The evening everyone decided to go shopping... While it was raining... And while there were several tube lines down...
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Overheard at the gym Thursday...
Man 1: Yes what was how you used to do it?
Man 2: It was 2 egg whites in the blender with the protein shake
Man 3: Oh yeah that's right. After some pasta...
Man 2: Oh no pasta. That's carbs...
Man 2: It was 2 egg whites in the blender with the protein shake
Man 3: Oh yeah that's right. After some pasta...
Man 2: Oh no pasta. That's carbs...
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Theatre: Nation
About half an hour into Nation, the new "exhilarating" production at the National Theatre at the Olivier Theatre, I hear whispered in my ear the words that you always wish you didn't hear on a night out: "This is a bit boring..." Alas it was the truth. The acting seemed one note, the direction flat, the music painful and there was also the return of the pointless revolve. As for the plot, it kept getting thicker every two minutes. It was as if the creative team decided to shove as much as possible of Terry Pratchett's book on stage and to hell with the consequences. Well the consequences were an awful lot of fidgeting in the audience as if they had fleas, a lot of watch staring and some fairly muted applause at intermission.
Bearing all this in mind, I would have suffered the second half, but I took the advice of some wise theatre peeps who suggested that life is too short to sit through bad plays when you could be enjoying your life at the pub. I did substitute pub for Ben & Jerry's ice cream at home but it had the same effect. Of course it is still in preview until later this month so no doubt it will improve... Having not read the book I never did find out what happened to the two leading characters Mau and Daphne. While it all seemed a bit Blue Lagoon at times, but I dare suspect few people who weren't devotees of the book would give a shit.
One element of drama which happened before the show started was a woman spilling wine spritzer over us. This is becoming a trend at the National. At Mother Courage I was kicked by somebody. Of course National Theatre audiences are so polite they apologise profusely... If only they weren't so clumsy...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Overheard on the Tube home Tuesday...
Man 1: She gives me evils because I'm dis neo liberal like you know...
Man 2: Yeah and wiv your business acumen and that...
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