugar the flavours are changed, I often ask myself whether we should do that’.
Corinne Cowling and Ben Tyler in cover rehearsals
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Greater Sage-Grouse
Location: Henefer, UT
Photographer: Ben Tyler
Category: Amateur
2019 Audubon Photography Awards
God, I really miss D14 and all the goofy Les Amis and Enjoltaire content they put out tbh.
Les Mis 10th July 2019!!!
So good! Fantine's voice was amazing (so was everyone else’s, but I just loved Carley Stenson’s voice?)
Things I noticed :
When Valjean sang 'Cosette will have a father now', he paused before saying 'father' and booped her on the nose
He did this again in his death scene, the bopping, can't remember exactly when but it was really sweet. I think it was 'Yes Cosette, forbid me now to die! I'll obey' and then he booped her nose as he sang 'I will try'
When Fantine was being arrested and singing to Valjean about being sent away, she was clutching his shirt and shaking him in anger. I think she spat in his face at one point?
One of the women was reading over Fantine's shoulder before the woman came to steal it
Thernadier in master of the house kept smacking women on the bum and then pointing at someone else, as if I needed more reasons to hate him.
Similarly, Madame Thernadier kept trying to hit Cosette :(
When Red and Black happened, I think Prouvaire had a notebook in front of him on the table? I liked that.
I wasn't great at being able to tell which Amis was which-without specific lines mentioning them it's hard-but at one point a woman came on and was spun around by one of them, so I've decided that was Musichetta (though it could probably also be Bahorel's laughing mistress) (or just a random student but I like connecting it to book characters)
Grantaire was to the side a lot with a bottle, as expected.
When they sang 'don't let the wine go to your brains!' he raised his arms as if to say 'who, me?' and someone else stole his bottle. The minute Enjolras looked away he took another one out from under the table
When Eponine went to get Marius and take him to Cosette, she went to Grantaire first and spoke to him and he called for Marius.
In her death scene, everyone continued as if nothing was happening (apart from Marius ofc) until Grantaire came on, he took some wine from the table and was walking across the stage when he saw them. For a moment he stared before hurrying to get other people to go and try to help, he looked really upset by it. It seemed to again hint that they were friends (which I know isn’t book canon, but a lot of the fandom like the idea including me)
After Eponine died, Gavroche went over and lent his arm and head against the wall with his back to the audience and didn't look up for a while, reacting to his sister’s death.
After Gavroche revealed who Javert was, Grantaire picked him up and carried him round in piggy back. It was really cute. He did this as he sang ‘Bravo, little Gavroche you’re the top of the class!
After Attack on Rue Plumet, when Eponine and Cosette are briefly introduced, they just kept staring at each other through the gate as if they both recognised the other, not just Eponine.
When Valjean was letting Javert go and Javert refused to believe it, Valjean ended up pushing him back against the wall to try and get him to go.
When Eponine delivered the letter, she snuck through the gates when she couldn't see anyone, only for Valjean to come up behind her and grab her thinking, presumably, that she was there for nefarious reasons.
After she gave him the letter and she was turning to go, he grabbed her hat off her head (revealing her long hair) before telling her to be safe.
During Drink with me, Enjolras was at the top of the barricade but was watching Grantaire. When Grantaire was singing and it became clear how upset he was, Enjolras rushed down the barricade and stopped the other student from arguing with Grantaire, and they stood facing each other with the last two lined of the verse directed at Enjolras, before they grasped each other and hugged tightly. They took a while to pull away and it was really lovely
Enjolras was played by Joe Vetch in this performance BTW, he usually plays Feuilly I believe? I'm not sure who played Feuilly instead.
In Master of the House, when Thernadier was singing at the side at one point he refilled a bottle to resell by peeing into it. He then gave it to a drunk guy who didn't seem to notice - but then when they were all toasting at the end, Madame Thernadier switched the drinks so Thernadier ended up with the urine bottle, which he drank from and then threw up. Just what he deserves, really!
In the scene where Marius and Cosette first meet and the Thernadier's recognise Valjean, whilst Thernadier and the others were fighting with Valjean, Montparnasse grabbed Cosette and tried to drag her away (presumably kidnapping her?) but Marius stopped him and punched him in the face.
When Fantine was singing 'Come to me' she left the bed and crawled towards where she thought Cosette was and it was heartbreaking
When Fantine was in the factory and Valjean was trying to leave, she went up to him and kept trying to show him the letter, pleading with him
Also when Fantine tried to get the letter back from the woman who took it, the woman pushed her away and shouted 'Get away from you, you slut!'
During Fantine's arrest, the other prostitutes were gathering around her and trying to check if she was alright and protect her
For Javert's suicide - it really built up to it. He was quite composed and stern for most of the show but after the barricade, you saw him walking around it and seeing all the carnage, before looking for Valjean and trying to get in the sewer. He couldn't lift the grate, but you could see that his uniform was rumpled and undone, and it seemed even more undone as it went on. When he and Valjean were facing each other and Valjean was asking to take Marius to safety, Javert was falling apart, shouting lines. 'the man of mercy comes again and talks of justice' was bitter and mocking, thrown at Valjean like a weapon. Javert wasn't even standing up straight, it was as if he was physically fighting with himself and he could no longer pretend to be the stern upright figure he had been because he had no idea how to deal with Valjean being good. It was really emotional and made his emotional turmoil so clear and heartbreaking, especially as it led into Javert's soliloquy. Whilst the way they show his death might not be the most effective - lights to make it seem like water on the stage, he falls to his knees while reaching up and then collapses on the ground and rolls off stage slowly as it revolves and the lights are whirling round - his acting was amazing.
When Eponine had taken Marius to see Cosette, he spun Eponine round in the air and it was really sweet.
I know it happens every production, but the Enjolras death is just. so. impressive. The way they just dangle so still and it’s just??? It must be really difficult and take a lot of skill and every single Enjolras does it???? (I wanna try and do it) Anyway it looks amazing
I’m sure I’ve forgotten a dozen things I wanted to say about how great it was but if I remember anything more I’ll add it. Posting this on the 13th July, which unfortunately is the last day the original production will be shown. The show was amazing and I loved it so much. I wish they weren’t changing it, because honestly it is perfect as it is.
The cast were also so sweet - I met some of them at the Stage Door (not everyone because obvs some just want to go home). I’d never gone to a stage door before so it was a really exciting experience. They signed my programme which is so amazing!
Charlotte Kennedy was really sweet in particular, she was leaving and I didn’t want to bother her because it looked like she just wanted to go, but she saw me looking at her and holding my programme and came over and offered to sign it, she was lovely. Joe Vetch was really nice, and pronounced all the names perfectly! Raymond Walsh was also really nice. Dean Chisnall was very friendly and talking to everyone, and Elena Skye was great as well, and Ben Tyler was really nice! Everyone was really nice and lovely and it was amazing to meet them.
Anyway Les Mis is awesome and the current cast are amazing - I loved them all. I gave them a standing ovation the moment the applause started at the end (usually I’m too anxious and wait until more people are doing it). I hope they have enjoyed their run in Les Mis and that the next iteration is just as wonderful.
