I’m a celebrity ... get me out of here!

Aired: november 11th 9pm on ITV.

I’m a celebrity...get me out of here is a partly live tv show in which ten UK celebrities are shipped of to Australia to compete against each other in two teams. Since this is the season premiere, they meet their teams and everyone introduces themselves to the audience. They have to hike trough the jungle to get to a helicopter before the other team does, the winning team (Croc Creek) got a night of luxury while Snake rock had to sleepin the jungle. Hugo and David had to compete in a bushtucker trial, locked in a big box they had to find keys in boxes with animals and unlock a button. David won a dinner for his team. In the end Helen and Nadine were chosen by the audiences to compete in the bugburial bushtucker trial next week. 

I got the impression that all of the celebrities competing in this show are famous for dubious reasons, like starring in something like “made in chelsea” or being soap opera stars. I did like it though, I like the humour with wich Ant & Dec present the show and mock the contestants troughout the hour. It did have a curious take on it since it is part live and the audiences can vote for whomever they would like to see go into the bushtucker trial next week. I learned that I do like the way the brits go about a show like this, with a lot of humour coming from the hosts. 

For more information and the complete contestants list:

http://www.itv.com/imacelebrity/celebrities/

Heckling

A nap has made the news as Peter Hall, former director of the RSC, woke up from one when he muttered his opinion on the stage debut performance of Downton Abbey star Laura Carmichael. With this he interrupted the play’s final speech during the press night of "Uncle Vanya". 

It could be seen as a comment on the production and the british state of theatre that people continue to snooze trough shows, which makes heckling not it’s biggest problem. 

Heckling needs more effort and is not uncommon in theatre, prior to the 19th century audiences would be vocal in their opinions during Shakespeare plays or hissed the actor off the stage at Drury Lane.

Although I think it is somewhat funny a former theatre director could not help himself but to express his opinion, I would have hated him for it if I had been in the audience. I don’t believe heckling has a place in the theatre, neither does napping, texting or talking for that matter, I believe it won’t do the performance any good if the audience just keeps yelling to the actors on stage. For me personally it would ruin my night as I like to sit quietly and completely entranced by the performance when I am watching a play or musical. So I pray heckling never comes back into fashion inside the theatre, except for stand up comedy of course. 

Read the complete article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2012/nov/06/peter-hall-heckling-theatre

and for a discussion on bad behavior in the theatre:

http://www.whatsonstage.com/board/index.php?/topic/22065-bad-behaviour-at-a-show/page__st__1430

An introduction to me

Hello everyone,

For the class British Culture we are setting up these blogs in order to learn more about, well, the british culture. But let me start off by introducing myself; my name is Charlotte and I am graduating the study "Culturele en Maatschappelijke Vorming" there isn't really an english name for it but I get a bachelor in social work after this. I love watching (al lot of) tv shows, movies and going to the theatre, especially musical theatre to be honest.
That's me in a nutshell, if you have any questions feel free to ask them.