On Sunday, Mel and I set off from Kirby station (what a start to an adventure!) and arrived in good time for the 1.30 start of the first part of War and Peace at the Playhouse. The play was performed by Shared Experience who have done various other plays that we have seen such as Jane Eyre. The first play lasted just under 3 hours including a 20 minute interval and is the story of various families set against Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in the early 1800s. Very good and just the kind of ‘proper’ theatre that I like. It was then off to Bella Italiano for pasta and pinot grigio which were both excellent and then back for the second installment from 6 to 9 pm. What a wonderful way to spend a Sunday. I think my birthday money could be spent on the book but will I ever stay awake to read it??
Last night it was back to the Play house for Noughts and Crosses. Had no idea what to expect but again it was an excellent play brilliantly acted by the RSC.
Brought to the Liverpool Playhouse by the Royal Shakespeare Company and inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Noughts & Crosses dramatises the thrilling love story of two young people kept apart by prejudice and injustice.
Sephy, a Prime Minister's daughter from the powerful Crosses, falls for rebel Callum, son of a dangerous Nought agitator. Their desire to be together threatens family loyalties and sparks a growing political crisis.
Malorie Blackman is a best-selling author of books for children and young people. Her novel is adapted for the stage by Dominic Cooke, Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre.
Have just booked up for 4 more plays between May and July and still lots to come in this season. Certainly an excellent start to Capital of Culture year at the theatre.
Wednesday 27 February 2008
Sunday 24 February 2008
An evening with John Hegley
Went to see John Hegley last night at the Everyman. Very good, very funny and the resume below sums it up!
Songs, poems and joining in's. For audiences new (but not newer than seven) and old.
Observations on insects, people and potatoes. John Hegley is an Edinburgh Festival regular who has also appeared in Australia, Canada, Columbia, Zanzibar and Luton - the small town of his upbringing. He has nine books to his name, two albums and one mug.
Warning: Contains Rhyming Language.
The poem below is not one he read last night but the only one I could find on the web. He is also a spectacle wearer and despises people who opt for contact lenses! It is very clever how he makes his poems rhyme and they really have to be read out loud to get the proper effect of the rhymes.
Poem de terre
I'm not a normal person
whatever that may be
there is something very very vegetable
about me,
this human skin I'm skulking in
it's only there for show,
I'm a potato.
When I told my father
it was something of a blow,
he was hurt
and he called me a dirty so-and-so.
He kicked up a racket
and he grabbed me by the jacket;
I said, 'Daddy will you pack it in
I need you for my father not my foe
Daddy, will you try and help me grow,
won't you love me for my blemishes
and look me in the eye
before one of us is underground
and the other says goodbye?'
And he said 'No'.
When I was a schoolboy
I never knew why
I was so crap at cross-country running
but now I know
why I was so slow.
I'm a potato.
Later today Mel and I are off to see a double bill of War and Peace at 1.30 and 5.30 so watch this space.
Songs, poems and joining in's. For audiences new (but not newer than seven) and old.
Observations on insects, people and potatoes. John Hegley is an Edinburgh Festival regular who has also appeared in Australia, Canada, Columbia, Zanzibar and Luton - the small town of his upbringing. He has nine books to his name, two albums and one mug.
Warning: Contains Rhyming Language.
The poem below is not one he read last night but the only one I could find on the web. He is also a spectacle wearer and despises people who opt for contact lenses! It is very clever how he makes his poems rhyme and they really have to be read out loud to get the proper effect of the rhymes.
Poem de terre
I'm not a normal person
whatever that may be
there is something very very vegetable
about me,
this human skin I'm skulking in
it's only there for show,
I'm a potato.
When I told my father
it was something of a blow,
he was hurt
and he called me a dirty so-and-so.
He kicked up a racket
and he grabbed me by the jacket;
I said, 'Daddy will you pack it in
I need you for my father not my foe
Daddy, will you try and help me grow,
won't you love me for my blemishes
and look me in the eye
before one of us is underground
and the other says goodbye?'
And he said 'No'.
When I was a schoolboy
I never knew why
I was so crap at cross-country running
but now I know
why I was so slow.
I'm a potato.
Later today Mel and I are off to see a double bill of War and Peace at 1.30 and 5.30 so watch this space.
Thursday 7 February 2008
Only 90 minutes!!!
Metamorphosis was the play on Tuesday at the Playhouse. Well done but weird! Basically the son of the house turned into an insect and John explained the deep significance of it on the way home. Summary below and I must admit that the insect was extremely agile!
Franz Kafka’s eerie and fantastical story sees the unremarkable life of the Samsas turned upside down when their son, Gregor, emerges one morning inexplicably transformed into a monstrous insect. As revulsion turns to resentment, strange things start to happen to the Samsa family….
This hugely acclaimed and imaginative production combines jaw-dropping aerial action, a gravity-defying split level set and a mesmerising score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Home by 9.30 so not good value for money but it was preview night soonly £8 each. It was also press night so the front row was reserved for them - they didn't turn up and we had to sit on row C - not amused!
Shopping last night but as it was England v Switzerland at football on the TV we went to the chippy insted of out for a meal. We went to the Ceylon Spice Box in Waterloo for J's birthday last Friday - interesting food and the only Sri Lankan restauant outside London. Thought it was pricey for what we had and not as good as Shanti in Formby. The worst part was that it was really cold and every time the door opened we were in a draft!
Franz Kafka’s eerie and fantastical story sees the unremarkable life of the Samsas turned upside down when their son, Gregor, emerges one morning inexplicably transformed into a monstrous insect. As revulsion turns to resentment, strange things start to happen to the Samsa family….
This hugely acclaimed and imaginative production combines jaw-dropping aerial action, a gravity-defying split level set and a mesmerising score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Home by 9.30 so not good value for money but it was preview night soonly £8 each. It was also press night so the front row was reserved for them - they didn't turn up and we had to sit on row C - not amused!
Shopping last night but as it was England v Switzerland at football on the TV we went to the chippy insted of out for a meal. We went to the Ceylon Spice Box in Waterloo for J's birthday last Friday - interesting food and the only Sri Lankan restauant outside London. Thought it was pricey for what we had and not as good as Shanti in Formby. The worst part was that it was really cold and every time the door opened we were in a draft!
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