Busy

It seems to have been really busy this week and I seem to have been at the theatre constantly - not the case obviously, but you know what I mean. Last Thursday I went to review Elaine Stritch at Liberty at the Shaw Theatre with Paul. It was good fun and she can still keep an audience on its toes. We were invited to a party after the show got to meet the lady herself, drank free wine and ate too many canapes! Hurrah!

After a shift at the hotel it was down to see The Shadowmaster at the King's Head. Not great but I couldn't work out if the actors were awful or the script. I decided it was the script. Still, it looked very good and it was the first instance I have ever seen a Colourist listed in a Fringe programme. What a larf!

On my only day off, I opted to drag Paul along again, this time to see An Audience with Edith Head. As I wasn't reviewing this, I shall link to the Wikipedia page as nobody seemed to know who she was. Funnily I got picked on by her throughout the show for my sartorial elegance - "What are those shoes? I haven't seen anything like those since The Ten Commandments!" Thankfully it was a VERY small audience and not press night, so nobody noticed. I did get my picture taken afterwards, as part of the 'package', with the dress she designed for Bette Davis in All About Eve. It was a fun, very camp night! For those wondering - yes! She was the woman upon whom Edna Mode in The Incredibles is based on.






Thursday, I found myself at The Roundhouse for the first time ever to see Miss Behave's Variety Nighty. It was all great fun but I was there alone, which was a bit sad. Howard was feeling poorly, Lloyd was consoling a friend who had just seperated from her boyfriend and Jules was knackered. Somedays I guess you just can't give away a free ticket! Next week I have Piaf at the Donmar, where there is no spare available.

She's a wonder!

100cm x 100cm - early stages of an acrylic on canvas

Spotlight

The Spotlight Showcases took place in July this year. On the first night I took Lloyd along. He seemed to enjoy it although in most of these pictures he looks as miserable as sin.

The second night, as Lloyd was working, I invited Paul along.

Julie's Birthday in Balham

Was not a sober affair. It was, though, a fancy dress. I went as a San Francisco Daddy circa 1972....mmmmm

An English Country Garden

It may not be the most elegant garden on the block but it has been very successful this year already.

A Flying Rip-off

Well, the holiday has been booked! What a palaver! Never, under any circumstances book a holiday with flydeals.co.uk - they are a bunch of lying shisters out to rip you off. Without going into too much detail, they phoned the day after confirmation to say that the Credit Card had been declined. Jules has a huge balance on her card so she was rather confused by this. They took her Debit Card details instead and then advised her:

a) The Debit Card payments were subject to charges
b) The price of the tickets had gone up by £10 each

When she got off the phone Julie called her Credit Card company to ask why they had declined her card and they advised her that no action had taken place. Basically, Flydeals simply held over the transaction for a day to get more money for the tickets.

Upon questioning Flydeals about this they refused to offer any explanation and said if she wished to cancel now, there would be a fee of £50. Furious, she called her bank and put a stop on any withdraw from Flydeals. She the bought tickets on the same flight for the same price through another company – who couldn’t have been more helpful.

The next day Flydeals had succeeded in withdrawing the total amount from her account and would only return it minus a cancellation fee of £50. There was nothing we could do except swallow the theft and tell the obnoxious Manager Helen – to f**k off!!!

For anyone planning on booking a flight, please don’t use them.

Oh Nathan.....

I couldn't possibly, I am dating.....!