It all sounds quite wonderful. I just saw Ben Whishaw yesterday in Brideshead .
Cue major clearance of clothes, paperwork, books and other assorted items which we seem to have been treasuring for no apparent reason! It's a very salutary process as we have no idea where some things came from or why we kept them in the first place but there is a great deal of satisfaction to suddenly finding bits of floor we haven't seen for quite a while.
Yes, things do have a terrible habit of piling up. Enjoy your formerly missing bits of flooring.
Good luck with the boiler replacement. I’m sure it will be worth it as it will be far more efficient than the old one. Well done with the clearing out. I don’t actually enjoy I while I’m doing it but afterwards it’s immensely satisfying isn’t it?
You theatre trips sound great fun. I always faint a bit at the cost of tickets .....
Yes, the prices seem very high at the moment. There are some tickets we are just not prepared to pay for. You can get offers for some shows but often the offers aren’t as good as they seem.
We paused the clearing out today but will have to get back to it tomorrow so we don’t spend our entire holiday worrying that we won’t have enough time left to clear everything when we get back. It is very satisfying to get rid of so much stuff and we probably wouldn’t have done it nearly so quickly without the boiler deadline.
We went to that production of Julius Caesar as well, and I'm so glad that we did. I completely agree with your comments about the brilliance of both the production and the individual performances. It was immersive theatre at its best. I'm delighted I didn't let the fact that I studied and hated the play at O-level (yes, I know, that dates me) put me off! I had genuine shivers. Like you, we didn't get the standing tickets. I can see that they would have been an incredible experience, but I'm old and my feet hurt! Instead we forked out for the best seated tickets we could afford, and I'm so glad that we did.
We have a couple more theatre-ey things in the pipeline including Colin at the National in May and June. Can't wait :)
It was fantastic wasn't it. I've always thought I didn't like Shakespeare's Roman plays so this was a real eye-opener. I was lucky as our headmistress didn't believe in us doing English Literature O Level (which dates me too) so wasn't forced to do Shakespeare then. I think my husband was actually shaking when the play finished so what it would have been like standing I have no idea, though apparently one of my sister-in-law's colleagues stood and couldn't stop talking about it next day. It was one of those theatrical experiences that neither TV or film (much as I love them) can really replicate.
I think I may have been a bit slow for Colin as the only dates left are ones we can't do :( We're about to go on holiday and our next theatre trip will be Witness for the Prosecution at the old County Hall which should be interesting in completely different way.
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Cue major clearance of clothes, paperwork, books and other assorted items which we seem to have been treasuring for no apparent reason! It's a very salutary process as we have no idea where some things came from or why we kept them in the first place but there is a great deal of satisfaction to suddenly finding bits of floor we haven't seen for quite a while.
Yes, things do have a terrible habit of piling up. Enjoy your formerly missing bits of flooring.
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Ben Whishaw can be a bit hit or miss with me but he was really excellent in this.
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You theatre trips sound great fun. I always faint a bit at the cost of tickets .....
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We paused the clearing out today but will have to get back to it tomorrow so we don’t spend our entire holiday worrying that we won’t have enough time left to clear everything when we get back. It is very satisfying to get rid of so much stuff and we probably wouldn’t have done it nearly so quickly without the boiler deadline.
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We have a couple more theatre-ey things in the pipeline including Colin at the National in May and June. Can't wait :)
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I think I may have been a bit slow for Colin as the only dates left are ones we can't do :( We're about to go on holiday and our next theatre trip will be Witness for the Prosecution at the old County Hall which should be interesting in completely different way.
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