Ellen Rose

@icklenellierose

Making online videos since 2010. Writer, presenter, editor. Find me talking games at @outsidextra.bsky.social, playing tabletop at @oxventure.bsky.social and being opinionated at youtube.com/@icklenellierose she/her, Londoner

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Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jul 13

I managed to get a snap on my phone by being a brave adult and simply asking the nice people behind me (and ofc offering the same in return), but yeah just had a real “guess I’m not important enough lol” imposter syndrome moment that I had to quickly shake off before going in.

A phone picture of me in front of standee artwork for the Death Note musical. I am wearing a red dress with cherry blossoms on it, and a fun cropped jumper, complete with the same Uniqlo bag everyone has, in pink to match the blossoms. It was to match the dress code of “Tokyo Chic”.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jul 13

This is the first time I’ve ever been invited to a musical preview. As a big theatre fan I was SO excited. So to find myself in a nightclub with no seats (I wore heels 😭) and no view of the stage (even in heels 😭) honestly was so deflating. Cast sang well. This song was my fave. Weird night.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jul 13

Couldn’t see. #twowordreview #twowordreviews #deathnotemusical #preview

A preview event for Death Note. It is in a night club and there is a large crowd obscuring the stage and performers, with lots of people holding up phones.

A preview event for Death Note. This picture shows the stage from my view as a 5ft2 woman. Zero of the stage or performers can be seen. A couple of phones are being held up.

Another view from my perspective. The view is even more obscured with people’s heads.

Another view from my perspective. The view is now even more obscured by people holding up their phones. Some of the people have multiple phones in their shots. This is also the only way I could see any of the performers’ faces.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jun 30

Really enjoying not being poached in my city like last week, I much prefer this cool summer wea-oh ffs

Weather app showing that London temperatures will be pleasant this week, but warm up from the weekend again to around 30 degrees centigrade with no cool evenings.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jun 20

Majestic Monsoon 💜 #twowordreview #twowordreviews

A souvenir brochure/theatre programme for End of the Rainbow featuring Jinkx Monsoon dressed as Judy Garland is held up in front of the Soho Theatre Walthamstow stage, which is covered in white stairs and holds a single grand piano.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jun 10

Tonight @rufus-wainwright.bsky.social had some very bisexual lighting, then some very gay lighting 🏳️‍🌈 What an excellent night 💜

The Royal Albert Hall is lit in pinky purple and blue before a concert is about to begin

Rufus Wainwright is sat at the front of the Royal Albert Hall stage. The orchestra behind him is lit in the colours of the rainbow pride flag. Audience members are applauding and getting to their feet

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jun 9

No but I genuinely had to hold it together lol

Screenshot of the Outside Xtra Nintendo Direct Hypemeter stream. The Pikuniku 2 trailer with date is on screen, Jane is smiling with her hypemeter set at “hot”, and Ellen is trying not to cry with her hypemeter on hot and aflame.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jun 4

Puppetry Perfection 😭💜🌳☂️😺🚌 #twowordreview #twowordreviews #totoro

A programme for My Neighbour Totoro is held up In front of the Gillian Lynne Theatre stage

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jun 4

GHOST GALS 🧛🏼‍♂️🩰👻👻👻👻#twowordreview #twowordreviews #dracula #ballet

A programme for “Dracula - Ballet at its darkest” is held up in front of the Sadler’s Wells Theatre stage

The ballet cast of Dracula readies for a bow at final curtain. The set is a very gothic castle flooded with red lights

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Jun 4

I’m feeling really fortunate that I don’t really get fed these opinions on social media anymore (mainly after leaving twitter). Also most stuff I saw - even in the general comment section of the livestream - was fun stuff like “DAD OF BOY, MOM OF CUBE”. Also Kratos was literally in the trailer lol.

Tweet from Domino's Pizza UK
@Dominos_UK • 14h
God of War game with no Kratos = Pepperoni Passion with no pepperoni

Quoted tweet from DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilm • Jun 2
“First look at gameplay for 'GOD OF WAR: LAUFEY'.
Coming soon to PS5. (A video of the game is shown)”

Reply from Santa Monica Studio - God of War Laufey v
@SonySantaMonica
“ok thanks for the feedback, dominos pizza corporate account”

The Sony Santa Monica tweet has more likes.

Screenshot from indrani.bsky.social

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 17

PROOF. I took a close up picture of my sofa for a plain background, and then used the basic pen tools in my default photo app. It took 2 minutes but it should be fairly clear who it is. Stop melting the planet to “own” or “slam dunk” a dude who LOVES AI and will probably never see your post.

A crudely drawn stick figure with yellow hair, orange face, red tie, blue clothes, puckered mouth, and tiny hands and feet, is drawn on a blurry yellow background (aka a close up of a yellow sofa)

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 16

Poem power #twowordreview #twowordreviews

A book is held up in front of a stage with a single chair and microphone. A picture of a curved concrete promenade wall is projected behind. The book is:
ROBIN INCE
Let the Quiet Ones Rise - Poems about standing up and standing out

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 16

itv NEWS screenshot
“Wes Streeting says he will stand in Labour leadership race - and calls for UK to rejoin EU”
Image of Wes streeting is next to headline

Screenshot of clickhole article
“Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point”

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 7

Bloom-in’ Brilliant #twowordreview #twowordreviews

A programme for The Producers, The Mel Brooks Musical, is held up in front of the Garrick Theatre stage.

The cast on stage applaud guest star Richard Kind on his final night, he smiles widely at the other actors, having a lovely moment with Joanna Woodward

Marc Antolin and Richard Kind take a bow as the crowd applauds

The cast on stage applaud guest star Richard Kind on his final night, Marc Antolin has his arm around Richard Kind

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 6

This is the greatest compliment I’ve ever gotten in a YouTube comment. 😭💜

Comment from @andersvandegevel8355, 3 hr ago:
Shades of John Shuttleworth

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 5

Spectacular Sondheim #twowordreview #twowordreviews

The programme for Into the Woods, with Red Riding Hood on the cover, is held up in front of the Bridge Theatre stage, which has a beanstalk growing out of the curtains.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 3

Spotify of course adds a layer of difficulty by ONLY letting you end your subscription on their desktop site, and not in app or in a browser on a tablet. It’s a laptop/desktop only deal. “We know it’s not ideal” Yeah we KNOW you know, and that THAT’S why you removed the option to do it in-app 🙃

(A screenshot from the Spotify app “manage subscription” area)
Manage subscription
Premium Individual
Payment:
Your plan will automatically renew on
[redacted date]. You'll be charged £12.99/month.
Available plans:
Explore plans - Affordable options for any situation.
(Note from Ellen - The last lines on this page are underlined by me)
You can't make changes to your plan in the app.
We know it's not ideal.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 3

Finally cancelled my Spotify premium. One of those admin tasks I kept “meaning to do”. Transferred my playlists to a new service. I’m done giving my money to company that is fine having their platform flooded with unethical AI slop, and spending their profits on other, even more unethical things

Spotify account page.
Search bar with “Your search is powered by Al.” written underneath
Page text reads: You've cancelled your subscription.
It's hard to say goodbye. But it's easy to rejoin Spotify at any time.
A playlist is shown by @SpotifyCares:
Goodbye for now (sad emoticon), the playlist image is of a sad looking pug

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· May 2

Cracking, Gromit! #twowordreview #twowordreviews

An Aardman in concert 2026 tour programme is held up in front of the Cadogan Hall stage. A child’s drawing of Shaun the sheep as an astronaut is projected onto a screen (it is very cute).

Same as the previous image, but now the house lights are up and the orchestra are waving to the audience at the end of the show

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Apr 27

I made a couple of impulse purchases from @liquoricelino.bsky.social after stumbling across their Etsy and I fear it may be the best decision I’ve ever made.

A black and white Lino print of a small tit (as in the type of bird, likely blue) with an in-colour shark head on its head like a mascot costume head, with the bird’s face poking out of the mouth. The title says “we’re gonna need a bigger tree”.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Apr 20

Musical Magicians #twowordreviews #twowordreview #showstopper #improv

Six singers performing on stage, with an on stage band, under a bright lit up sign saying “SHOWSTOPPER!”. To the right is a sign listing the show’s name “I’m still not sure they’re mine”, and a list of inspirations: War of the Worlds, Pippa Cleary, Guys and Dolls, and Hairspray.

As previous picture, but the cast are in the middle of their bows

As before, but Hannah Waddingham has wheeled a cake out in stage in celebration of it being their 1500th performance

As before but another cast member (who is also the guitarist) is addressing the audience.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Apr 19

Cannot express how good How to Get to Heaven from Belfast is, or how much its millennial soundtrack absolutely slaps. Hilarious, scary, and gorgeous too!

The three main characters from How to Get to Heaven from Belfast stand unsure within the hallway of a large old country Irish house.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Apr 16

I’m getting the WHOLE screen now…

Bluesky app screenshot. Text reads:

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Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Apr 6

Spam account posting AI slop

Image of post from @contemprainn.bsky.social
Bluesky labeller marks user as: “Made over 30 posts yesterday, Posts over 15 times per day on average”
The post is an ai generated picture of a zebra with its tongue out and a staffy dog in a zebra outfit that is weirdly floating on a fence.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Apr 5

He’s not werf it, Dave!

Screenshot of YouTube:
Top news
The Mirror
Thumbnail reads: “STORM DAVE BATTERS UK” on image of two people under an umbrella watching wild waves on the coast.
Video title: Northern UK Braces as Storm Dave Brings High Winds This Easter
The Mirror
4.6k views • 1 hour ago

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Mar 24

Poriffruff

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Mar 18

Can I just say how proud I am of the gaming community for their reaction to NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 completely changing Grace from Resi 9 to some weird idealised gen AI model? Grace is already a very pretty character model that fits certain beauty standards, and yet that still wasn’t good enough for AI.

A side by side of Grace from Resident Evil Requiem. The one on the left has NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 on, which has changed her face, given her dark roots and is very uncanny valley.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Mar 12

OUTSTANDING, Mary!!!! #twowordreview #twowordreviews

A theatre programme for “Oh, Mary!” is held up in front of the Trafalgar Theatre’s yellow curtains.

The exterior of the Trafalgar Theatre, including a poster of the show above the entrance, complete with image of Mason Alexander Park as Mary.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Mar 8

Did you know that an unfolded tampon box looks a bit like a facehugger? Happy International Women’s Day.

A tampax box sits next to an unfolded tampax box, which has a similar layout/silhouette to a face hugger from Alien, albeit with a fatter tail.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose· Mar 3

Went again…! #twowordreview #twowordreviews