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Post by foxa on Oct 18, 2017 19:50:57 GMT
And Madeleines are associated with Proust: www.finedininglovers.com/stories/proust-madeleine/I knew a French professor who was trying to describe to an American friend what a Madeleine was. The American friend said, 'Ah, ya mean like a Bear Claw?' (A large, slightly gross, overly sweet American style pastry) which positively enraged the professor. For a long time. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 20:18:31 GMT
Thanks! I'm not really getting why they're so special but I'm willing to use the excuse to experiment.
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Post by mallardo on Oct 19, 2017 6:57:05 GMT
In Proust's multi-volume novel they were something his beloved grandmother served up at tea time when he was a boy. The lemony scent and taste of them, years later, brings back the past to him in a profound way. It's not an exaggeration to say that the entire enormous cycle of books - the 20th century's greatest work of fiction - is generated by those madeleine cakes.
With that in mind, though, they seem disappointing to the taste now. Proust got a lot from very little.
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Post by crabtree on Oct 19, 2017 7:37:20 GMT
I feel our replies as to what a madeleine cake is should be at least several pages long and refer back to our earlier lives and loves lost.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2017 14:51:41 GMT
Thanks! I'm not really getting why they're so special but I'm willing to use the excuse to experiment. Because it's cake. And it's cake. It's cake! Seriously the Bridge Theatre ones were rather lovely when I had them. And warm too. They're quite small, two bites and they're gone. You could only eat, say, half a dozen at once.  |
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Post by lynette on Oct 19, 2017 15:48:27 GMT
Def start a trend. Macaroons?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2017 15:56:29 GMT
Def start a trend. Macaroons?  |
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 19, 2017 19:01:18 GMT
Saw this the other night from one of the side seats in the Stalls - bit packed in but at least the stools face the right way. View cut off these chimneys you speak of though.
Theatre is gorgeous and smells lovely, giant queue to collect tickets but I imagine this is because it was a last-minute preview show so everybody in the house was collecting. Couldn't get near the bars to sample the famous madeleines sadly.
Toilets are capacious. Took a long time to get in as the ushers were scanning every individual ticket instead of just quickly glancing, which took about 10 secs per person.
Quite enjoyed the wartime spirit of everyone asking everyone else if they were using the right door, on the right row etc.
Play was entertaining but not life-changing... some funny moments and an interesting story.
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Post by paddy72 on Oct 19, 2017 22:41:20 GMT
The smell of the warm Madeleine's that greets you at interval time is indeed the highlight of the entire evening upstaging what should have been a great play in a new (rather cheap looking) theatre. Disappointing all round but I am sure that with such a lovely front of House team things will get in to their stride. If this venture is going to stand a chance of surviving in frontier land SE1 I'd urge the two Nicks to pop round the corner to Southwark Playhouse and see how thrilling theatre really can be.
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Post by lynette on Oct 20, 2017 11:51:14 GMT
Is the baking smell of the madeleines to disguise the drains, being so near the river?
Wartime spirit? 😂😂
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 20, 2017 12:38:19 GMT
Thanks! I'm not really getting why they're so special but I'm willing to use the excuse to experiment. Because it's cake. And it's cake. It's cake! Seriously the Bridge Theatre ones were rather lovely when I had them. And warm too. They're quite small, two bites and they're gone. You could only eat, say, half a dozen at once. I don't know where you found that photo, Ryan, but those madeleines are most definitely burnt. As my old mum would say, "Get them eaten, they'll make your hair curl." |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 13:46:24 GMT
I don't know where you found that photo, Ryan, but those madeleines are most definitely burnt. As my old mum would say, "Get them eaten, they'll make your hair curl." The Bridge Theatre website! You need to start writing to Nicky H right now. To be fair, the ones I had last week weren't burnt at all. They were delicious. |
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 20, 2017 13:56:55 GMT
I shall, but to Nick Starr. Surely madeleines don't cross the AD's desk. If there's one thing I can do well, it's write a good letter of complaint!
(I've just been looking at a different photo on Time Out, and they were burnt on that one too.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 14:18:00 GMT
Or perhaps that's what they want you to think. Lord knows I've eaten a madeleine or two in my time, and none that brown.
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Post by showgirl on Oct 20, 2017 14:52:56 GMT
Those don't look like cake to me- weeny, fiddly and not worth the bother. Proper cake comes by the (generous) slice - says she, currently consuming one of the chocolate variety as it was all there was.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 17:32:23 GMT
It will be such a massive flop
We used to have hot madelines at school
They used to make them for tuck time
It’s hardly anything new
The venue is poor
And too far from the tube
In a sh*te location
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 18:19:41 GMT
It will be such a massive flop We used to have hot madelines at school They used to make them for tuck time It’s hardly anything new The venue is poor And too far from the tube In a sh*te location Have you ever thought of teaching P? The education profession is crying out for inspirational leaders. |
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Post by Jon on Oct 20, 2017 22:31:02 GMT
The Bridge is like a supersized version of the Dorfman and the location is fantastic, there are plenty of restaurants and places to eat and contrast to what Parsley has said, it isn't too far from London Bridge station, it was a 10-15 minute walk. Oh, and the madeleines are very nice and a good alternative to an ice cream.
The play itself was very good, Rory Kinnear and Oliver Chris give very strong performances and while I don't think it'll be the next One Man, Two Guvnors, it's an entertaining night out.
The theatre has huge potential, I wonder if they be able to attract the likes of James Graham, Mike Bartlett or Jez Butterworth to debut their new plays rather than the National or the other subsided theatres.
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Post by n1david on Oct 20, 2017 23:06:12 GMT
We used to have hot madelines at school They used to make them for tuck time I think I probably speak for most board members when I say that we did not have hot madeleines at school. (BTW your school might have taught you how to spell them properly) |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 23:33:12 GMT
We used to have hot madelines at school They used to make them for tuck time I think I probably speak for most board members when I say that we did not have hot madeleines at school. (BTW your school might have taught you how to spell them properly) In fact it was iPhone which altered it I used to reject them anyway Much prefer a ginger and apricot financier |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Oct 20, 2017 23:59:09 GMT
Interesting and audacious play to open with for such a brave venture, as still in preview will reserve judgement for when I see it again in a few weeks.
(Initially booked to see it on the opening night of the 18th to be at the first performance, slightly (extremely) miffed that there were two prior unpublicised performances)
Theatre as already stated is an upscaled Dorfman maybe crossed with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, its large and slightly gaudy open foyer makes it feel impersonal and being in a location that I never visit added to the dislocation.
Not really interested in madeleines as n1david states they were never an option at my school and never got further than a few pages of Remembrance of Things Past. (pretentious interval snacks, could this be the next theatrical fad?)
Think the greatest risk is the inability to take advantage of transfers as they schedule 6 to 9 months ahead and will have to rely on selecting the right plays which is not an easy task as this years Olivier has shown.
After seeing Albion at the Almeida earlier in the week which deserves a transfer The Bridge would be a perfect fit as it could continue to be staged in the round, as the next slot is summer 2018 will,likely need to be restaged for a West End proscenium arch if it gets a transfer.
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Post by Jon on Oct 21, 2017 0:10:02 GMT
Think the greatest risk is the inability to take advantage of transfers as they schedule 6 to 9 months ahead and will have to rely on selecting the right plays which is not an easy task as this years Olivier has shown. After seeing Albion at the Almeida earlier in the week which deserves a transfer The Bridge would be a perfect fit as it could continue to be staged in the round, as the next slot is summer 2018 will,likely need to be restaged for a West End proscenium arch if it gets a transfer. I don't think The Bridge is going to be a receiving house, more a producing house similar to the Old Vic although the two Nicks haven't ruled out transfers but it's unlikely for the first season. I wouldn't be surprised if we see co-productions with either the subsidised sector or a commercial producer like Sonia Friedman or Playful Productions in the future |
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 21, 2017 12:42:08 GMT
Although my school had excellent puddings (I had two most days, with extra custard), we most definitely did not have madeleines, either hot or cold, or tuck time. Not in the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire!!!
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Post by bramble on Oct 21, 2017 12:45:27 GMT
A good new theatre. Only 10 minutes stroll from London Bridge.Not a great play but one which shows off the end on configuration of the Bridge very well.It's fun and of course very well directed and performed. A pleasant evening .
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 21, 2017 14:05:12 GMT
When I have my own theatre the interval snacks will include cosmic brownies, and pink custard.
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