Having gone from just one show planned as of the beginning this week, it immediately stretched to four including two that had been nominated for Offie's and one student showcase. I shall begin with the tale end of last week and Ezra Axelrod performing live tracks from his debut album. I have to admit I rather liked Ezra, although his preening about in skimpy underwear to tease his target audience was completely unnecessary. Songs From An American Motel is really little more than a live band performing but it's definitely a talent worth having a look at. Sadly it comes with the now ubiquitous self analysis that so many American performers seem to think we are interested in. For the record boys and girls, we usually aren't that bothered.
Tuesday was Valentine's Day so naturally I was doing a little performing of my own although I rather hope that there are no reviews on that online. Not since the final pay-off, anyway. In fact Tuesday was an absolute delight featuring way too much Swarovski, some divine Chateaubriand and a particularly fine chocolate heart from Fortnum & Mason's and no drama whatsoever.
Wednesday featured lots of drama including a visit to the Embassy Theatre at Central School to see the graduates for the Musical Theatre course strut their stuff. In the evening I went along to see Port Authority at the Southwark Playhouse, which I was pleased to see heavily patronised - and for good reason. Ardal O'Hanlon had been nominated for his performance but in fact there were three actors here doing some fine work. The play - don't ask me why it's called Port Authority - gives us three of the seven ages of man, or perhaps I should say "Irishman" all beautifully painted through Conor McPherson's witty, poignant script.
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