Alright, so hi! It's October 17th already... the final day of our show and the girls and I are SO excited for that fact. It's been a long, hard, exhausting, tiring and frustrating run, but all in all I think the end result has been pretty good. Hopefully though, I can back track and go through everything that I've missed, and hopefully I can remember everything..........
First of all, we've had two day trips that I haven't covered in here. The first was to Canterbury, which was absolutely amazing. The history that is in that town is really incredible, considering literally everything is from the medieval times, including Canterbury Cathedral which is so breathtaking, inside and out. I'm thinking of doing a new way of sharing pictures here, simply because blogger takes so long to upload pictures, especially when I have 80 or so to share with you all. When my entries get more frequent, I'm sure I'll actually upload pictures here, but in the meantime... here's a link to my Facebook album with my Canterbury pictures! And no... you don't have to have a Facebook to enjoy. Just click the link and you'll be right there!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148701&id=645223416&l=583bbb0ae6
That should link you to the album of Canterbury pictures... and there are descriptions and whatnot to read!
So. Second day trip that has happened was to Bath two weeks ago, which was equally gorgeous. Just the drive there alone was beautiful. The countryside along the way... so pretty. We also drove past Winsor Castle and Legoland - so neat! But Bath is the site of the original Roman Baths that were built in the UK during the Roman Empire, so talk about history. Majorly historical and even the architecture and everything in Bath is inspired by the Romans. It's pretty incredible. Enjoy pictures of Bath!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=154042&id=645223416&l=88fb3c8903
Along with that, we've of course had our production of Vanities in the mix. If you want to see my pictures of the show, go here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153840&id=645223416&l=de79a599ae It's been a fairly good run and we've had pretty decent crowds of over 15 people a night. Last night's crowd was probably one of the best that we had, plus we had a post-show discussion with many of the ATA (American Theatre... something) students from Rose Bruford that Gary is teaching, who may come to St. Mary's to study next year, or else they'll be going to Texas. They're so great and extremely eager to get to know all of us which is definitely cool! We're hoping to go out with them at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later. We've got our last show tonight, which we're excited about and we know a few people in the crowd - Tony James, our acting teacher from Rose Bruford should be there, Krista's parents are attending again tonight, Matt and his sister, who is in for the weekend, should be there tonight, and of course we've got Gary per usual. Either way, definitely excited that it's the last night of the insanity! It's been fun and very eye-opening - a different experience for sure, but good overall.
Other than that, we've just been doing classes as usual and attending a few theatre productions. We saw War Horse at the New London Theatre... which was originally put on at the National. It was an absolutely incredible play with some of the main characters being horses, which were puppets controlled by three people within them. The amazing thing too is that people actually get onto the puppets/horses and ride them. It's amazing. I can't even describe how enthralling it was to see it. Especially after working in The Long Christmas Ride Home and knowing how much work and skill and concentration it takes for puppets. I can't imagine how much work and study and... just, togetherness the cast has to have for something like that. Interestingly enough, the Queen attended a performance last Monday, just as a "regular" person would. So clearly it's worth it, and I would have to agree! We also saw The Black Album in the Cottesloe Theatre at the National, which was a co-production by TARA Arts, where we're performing Vanities. It's based on Hanif Kureishi's book of the same name and he actually wrote the play as well, but it's about the reaction of the fataw put on Salmon Rushdie after The Satanic Verses and a group of Muslim students here in London in 1989. It brings up the question of terrorism and faith, along with blind following; it's incredibly relevant to today and it was an excellent production. It's actually going on tour throughout the UK starting next week. So good luck to them! We met two of the cast members afterwards during a sort of art fair that the National had going on in their courtyard in front of the theatre. Other than that, theatre has been pretty slim just for the fact that we've been busy with the show, but Gary and I did see La Cage aux Folles with John Barrowman playing the lead role of Albin. The musical is based on the movie of the same name, which was the basis for The Birdcage. It was absolutely hysterical and I couldn't stop laughing, but it was equally entertaining for the theatrical aspect. The men who play the Cage girls were so talented and so funny. Amazing, to say the least. Then Sam, Krista, Gary and I took in a show at The Comedy Store two weeks ago, where they've been doing comedy for 30 years, and they originated the ideas that are put on by the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway. It was so funny to see them do live improv of a lot of the games we were familiar with. Definitely a fun night out. Krista, Gary and I also went to see Fame in a theatre down by Piccadilly Circus, which was entertaining! I hope that we get a chance to go back down to the Trocodero where the movie theatre was because there's so much to do in that small space - and so little time - but not so much anymore since the show is done!
As far as sights around London... for our Art class, we've been to the Tate Modern and Tate Britain, which have both been really great. I'm hoping to go back to both, actually, and spend some quality time there. We saw an exhibit at the Tate Modern on Pop Art called Pop Life, so some of Andy Warhol's original artworks were on display, while they also displayed a lot of current pop artists as well - very interesting and intriguing. And at the Tate Britain, we took in an exhibit of JMW Turner's works called Turner and the Masters - absolutely breathtaking artwork. Turner is such an amazing artist and I had no knowledge of him before this trip, but because he's a British artist, he seems to be a major deal here (especially since I was looking into galleries in Edinburgh and he's a figure that keeps coming up). So that was really interesting and neat. I got a postcard book of some of his artwork, which I'm pretty stoked about. I told Lucy that I can't wait, absolutely CANNOT wait for the National Gallery. She said that we might go next week, but either way, now that the show's done, you can bet I'll be spending some days in the National Gallery and exploring some more art museums.... or maybe museums in general, yeah??
I also booked everything up for Scotland! We leave November 5th for Edinburgh at 1:30 and Gary's paying for our train tickets there and back as our final "day" trip. We're staying in a hostel on Thursday night and then we're on our own. I purchased an Edinburgh pass for 41 pounds and reserved a B&B for the weekend - a room to myself with a shower. Pretty stoked overall. I'm trying to decide what I want to do out of all the attractions that are offered with the pass. There's so much to choose from! But it should be a really good time and we're all looking forward to it.
Other than that, we've just been hanging out for the most part. Literally, time is taken up primarily by rehearsals and we're always tired, so if we get a day off, it's usually spent "livin the dream" as we call it, aka sleeping in late (very late) and getting up and getting ready for rehearsals or shows. But hey, what can you do, right? Life of a theatre person!
I miss everyone terribly, but some of you should keep your eyes open in the mail for something that should HOPEFULLY come soon. Unfortunately, the Royal Mail is somewhat on strike, so it's interesting when it comes to mail service. Anyway, emails... comments... letters...... keep in touch! Cheers to you all!
Linds
First of all, we've had two day trips that I haven't covered in here. The first was to Canterbury, which was absolutely amazing. The history that is in that town is really incredible, considering literally everything is from the medieval times, including Canterbury Cathedral which is so breathtaking, inside and out. I'm thinking of doing a new way of sharing pictures here, simply because blogger takes so long to upload pictures, especially when I have 80 or so to share with you all. When my entries get more frequent, I'm sure I'll actually upload pictures here, but in the meantime... here's a link to my Facebook album with my Canterbury pictures! And no... you don't have to have a Facebook to enjoy. Just click the link and you'll be right there!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=148701&id=645223416&l=583bbb0ae6
That should link you to the album of Canterbury pictures... and there are descriptions and whatnot to read!
So. Second day trip that has happened was to Bath two weeks ago, which was equally gorgeous. Just the drive there alone was beautiful. The countryside along the way... so pretty. We also drove past Winsor Castle and Legoland - so neat! But Bath is the site of the original Roman Baths that were built in the UK during the Roman Empire, so talk about history. Majorly historical and even the architecture and everything in Bath is inspired by the Romans. It's pretty incredible. Enjoy pictures of Bath!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=154042&id=645223416&l=88fb3c8903
Along with that, we've of course had our production of Vanities in the mix. If you want to see my pictures of the show, go here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153840&id=645223416&l=de79a599ae It's been a fairly good run and we've had pretty decent crowds of over 15 people a night. Last night's crowd was probably one of the best that we had, plus we had a post-show discussion with many of the ATA (American Theatre... something) students from Rose Bruford that Gary is teaching, who may come to St. Mary's to study next year, or else they'll be going to Texas. They're so great and extremely eager to get to know all of us which is definitely cool! We're hoping to go out with them at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later. We've got our last show tonight, which we're excited about and we know a few people in the crowd - Tony James, our acting teacher from Rose Bruford should be there, Krista's parents are attending again tonight, Matt and his sister, who is in for the weekend, should be there tonight, and of course we've got Gary per usual. Either way, definitely excited that it's the last night of the insanity! It's been fun and very eye-opening - a different experience for sure, but good overall.
Other than that, we've just been doing classes as usual and attending a few theatre productions. We saw War Horse at the New London Theatre... which was originally put on at the National. It was an absolutely incredible play with some of the main characters being horses, which were puppets controlled by three people within them. The amazing thing too is that people actually get onto the puppets/horses and ride them. It's amazing. I can't even describe how enthralling it was to see it. Especially after working in The Long Christmas Ride Home and knowing how much work and skill and concentration it takes for puppets. I can't imagine how much work and study and... just, togetherness the cast has to have for something like that. Interestingly enough, the Queen attended a performance last Monday, just as a "regular" person would. So clearly it's worth it, and I would have to agree! We also saw The Black Album in the Cottesloe Theatre at the National, which was a co-production by TARA Arts, where we're performing Vanities. It's based on Hanif Kureishi's book of the same name and he actually wrote the play as well, but it's about the reaction of the fataw put on Salmon Rushdie after The Satanic Verses and a group of Muslim students here in London in 1989. It brings up the question of terrorism and faith, along with blind following; it's incredibly relevant to today and it was an excellent production. It's actually going on tour throughout the UK starting next week. So good luck to them! We met two of the cast members afterwards during a sort of art fair that the National had going on in their courtyard in front of the theatre. Other than that, theatre has been pretty slim just for the fact that we've been busy with the show, but Gary and I did see La Cage aux Folles with John Barrowman playing the lead role of Albin. The musical is based on the movie of the same name, which was the basis for The Birdcage. It was absolutely hysterical and I couldn't stop laughing, but it was equally entertaining for the theatrical aspect. The men who play the Cage girls were so talented and so funny. Amazing, to say the least. Then Sam, Krista, Gary and I took in a show at The Comedy Store two weeks ago, where they've been doing comedy for 30 years, and they originated the ideas that are put on by the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway. It was so funny to see them do live improv of a lot of the games we were familiar with. Definitely a fun night out. Krista, Gary and I also went to see Fame in a theatre down by Piccadilly Circus, which was entertaining! I hope that we get a chance to go back down to the Trocodero where the movie theatre was because there's so much to do in that small space - and so little time - but not so much anymore since the show is done!
As far as sights around London... for our Art class, we've been to the Tate Modern and Tate Britain, which have both been really great. I'm hoping to go back to both, actually, and spend some quality time there. We saw an exhibit at the Tate Modern on Pop Art called Pop Life, so some of Andy Warhol's original artworks were on display, while they also displayed a lot of current pop artists as well - very interesting and intriguing. And at the Tate Britain, we took in an exhibit of JMW Turner's works called Turner and the Masters - absolutely breathtaking artwork. Turner is such an amazing artist and I had no knowledge of him before this trip, but because he's a British artist, he seems to be a major deal here (especially since I was looking into galleries in Edinburgh and he's a figure that keeps coming up). So that was really interesting and neat. I got a postcard book of some of his artwork, which I'm pretty stoked about. I told Lucy that I can't wait, absolutely CANNOT wait for the National Gallery. She said that we might go next week, but either way, now that the show's done, you can bet I'll be spending some days in the National Gallery and exploring some more art museums.... or maybe museums in general, yeah??
I also booked everything up for Scotland! We leave November 5th for Edinburgh at 1:30 and Gary's paying for our train tickets there and back as our final "day" trip. We're staying in a hostel on Thursday night and then we're on our own. I purchased an Edinburgh pass for 41 pounds and reserved a B&B for the weekend - a room to myself with a shower. Pretty stoked overall. I'm trying to decide what I want to do out of all the attractions that are offered with the pass. There's so much to choose from! But it should be a really good time and we're all looking forward to it.
Other than that, we've just been hanging out for the most part. Literally, time is taken up primarily by rehearsals and we're always tired, so if we get a day off, it's usually spent "livin the dream" as we call it, aka sleeping in late (very late) and getting up and getting ready for rehearsals or shows. But hey, what can you do, right? Life of a theatre person!
I miss everyone terribly, but some of you should keep your eyes open in the mail for something that should HOPEFULLY come soon. Unfortunately, the Royal Mail is somewhat on strike, so it's interesting when it comes to mail service. Anyway, emails... comments... letters...... keep in touch! Cheers to you all!
Linds
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