One of the perks of living close to London is having the opportunity to indulge the fangirl in me *and* the theatre fan all at once. :D And thus, my interest in "Robin Hood" alerted me to the fact that Tom Stoppard's wonderful "Arcadia" was on at the Duke of York theatre, complete with Lucy Griffiths (=Marian) in a fairly minor role ( Read more... )

I'll make it snappy, I promise ( Read more... )

I'd never seen a Moliere play live, so I was very enthusiastic about the Sydney Theatre Company putting on "The Bourgeois Gentleman". To my amazement, they even went as far as detailed period costumes, make-up and period music, and some very snazzy sets, the cumulative effect of which put me in mind of a Mozart opera (or possibly the production of ( Read more... )