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Worst break-ups ever turned into a play: are yours as dramatic?
Ok, so it’s not high on the 'lots of wars, lots of conflict' news agenda, but it is proper interesting. And it has a topical peg and everything.
When the Bush Theatre asked people to share their worst break-up experiences, it was inundated with replies. Now those stories have become a play, '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover', which will debut at Latitude festival this weekend.
Ranging from the flippant one-line kiss-off to the tender conclusion of a quarter-century of marriage, a four-strong cast, two women and two men, including Ralf Little, best known as The Royle Family's Anthony, will race through 50 break-ups in as many minutes in a lo-fi production that was originally commissioned for Latitude Festival. Sounds like fun!
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, a kind of Bayeux Tapestry of broken hearts, features the much-loved/hated clichés ("Let's just be friends", "I'm not ready for a relationship" etc) but also some spectacularly inventive excuses for waving goodbye. Who, for example, could argue with the following? "Yeah, I see a future for us, but it's more a global warming and climate catastrophe sort of vision. So I'm going take some preventative measures. For the sake of the planet."
What about the cad who dumped his lady via his Facebook status? Or the girl who was charmed by the love token of a hand-made teddy bear, only to discover that it growled, "you're dumped. And I want my CDs back" when she squeezed its tummy? Or the charmer ended it all "three days before the wedding.... I told her I was gay... It wasn't very nice..."
So go on, let it all out. What are your worst break-up stories? Ok, so it’s not high on the 'lots of wars, lots of conflict' news agenda, but it is proper interesting. And it has a topical... more -
MARC JACOBS & BOYFRIEND (FORMER GAY PORN ACTOR) BREAK UP?
Designer Marc Jacobs and Boyfriend Jason Preston Calling It Quits?
Yesterday at 2:00 AM
by Ann Turner
Los Angeles, CA - Fashion designer Mark Jacobs and former gay porn actor Jason Preston have reportedly called it quits after an exotic vacation turned into a free-for-all fight earlier this month. According to gossip columnist Perez Hilton, sources have confirmed the couple has split for good. No word from either Jacobs or Preston if a rumored relationship with porn actor Erik Rhodes might have contributed to the break up.
http://www.connexion.org/newsstory.cfm?id=12760&ret... Designer Marc Jacobs and Boyfriend Jason Preston Calling It Quits? Yesterday at 2:00 AM by Ann Turner ... more -
Man sells 'life' on ebay
A painful breakup with his wife has prompted a man to put his entire life — his house, his car, his job, even his friends — up for sale online in an effort to start over.
Ian Usher, a British immigrant to Australia, said Tuesday he would auction everything he owns and more on e-Bay starting June 22. A painful breakup with his wife has prompted a man to put his entire life — his house, his car, his job, even his friends — up for sal... more -
Wikipedia founder hit with relationship trouble
Imagine all your dirty relationship laundry on Wikipedia. Sweet huh. Definitely not a good weekend for Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia founder).
Friday news surfaced that Mr. Wales (married - but divorcing) was having an "affair" with "Canadian TV pundit" Rachel Marsden. Evidence of the affair appeared in the form of transcripts on Silicon Valley gossip blog Valleywag. On Saturday Wales posted a statement on the Wikipedia Foundations website (later moved to his on personal site) that his affair with Ms. Marsden was OVER.
Very creative way to break up with someone. That is worse than the post-it note episode from "Sex in the City."
Ms. Marsden responded by selling his clothes on Ebay. HAHA
What a weekend. Imagine all your dirty relationship laundry on Wikipedia. Sweet huh. Definitely not a good weekend for Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia founder... more -
How To Leave Your Lover
People plan amazing proposals and crazy ways to ask someone out, but with divorce on the increase and break ups on every corner, it's more important is plan how to get rid when you've had enough!
We find out the best, worst and funniest ways people have dumped and been dumped. People plan amazing proposals and crazy ways to ask someone out, but with divorce on the increase and break ups on every corner, it�... more -
The Relationship Story
An examination of an old High School relationship through illustrations.
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
People plan amazing proposals and crazy ways to ask someone out or to propose marriage, but with divorce on the increase and break ups on every corner, it?s more important is plan how to get rid when you?ve had enough!
The website about has nothing to do with this really, just had to add something!
Have you dumped or been dumped in an amazing, funny, terrible or downright silly way? What's been your best and worst break up?
Do you have fantasies about how you'd like to have broken up with someone, something you only wish you'd said? People plan amazing proposals and crazy ways to ask someone out or to propose marriage, but with divorce on the increase and break ups... more -
Bungie breaks up with Microsoft
Realizing that they were the hot one in the relationship, Bungie (the makers of Halo) today announced that they've "reached an unprecedented and exciting agreement" that will allow them to "branch off" from Microsoft Game Studios and become Bungie, LLC, an independent company, starting ... today Realizing that they were the hot one in the relationship, Bungie (the makers of Halo) today announced that they've "reached ... more
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