Busy week so far

So, lessee, it's been a short week for me, since I was out of town on Monday. Tuesday night I stayed out too late to see if the Royal Court's "Cock" was as good as everyone says; the next night I was off to Sadler's Wells with mabel_morgan to see Carlos Acosta (link is my review). My favorite part of the night was hanging out with her, really; she is such good company and has really ...

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Cock made me jump for joy

Cock , the play I saw last night (link is my review) at the Royal Court, is quite possibly the best thing I've seen all year. The perfect dialogue, the fascinating story, the agony of watching it take place feet away from me ... close enough that every twitch of a cheek was visible. Since it's sold out, here are the rules of the game for returns. Royal Court does not seem to want to be ...

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To think ballet could be so offensive

Wow! The last act of the Diaghilev tribute I saw in October has been judged so offensive that the BBC won't show it . I am so amused. Here are some quotes: The BBC has abandoned plans to screen a ballet featuring a deformed Pope who rapes nuns which it had announced as one of the highlights of its Christmas schedule. [I don't know, it would be a highlight of a sort to be sure.] and .... the...

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Sweet Charity review

Now that I'm, er, working while I'm at work, writing has to be done outside of work - on my phone, on the tube, at home on the couch. Thus I bring you my recently completed review of Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't a four star experience for me. No, I reserve those accolades for shows like "Silence: The Musical," which was just brilliant (thanks ...

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Sundays in November are for gardening

Yesterday was one of the most fun Sundays in recent memory for me. It got off to a good start with a solid 11 hours of sleep, followed by French toast. (Still no phone, FYI.( Then I got my bags of flowers together. This is the first time since I've been in England that I've been able to really get back into my normal tulip mode for the fall. I found three different places to buy bulbs at (though...

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Cyrano is a great ballet

Last night we had a great night at Sadler's Wells watching [ Error: Irreparable invalid markup (' ') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] Last night we had a great night at Sadler's Wells watching Birmingham Royal Ballet's Cyrano . It was really just insanely fun - I mean, sword fights and a baguette dance in a bakery and even a full-on battle scene! The dancing was good...

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Gotta keep the going out down and work on getting more sleep

So Monday night was work then Habit of Art at the National Theater (the new play by Alan Bennett); last night was work then Birmingham Royal Ballet's "Quantum Leaps" program at Sadler's Wells. Man, I love the shows, but the writeups (which is what the links go to) are proving really difficult to do now that I have to (gulp) actually do work while I'm at work. I was even writing up "Habit of...

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Inherit the Wind review; music of the Jesuits in China via Brighton

First: my long-delayed review of Inherit the Wind , the play inspired by the Scope Monkey Trial. While I expected it to be more Viva Darwin!, thanks to David Nutt getting fired for saying drink was more dangerous than dope, it's message was stunningly timely. A real shame Kevin Spacey hammed it up so much but it was a good show nonetheless. Yesterday we did a lot of things around the house ...

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1 night, 2 shows: "They Only Come Out At Night" & dance to David Bowie & Velvet Underground

Only one night of theater this week? Yes, but I tried to make it count by going to two, count 'em, two shows last night. One was supposed to be a spooky Halloween thing that ultimately just wasn't (Slung Low, "Visions: They Only Come Out at Night"). The other was a modern choreographer (Michael Clark) going wild with David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Velvet Underground and even a little Wire. This was ...

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Saturday in a nutshell

Today mostly I failed to ignite. I had people coming over for dinner and getting that taken care of was my big goal. I made it out to do grocery shopping at 1 and got back at around 3; I started cooking at around 5:30 (after three of my guests called to say they weren't going to be coming over, so it reduced some of my stress). T & Lauren arrived at 7 and I finally got food on at 8:10. Overall ...

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