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.
