*stares out of the window at the rain* Yesterday on my way to the Almeida I got rained on so much I was SOAKED from head to foot :-( though I have to admit it was nice to discover that the trousers I was wearing dry really quickly- they were mostly there by the interval ( Read more... )

As I type this there is a real rainstorm going on outside- proper torrential rain that looks like stair rods- and that's appropriate because it started raining about 5 minutes into Part 3, went through a proper thunderstorm, stopped briefly at the start of Act Two and then rained increasingly heavily until the end of the play ( Read more... )

I've set myself a new goal- to always review the last play I've seen before the next one happens! I reserve the right to fail utterly if I see two in one day or even on consecutive days (and the Henry VIs count as one for this) but I'm at least going to TRY ( Read more... )

Today is is grey outside but I feel slightly better than yesterday so that's good? I think maybe that's because I'm seeing people (and another play) tonight.

First of all here are some theatrical links.

• Who will be the next National Theatre boss?This is an interesting article, it entirely speculative, I particularly love the list of previous NT ( Read more... )

Oh LJ... it's 10 minutes to hometime and it has started absolutely chucking it down with rain outside and the walk back to the car is going to be miserable and yet I do not care because I've just been reminded


( Read more... )