24/7/12, Shakespeare's Globe
With the legendary Mark Rylance in the title role. It sounded a cracker and I was desolate at having to miss it: work and sleeplessness thanks to gastric reflux. Then D came home early: they left at the half. She called his performance Uriah Heep-like.
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY REHEARSAL
23/7/12, Olympic Stadium
D went. She'd volunteered but they hadn't given her anything; a ticket to the tech rehearsal was the consolation prize. She texted before it started to say the set looked like a Fuzzy Felt Hobbitland. But when she came home she was very discreet: Danny Boyle came on before it started and implored them to (Twitter hashtag coming up) #savethesurprise. I think she was a bit underwhelmed but I can get no details.
D went. She'd volunteered but they hadn't given her anything; a ticket to the tech rehearsal was the consolation prize. She texted before it started to say the set looked like a Fuzzy Felt Hobbitland. But when she came home she was very discreet: Danny Boyle came on before it started and implored them to (Twitter hashtag coming up) #savethesurprise. I think she was a bit underwhelmed but I can get no details.
PROM: THE TROJANS
22/7/12, Royal Albert Hall
One of the best Proms I've been to in years: a work of the requisite scale, with the delight of discovering something new (we'd never knowingly heard it or any part of it), plus top notch performances by a team who've already done it several times at Covent Garden (this was a concert version of the Royal Opera's recent production, for which we couldn't get tickets), and this time we managed to get a programme so we could follow the words.
One of the best Proms I've been to in years: a work of the requisite scale, with the delight of discovering something new (we'd never knowingly heard it or any part of it), plus top notch performances by a team who've already done it several times at Covent Garden (this was a concert version of the Royal Opera's recent production, for which we couldn't get tickets), and this time we managed to get a programme so we could follow the words.
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
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