Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Art of Asking – Amanda Palmer
Title: The Art of Asking Author: Amanda Palmer Year Published: 2014 Source: Owned copy! Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23511311-the-art-of-asking-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-let-people-hel Synopsis: “Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and…
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20 Facts About Me
Happy New Year, everybody! May 2017 bring you more light and happiness than the (almost) shit show 2016 was. One thing I want to do in 2017 is inject more about me into my blog. I mean, my life is basically made up of books & theatre but I do have a life outside of…
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Rent @ St James Theatre
When it was announced that Rent would be touring across the UK including a run in London, I knew I had to snap up a ticket to this iconic modern classic of a musical. Celebrating 20 years since it first opened, Rent is still as iconic in musical theatre now as it was when Jonathan Larson…
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She Loves Me @ Menier Chocolate Factory
She Loves Me is a wonderful musical written by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick about two pen pals who end up working together in a beautiful department store. However, when they start working together, they begin to resent each other. The show was recently revived on Broadway and I have been listening to the 2016…
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Hedda Gabler @ National Theatre
Directed by critically acclaimed director Ivo van Hove, Hedda Gabler stars Ruth Wilson (The Affair, Luther) as the title character. In a new adaptation by Patrick Marber from Henrik Ibsen’s original text, Hedda Gabler is a compelling play about a woman who becomes bored and restless when she settles down into married life. As a…
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Once In A Lifetime @ Young Vic Theatre
Once In A Lifetime is a play written by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman about the rise of talking pictures in Hollywood. In this new adaptation by Christopher Hart, the play sees three friends sell their vaudeville act and head to Hollywood to open a school teaching actors how to talk on film. However…
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School of Rock: The Musical @ The New London Theatre
This is the first post in my series called “Hayley saw a lot of shows in one go and didn’t prepare a schedule to post them”. So you’re getting posts on five of the six shows that I saw last week everyday until Christmas. And first up was School of Rock. Having listened to the…
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Take A Trip to Theatreland This Christmas!
Today I bring you a stagey gift guide for Christmas for many situations. Like, if you know a person who loves the theatre but are unsure of what to take them to. Or if you received money for Christmas and are unsure of what shows to buy tickets for. Then allow me to recommend you…
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My Top Books of 2016
We are so close to the end of the year, it’s time to start reflecting back on what we achieved. I had set myself a reading goal of 60 books on Goodreads, but to be honest I don’t think I’m going to make it to the finish line. I spent most of my year being…
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Jest End @ Waterloo East Theatre
I was super thrilled to see, a couple months back, that Jest End would be returning to the Waterloo East Theatre. Written by Garry Lake, Jest End is a hilarious piss take on shows and gossip within the West End. I had seen the show for the first time last year with a different group…
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Hayley Sprout 
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