Rachel Robbins
Bio
Writer-Performer based in the North of England. A joyous, flawed mess.
Please read my stories and enjoy. And if you can, please leave a tip. Money raised will be used towards funding a one-woman story-telling, comedy show.
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Stories (83/0)
Edith Head – Magic and Camouflage
“What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he’s become a different person.”
By Rachel Robbins11 months ago in Geeks
- Top Story - June 2023
The Paradox of the Production Code
My daydream is that I am a quick witted screenwriter in a 1940s Hollywood office with a clattering typewriter. I’m firing off one-liners, looking business like in my small hat, pencil skirt and fitted jacket. I smoke and drink whisky to be one of the boys.
By Rachel Robbins11 months ago in Geeks
Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story
If you’re not the kind of person who has cried silent tears at Brief Encounter, then maybe this isn’t the film for you. Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story is a documentary about the prolific write and performer. I went to watch it yesterday, and was the youngest in the audience by I would guess, 20 years (and I’m no spring chicken). And I feel that’s a shame that a life that did so much is relegated to such a niche audience.
By Rachel Robbins12 months ago in Geeks
Are you there God? It’s Me Margaret (2023)
Yesterday, I took myself on an artist’s date (the solitary time out for your inner artist) to see the film Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. It’s a school holiday week here in the UK and I expected that going to the pictures to see a film about the precipice of teenhood, the cinema would be filled with pre-teens and their Mums. (I had hoped to take my own daughter, but knew it would have been too hard – a story for another day). I was wrong about the audience. I was one of the youngest there. It was an audience yearning for nostalgia.
By Rachel Robbins12 months ago in Geeks
- Top Story - May 2023
Women in Hats
Sometimes, before I fall asleep I see his grinning face and I want him to know that I am dangerous. I want to watch his fear as he stumbles backwards, over a cliff, or from the shot of my gun. He will learn, too late, that I meant “no” when I said it. I am a woman who watches old movies. So believe me when I say, I know about stylish revenge. It is best served wearing a hat.
By Rachel Robbinsabout a year ago in Geeks