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Back home from the matinee, and I wholeheartedly concur. The rapid-exchange dialogue and stunt-rhyming set up some deliciously sly punchlines, and the cast were clearly having a ball delivering them. The whole thing was a joy.

I never knew that Gilbert & Sullivan adapted Dracula, but my friend Dr Terror reports here on @mitchbenn.bsky.social 's recent revival wymark.org.uk/draculamitch...

Just saw 'Gilbert & Sullivan's Dracula' "rediscovered" (written) by the inimitable @mitchbenn.bsky.social. Very funny, very earworm-y and surprisingly faithful to the book. I need this to have a longer run so I can make all my friends see it. :-) www.mitchbenn.com/gilbert-and-...

We got photos! The first two shows of the sold out production at the Circle and Star Theatre in Hampstead have happened: two more to go...

Great evening watching Mitch Benn chewing the scenery in his production of “Gilbert & Sullivan’s Dracula” in Hampstead ;) This run is sold out but it’s definitely worth keeping an eye out for.

This is STILL hilarious & accurate a year later. youtu.be/DR8fHT31aPA?...

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The Original London Cast Recording of Gilbert & Sullivan's Dracula is now available on Bandcamp: mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/mitch-...

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Oh my DAYS

This is fucked. Really bleak how entrenched this is becoming.

Thread.

ppl don't migrate from radio to an app. That's the point of radio. I don't want to connect my phone to a speaker. Or download episodes. I want to switch something on in my car, kitchen, bedroom or workplace. If you're taking what I like off the radio, I'll simply stream my playlists instead

Thoughts today with old BBC mates managing the fallout from years of bad leadership and strategy, at the top of the BBC and at the top of government. This has been coming for a loooong time.

The Superman No Smoking Ad, but I lost the audio track and dubbed it from memory

Bloody loved this. Watched it again a few months ago on DVD. Everyone is really good, but Boyd is excellent as Cleese. Fantastic writing from Tony Roche.

The undercover reporter suggested people did not mind if Farage “makes a few bob [from politics]” Jukes replied: “Well it’s a bit priced in with our Nige, isn’t it, no one’s voting for him to be the pope” But a racist, corrupt, security-risk PM is fine, is it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The USA is a Pedocracy

This ITV doc about Reform is basically a feature length parade of pathetic white men being racist and/or misogynistic and expressing violent fantasies against Muslims and other minorities. The sheer number of examples was damning. It should destroy their support. It probably won't.

This leaflet from the National Front in the 1970s is identical to Reform's position today.

Watching ITV now

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

It's not 'Muslims' in France. It's not 'Russia' It's the result of enforced poverty by neoliberalism to ensure billionaires record profits at the expense of everyone else. And everybody is sick of it.

Authorities have revealed an AI agent went rogue earlier this year and sent police a fake tip about an unsolved murder. The system examined all the information about the case and confidently said it was Colonel Mustard, in the Billiard Room with the candlestick #BTN #BTNNB #BTNRejects #jokes

Van Helsing is on the loose... @mitchbenn.bsky.social

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

NEWS! Trump cancels execution livestream after signing exclusive deal to make it a Pay-Per-View event newsthump.com/2026/10/15/t...

The ghosts in PacMan are conscious. They can distinguish between when PacMan has eaten one of those large dots and when he hasn't, knowing when to chase and when to retreat, aware of the suffering should he catch them at the wrong time. I have no more patience for hedging on this matter.

Piss-Drunk Pete and Bobby Brainworms get to fuck up every damn day, and their jobs are safe. Katie Zacharia has one bad day, and already the knives are out. misogynist much, Donny? oh, and Katie Z absolutely does FUCKING SUCK. in today's post, I mock the shit out of her. please read: bit.ly/4zDioDb

Thank you to those who have shown solidarity #monkeycage #science #translivesmatter #epstein www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...

The Conservatives have finally given an explanation for how they over-stated the supposed cost of net zero by nearly £500bn in Kemi Badenoch’s flagship policy document. It was a “source error”, her spokesman says, which I think means it was copied from the IEA/Spectator and not checked.

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He's with the Angles now

NEWS! I said nothing when they came for Laurence Fox, I said nothing when they came for Andrew Tate, and I said nothing when they came for Russell Brand, and I remain perfectly comfortable with all of those decisions newsthump.com/2026/10/14/i...