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asamary · 27 days

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It contains a bit of gore (i think?) This is angst by the way XD (you have been warned)

It was dark and very dirty, i was sleeping with catnap then… this might be just a dream, yeah! A dream…..

‘Why does it feel so real then?’ I thought as I continue to walk through this long hallway. Some of the lights i past flicked, it freaked me out, this placed looked so abandoned, and the smell, the horrific smell of death. Even covering my nose doesn’t do much.

It was quiet, except for the flickering lights.

I kept walking, as i looked around. It looks like a playhouses in some of the fast food restaurants, just more bigger. It could have looked fun, but with some hallway dark, and some rooms go back to one another, it was scary and hard to navigate.

Yet suddenly at a distance, i could hear a faint but familiar sound. The sound of the mini critters. They were whining, as if hurt or so.

My feet moved before i could think about the danger it might have, i ran to the sound, and as i came to a stop at an open door, i saw a mini catnap, with it’s tail stuck on a pile of rubble. As i tried to calm my breath, its head suddenly bolted towards me, it took a step back, as it started to hiss at me. I crouched down as i held my hands up.” Hey… it’s ok, i won’t hurt you…” I quietly said as i smiled when it stopped hissing. It titled its head as if suddenly curious about me, I slowly came forward, and once i reached them, I slowly held my hands towards its face. It sniffed for a couple of seconds, before nibbling on it. I laughed quietly, it didn’t hurt, just kinda tickled. As it stopped nibbling, i softly said. “ I’m going to try and help you now, ok?”

It stared at me not moving. So i begun to take the rubble one by one, until i saw its tail, now squashed and almost torn apart. As i pet its head, saying “ looks like we need to stitched your tail buddy.. are you ok with that?” I asked as i saw it purring in my touch. I begun to take out my emergency sewing kit, and showed it to the mini catnap. “ it might be a bit painful, but it only take a minute ok?” I smiled as i saw it, climbing to my lap.

I begun to sew the torn part together, as i saw them making biscuits all of a sudden. I chuckled as finished stitching it up. As i took a little something and begun wrapping it on its tail.” There now you look like a cutie!” I said smiling at my little present. The catnap looked at its tail and saw an orange ribbon tied neatly. It waddled in circles as a happy noise came from it.

I smiled as I continued to rub its big head.

As i looked out of the room I suddenly asked “do you know if there is someone i could talk to here, maybe ask them where i am?” I asked the mini catnap, as i saw them stop, then looked at me. It begun to tug my sweater, as if telling me to follow. So i stood up, and they waddled in front of me.

……… :)

For an hour or so, i followed the mini catnap, until we reached a prison like place…..

I could hears someone grunting and breathing raggedly. As i looked at one of the prison cell, i couldn’t believe what i saw.

“….dogday?”

I mumbled, eyes wide at the pup in front of me.

I nearly wanted to puke, his….. his lower body… it’s gone…..his intestines barely held by the belt on his waist.

I was about to say something, but was interrupted when he looked to me and said.

“ .. your…. Poppy’s angel…. Come to save us…. Nothing left to safe. Your in catnap’s home, now angel. Their home.”

He was about to continue, but i moved toward him and tried to get the belts off him. “ wait..what are you doing???

Angel, please….. I’ll only slow you down!” I ignored him as i kept trying.

“Im not leaving you here to suffer!” I shouted as tears begun to fall.

This dogday might not be mine, but I’ll be dammed if i left him here.

As i tried to take the belts off, the two tunnels between us made a noise, we both froze. As we stared at the tunnel.

I looked and listened closely at the tunnel , and could hear laughter.

“Oh,no…OH NO! Angel!! Leave me!! Please!!”

He looked at me shouting, i looked at him and answered “why!!?? I wont let them take you!!”

I shouted back, confusion and worry written on my face. “ angel please…… i don’t have anything to live for anymore.. so please just go!” He shouted.

As i took a step back, i begun to see the mini critters getting out of the tunnels, laughter filled the room as i tried to step back more.

Dogday thought, this was it, his last moments.

At least he got to meet angel. He was truly accepting his fate……. But the mini critters didn’t go to him.. they.. they went straight to angel…

As angel tried to run through the hallway they came, they suddenly fell under the floor, where infront of them, was a tunnel maze.

Dogday looked at the many mini critters running towards angel, until only one remained, sitting in front of him.

It was a catnap, with an orange ribbon on its tail. When dogday looked at it in confusion, its smile widened.

It lured angel here…. Not to help them…but to fed its brethren..

As angel ran into the tunnel maze turning left then right, she heard dogday shouting “ run as far as you can!!” It filled their heart with relief knowing he was still ok, but now they had to worry about the mini critters. Every tunnel they tried to go, is only met with more mini critters, they ran up and down, avoiding the minis that came too close, they entered numerous tunnels, as the go. Even falling in a hollowed platform, scaring the shit out of them, it was until they saw a slide, they did not give any second thoughts as they jumped and slid through it, when they stoped they saw a barricade door suddenly opening, and ran as fast as they could. Through it, they found more tunnels and at the end of the hallway, a bright light with a purple hand print glowing, they ran towards it, butsuddenly, something bit down their leg, causing them to yelp as they trip and hit their face first on the floor, blood dripped from their forehead when they lifted their head, as their sight became blurry, their blood dripping in their eyes. They tried to move or stand up, but all of a sudden they screamed in pure agony, tears and blood dripping and falling to the floor, as they tried to claw the ground. Tears falling nonstop as they tried to move.

The laughter became close and when they looked back, they only saw the many pinprick eyes running towards them. They shook in horror, and when they looked at their leg…… it was already apart. A mini picky and dogday chewed on the leg that was now a few steps away from them, they looked in pure shock, as when the mini critters who was eating their once attached leg looked at them with its wide grin, covered in their blood.

Their breath begun to go ragged as they started to crawl aways, their body all of a sudden became heavy, yet they pushed forward. ‘No more…. No more!!” They thought as they tried to crawl faster.

Yet it was all in vain, the next thing they knew, they were puking their insides out. Unable to speak, and barely breathing.

For a moment, the whole playhouse was filled with noise, not of the sound of children’s laughter, but the sound of one person’s agonizing screams piercing the abandoned daycare.

It felt as if a thousand bugs are crawling inside them. The last thing they saw before it turn black was the clawed paw of something purple…”c…..at…nap…..?” They croaked as they tried to reach to it. Yet it all went dark.

??pov.

‘The angel’s hand was still warm…. Why did they reached out?’ The giant cat thought, as he looked back to the now half human, eyes darken, surrounded in their own blood puddle, the minis crawling inside them eating their organs, tugging their intestines. To catnap, this was normal. Just the mini critter’s feeding time. What he cant understand, was why there is another human? Isn’t that nuisance of an angel the only human to be here? Whatever…

When he looked back to the human, he saw a mini catnap with a heart on its small bloodied paws. When catnap took it, it was still warm. A mischievous grin begun to grow on his never ending smile, maybe a trip to an old friend would be nice..

Somewhere outside the playhouse, stood kissy holding poppy. “ ah!… angel!! Your eye???” Poppy worriedly asked. The angel’s right eye bled, as they touched and looked at it. “That idiot….” They growled. As poppy and kissy was startled by the angel’s dark look.

(I feel no remorse, but don't worry! Angel in sweet home is fine~ just.. traumatized i guess:3)

#poppy playtime #poppy playtime au #poppy playtime player #poppy playtime sweet home au #poppy playtime sh au #stories #dogday #catnap

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starry-pierrot · 2 months

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Sleeping Critters

So I'm not the biggest fan of Poppy...at least until CH3 had come out. Don't get me wrong I still dislike the creators and I'll never pay for the game but the smiling critters and Dogday got me. So have this super indulgent fic! Also this is canon divergent so not 100% accurate to the lore!

Warnings: Mention of cannibalism, death. Kissy Missy is dead (Hoping she's alive in CH4)

Characters: Dogday, Reader, Poppy, Smiling Critters

After defeating the prototype you, Dogday and Poppy try to rebuild what you can of PlaytimeCo to offer whoever is left a safer home.

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You were tired.

Very tired.

About a month ago you had finally defeated the prototype, freeing whatever toys that were left in PlaytimeCo from its claws. But that also left you with a lot more work to do. You could have just left it all behind and maybe taken Poppy and Dogday with you but that wouldn’t be fair to the rest of them.

Not to mention you did not have the space to house a partially giant dog.

And he had wanted to stay to watch over the rest of the smiling critters…wherever they are.. Now that Catnap was out of the way they might see some reason. Which is why you were so tired. After everything had been dealt with you agreed to help Poppy and Dogday find the others, to build a new home in PlayTime Co, even if it was temporary.

Who knew when whoever owned the damn buildings would come and legally claim them someday. Sure it’s already been years but you wouldn’t be surprised if the titles were transferred to someone else after so long. But until then rebuilding would at least make everyone more comfortable.

The problem was that…you three had hardly found anyone just yet. Poppy knew there probably wasn’t much of the toys left but still she encouraged you to check every nook and cranny you could. So far you’ve only found a few Mini Huggy’s, a Cat-bee and a Candy cat. It’s not much but it's cute to see them all snuggled on some of the beds in the orphanage.

“Angel, are you sure? I can go by myself.” Dogday asked as he looked at you, the two of you were standing at the entrance to Playhouse. “You haven’t been sleeping much lately.”

“No, I can do it. Besides I’d rather not leave you to potentially cannibalistic little fur balls if I can help it.” You manage to hold back a yawn before reaching for the door. “I’ve handled them before, I got the flares.”

Meanwhile Dogday only had his hands and a pipe you had torn off from the wall when it was loose, you’d be more worried if you hadn’t closed his lower half with a sewing kit. And now he seems to get around alright on that little bright yellow gym scooter. But still you worry he might get overwhelmed.

“If you say so. Just please don’t go too far from me.” Dogday urges as you open the door and slip inside. Much like the last time you visited the place was a mess, meaning those wheels on Dogday’s scooter aren’t going to be much help.

“Seems the dog is gonna have to do a trick to get around.” You tease as you step over some toys that were left on the ground.”

“Har har, Angel.” There was no malice in the fake laugh, planting his hands on the ground he hauled himself up into a handstand he began to follow behind you as you searched. If it was one thing that was annoying it was all the crawling you had to do, your knees weren't meant for all this crawling!

“Hey Little critters! We have food back in the orphanaaaggee!” You try to draw them out but so far the two of you haven’t seen any of them. You don’t remember seeing many on the prototype, it couldn’t have killed all of them could it? No, there were far too many.

“Catnap is gone, you don’t have to listen to him anymore!” Dogday called out as he crawled around on his belly, “Come on you little fellas!”

Where the heck could they be hiding? This play house wasn’t that big! Maybe if-

CRACK!

“ANGEL!”

Suddenly the floor snapped under you, you would think you would have remembered to check that considering what happened the last time. But suddenly you were tumbling down and down..and down-what did you find a secret deep tunnel or something?!

“Ooof!” Hitting the ground hard you could help but gasp as the wind was knocked out of you, your already tired body screaming in pain from the impact.

“Angel!?” You could barely hear him calling from the top of the hole, “ Angel are you okay?? Say something!”

It took you a moment but eventually you turned over, “Yeah…y-yeah I’m alive.” With a groan you sat up noticing that you seem to have fallen into a hidey hole. It looked like it had been dug out, there was another hole further up but there was no way you could reach it.

“Stay there I’ll…I’ll come find you!” Dogday said, “That or I’ll find some rope.”

“Nowhere I can go!” You call up and after a few more moments of talking Dogday was off to find something to pull you up with. Which just left you here…alone…in a dark and quiet spot. Oh this was going to be terrible. You didn’t even have your phone or heck even a book on you.

Sure you were fine when you were moving around but now that you had to sit here and wait in an admittedly comfortable little spot…your eyes were drooping after the first ten minutes. You knew you should have listened to Poppy when she told you to get more rest. Jerking your head up you shook yourself trying to wake yourself up a little more. But that didn’t seem like it was working much.

“Dogday?” you tried calling up hoping that he was still nearby but with no response you had no choice but to sit and stay. “Well shit..” Your eyes grew heavier and soon against your will your eyes closed as your head dipped into the crook of your shoulder.

Only for you to jerk awake once more which quickly turned into a little spat with your body as you tried to stay awake. Too bad your body had won out eventually.

You had fallen asleep. --

“Angel!”

“Angel!!”

You cracked your eyes open to the darkness, feeling awfully comfortable in the little hole you had fallen in. Was it always this warm down here?

“Angel!” Dogday yelled whispered at you, frantically trying to get your attention. Looking up you could see him erratically moving a hand only to stop once he’s realized you were awake. “Oh thank god! Don’t move! I’ll l-lower the rope down!”

He must've found some rope. Good thing because your legs were starting to cramp from the curled position you were in, “How long was-”

“SHHHH!” He quickly hushed you. “I said don’t move! Be quiet!”

What? “Wh-why?”

“Sh! Sh! Just-quiet! And..don’t look down.”

Well now you had to look down. And when you did you had to force every bit of nerve in your body to stay still, a squeak just barely escaping your lips. Even stuck in the dark you could make out a Catnap Smiling Critter sitting right on your chest, sleeping. Little growling snores filled the space and when you looked around you could see at least one of every single smiling critter either sleeping next to you or outright on top of you.

Something touched your head and looking up revealed the rope Dogday had lowered down to you. Craftycorn had taken your right arm hostage but luckily the left one was free.

“Just hang on…gonna t-tug you up alright?” It wasn’t much of a game plan but the idea of being tugged out only to have to run was better than staying down here in a potential feeding hole. Lifting your free arm up you almost grip the rope when you feel movement.

Looking back down your eyes stare into the little Catnap’s eyes alight with their white pupils. The two of you stared at one another for a moment. It wasn’t attacking. But if you broke the spell that seemingly had overtaken the two of you…would it? You did come here after all to try and get them to go back with you, to save them.

Best case scenario Dogday pops your shoulder out of your socket while pulling you up to get you away from the man eating plushies so the both of you can run.

Worst case you become a meal.

Taking a breath you lick your dry lips “T-the prototype is dead....we can feed you. At the orphanage.” You whispered, “I can fix you up.” You knew the Critters were experiments made from children but did they even know that anymore? Dogday had made it sound like they still could understand what was going on like most normal children but would the years of being down here change their view point to follow the strongest out of the pack?

Still the little creature stared at you for a long while before it bumped its head against your cheek making a little sound.

You felt your heart beat hard in your chest as you stayed still, soon it became apparent that the little critter wasn’t going to hurt you. Lowering your arm down you carefully petted between it's ears, “Um…ya know what just let them nap for a moment.” You say while looking up at a panicked and still nervous Dogday. --

It took almost an hour before the other Smiling critters in the hole woke up and much like the Catnap one they all just stared at you. It was a little unnerving in the dark but once Dogday pulled you up and the little critters climbed up behind you, you couldn’t help but coo a little bit at them surrounding your feet.

“Ohh who’s an adorable little monster?” You smile as you pick up a Hoppy Hopscotch and scratch right under it's chin. Catnap had climbed up onto your shoulder and a Dogday one had been attached at your ankle.

“Angel…please don’t tease them like that.” Dogday’s voice was flat, clearly unamused at you acting like they were adorable little creatures and not the monstrous flesh eating plushies they were.

“But look at them!” Holding out Hoppy you pouted at the dog, “They’re harmless!...at least now they’re harmless!”

Dogday’s eye twitched at that, “I question how much self preservation you have. Lets just get them back to the orphanage. I’m sure Poppy will be happy we found more toys.” Seems the dog still had some nerves about the critters, but it was only right considering what had happened down here.

"Okay okay, I'm coming!" Pulling Hoppy back you began walking behind the dog and the smiling critters followed closely behind.

“I’m cooking all of you some beef.”

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allisas · 1 year

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Two New Kits Coming to The Sims 4 April 20th

The Sims just announced that the Greenhouse Haven & Basement Treasures Kits will be released this week!

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A Plant Playhouse for Any Gardening Lover

The Sims 4 Greenhouse Haven Kit provides a Sim with a serene retreat from the hustle and bustle of the busy world. Sims can create a peaceful and serene greenhouse in their home with lively and versatile gardening decor.

From weaving their way through a cluttered greenhouse, to relaxing alone amongst the foliage, The Sims 4 Greenhouse Haven Kit has something for every Sim with or without a green thumb in this new, dedicated gardening space

Sims can design the greenhouse of their dreams with beautiful glass pane windows and doors that fit together seamlessly. In the gardening house, Sims can decorate their space with a plethora of gardening objects, including starter seedlings, stacks of pots, a planting table, hanging flower baskets and more.

Find Your Comfort In the Passed Down and Well Loved

The Sims 4 Basement Treasures Kit encourages Sims to create the classic hand-me-down basement room, challenging Sims to deviate from the pristine and embrace the imperfect with grungy and aged decor. From Grandma’s old, worn furniture to thrifting finds, every piece has a story and potential for new life.

Sims can return home and relax in their favorite spot on worn, torn and well loved chairs or couches from the past. Life is for living - and Sims can walk down memory lane with a milk crate of vinyl records, old trophies and family photos, worn trunks and more.

From stains to soils and everyday wear and tear, there is comfort in the flawed, passed down and lived in. Items like an older model TV (still functional but not in its prime) and dusty trinkets add to the grungy space, with these lived-in items creating a comfortable basement.

#the sims 4 #sims 4 news #sims 4 greenhouse haven kit #sims 4 basement treasures kit

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benjaminaldridge · 1 year

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The Camera Never Lies More Love From The Kit Kat Club 💚

#BenAldridge

#ben aldridge #benaldridge #benjaminaldridge #benjamin aldridge #kit kat club #cabaret #knock at the cabin #spoiler alert movie #the playhouse #playhouse #theatre #spoiler alert the hero dies

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sparrowmoth · 7 months

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Kit Young (Malcolm) and Philippine Velge (Donalbain) in Macbeth, The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, 2018. (Photo: Johan Persson)

#kit young #!!!!!!!#need this on my blog #because look at him!!!#look at my boy!!!#and the wesper energy of it all dajkgdjkgjdk #I'm <3 #sab cast

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phantomtrader19 · 1 year

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I am dying to go see cabaret omg 😫😫

#cabaret #cabaret at the kit kat club #cabaret london #playhouse theatre

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tavs-kin-korner · 11 months

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rEQUESTS ARE: cLOSED (COME BACK SOON!)

iNBOX: 18

hI THERE, tHIS IS A KIN HELP BLOG RUN BY tAVROS! tHIS IS A SAFE PLACE FOR FICTIONKINS, oTHERKINS, iRLS, fICTIVES, tHERIANS, oTHERHEARTED, cOPINGLINKS, AND MANY MORE!! (sEE DNI AT END OF POST,)

i WANT THIS TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR MANY, sO i HAVE VERY FEW LIMITS ON SOURCES! aLTHOUGH, i HAVE RECENTLY CREATED A BLACKLIST WHICH CAN BE SEEN BELOW, i DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECLINE A REQUEST IF I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT! i MAY NOT KNOW A SOURCE VERY WELL, sO IF YOUR SOURCE IS NOT ON MY SOURCE LIST, pLEASE BE MORE SPECIFIC!

i AM OK WITH MAKING STIMBOARDS ETC, wITH THEMES OF BL00D/G0R3/W3AP0NRY/HORROR! tHEY WILL BE POSTED BELOW THE CUT AND HAVE WARNINGS, sO OTHERS WHO MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THOSE THEMES CAN BE SAFE, }:)

wHAT i DO HERE!

-sTIMBOARDS

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-fASHION KITS

-cARE KITS

-pRIDE ICONS

-dOODLES/SKETCHES (fULL WORKS ARE COMMISSIONS ONLY,,, sORRY!)

-nAME/PRONOUN SUGGESTIONS

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eddieredmayneargentinablog · 7 months

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New Article:

Eddie Redmayne On How His Emcee in Cabaret Is a Shape Shifter.

The Olivier and Oscar winner talked with Playbill about coming back to the stage, and whether he's coming to Broadway.

Playbill, by Talaura Harms, October 16, 2023.

While a few fortunate Broadway theatregoers were able to catch the recent Olivier Award-winning revival of Cabaret, the majority of us are anxiously awaiting its Spring 2024 arrival on Broadway. And even more, we are anxiously awaiting the casting news to see if one, both, or neither of its Olivier-winning stars, Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley, will come with it.

While we impatiently tap our feet as we wait to hear, we've at least had the cast recording to keep us company. Released in January 2023, the album features Redmayne as The Emcee and Buckley as Sally Bowles.

Playbill got the chance to catch up with Redmayne recently to chat about his wild, weird performance and, basically, harass him about his 13 year (and counting) absence from the Broadway stage.

Redmayne made his Broadway debut in 2010 when the Donmar Warehouse production of John Logan's Red transferred from the West End. The two-hander starred Alfred Molina as artist Mark Rothko and Redmayne as his assistant. Redmayne earned an Olivier and a Tony for his performance.

Redmayne says, only partly in jest, that one of the reasons he hasn't returned to Broadway is because Red was perfect. "It was one of the greatest experiences of my life—working with Fred Molina on a play that I loved, and with Michael Grandage," he says. "It went so well that I was like, 'I don't think I'm ever going to do a Broadway play ever again. It's never ever gonna go as well as that.'"

Following Red, he returned to the West End for another production with Grandage, a short run as the title role in Shakespeare's Richard II. Then his film career took off. His 2012 performance as Marius in the Les Misérables film set musical theatre hearts aflutter. Then in 2015, he was awarded an Oscar for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything and garnered another nomination the following year for The Danish Girl.

He did not return to the stage until the 2021 West End revival of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret. The chance to create The Emcee anew was too good to pass up. "The abstract nature of the character—the fact that does the character even really exist? Is it a figment of the imagination? I mean, it's so ripe for interpretation," says Redmayne. "And the show is so beautifully constructed, but yet it allows for interpretation. That was the appeal."

The Emcee is so ripe for interpretation because the character only exists in the Kit Kat Club and not within narrative story of Cabaret. The diegetic Kit Kat Club numbers comment on the action of the plot—chanteuse Sally Bowles' relationship with English writer Cliff during the Nazi rise to power in Berlin—but the Kit Kat Club songs are not a part of the action.

And this new immersive production takes that meta-theatricality to new heights—London's Playhouse Theatre has been transformed to look like a '40s Berlin nightclub, with performers interacting with he audience during the preshow.

Redmayne's initial actor's instinct was to create a backstory for The Emcee, but in the end, his attempts simply were not supported by the text. So, he tried something else. "What was very liberating about playing this role was that I approached it, ultimately, in a very different way—which was throwing clay at a wall in big kind of broad gestures and then trying to refine it as it were," Redmayne explains. "Then, as we began to run the show, making sense of a psychology through it—working backwards, and working with the understanding that there's an abstraction to the character."

But Redmayne was excited about shaking his process up a bit. He'd only done film for the 10 years prior to Cabaret, and he was ready to dive into stage work again. In the months leading up to Cabaret rehearsals, he even enrolled in a training course at Lecoq (formally, L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq), a physical theatre school in Paris. "I was working with actors aged 18 to 60 from all over the world. It was huge improvisations, the whole thing was in French, and there were these two French doyennes of Lecoq's training going 'No!' and it was kind of brutal, but it was exactly what I needed," he says, laughing. "It took me out of my head. I felt so much more physically free to humiliate myself. By the time I came into the rehearsal room for Cabaret, the experience was one of release in some ways."

So with his newfound physical freedom, and the idea of The Emcee as an abstraction unclouded by a backstory, Redmayne was ready to create his character. The vocal performance is almost otherworldly. Redmayne explains the genesis of his sound: "There was this idea of a shapeshifter. That was something that [director] Rebecca [Frecknall] and Tom Scott, our production designer, talked about—that my version of The Emcee could puppeteer this group of Kit Kat dancers and conjure these characters. But, ultimately, when fascism arrives, he is able to get out absolutely fine. He can shape shift his way out of that situation. And I wanted vocally for that to translate as well."

Working with Musical Director Jennifer Whyte ("She had brilliant ideas," he adds), Redmayne created different voices and sounds for different songs. In "Tomorrow Belongs to Me," he sang live over his own recorded harmony lines. "So, in that, there was a delicate side. Then there was the raucous, quite nasal version of The Emcee in 'Willkommen.' And then, particularly within 'I Don't Care Much,' I wanted you to hear him move from one voice into the other within the same song. So he's sort of demonstrating to the audience the power he has in his passivity, just to keep changing the versions of himself," explains Redmayne, then quickly adding,"That sounds bloody pretentious." (Clearly Mr. Redmayne does not understand how hard we can nerd out about a vocal performance.)

Musical theatre is in Redmayne's blood, he says. His first job, after all, was playing a workhouse boy in a West End production of Oliver! And he was a choral scholar in his years at Cambridge. And returning to Cabaret after years in film was a particular joy for him. "I do think that music and singing jumps synapses into people's souls and you connect emotionally in a beautifully honest way," he says.

But he's more proud of just being involved with this particular production. He's been back to see every new cast as they arrive in the West End. "Rebecca has created a version of the show that champions individuality," he says. "Getting to watch a production that you've been in, but in a completely different interpretation—having seen all of The Emcees and Sallys and seen the breadth and brilliance of their voices—I just feel proud to be a part of something that keeps living."

And, of course, we asked if he'll be coming to Broadway with Cabaret in the spring. Of course we did. "You know more about it than I do," said the shape shifter, easily getting out of that one.

The Rebecca Frecknall-directed production of the Tony-winning 1966 Broadway musical, currently running at London's Kit Kat Club (a.k.a. the renovated Playhouse Theatre), officially opened December 12, 2021. It currently stars Jake Shears as The Emcee and Rebecca Lucy Taylor as Sally Bowles. Mason Alexander Park and Maude Apatow just completed their three-month runs in the show.

Cabaret is slated to arrive at the August Wilson Theatre this season. Dates and cast are to be announced.

Photo by Marc Brenner

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