Livin' it up in London!: Almost the Real Thing

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Almost the Real Thing

Wow!! I was just checking the CBC Olympics website for my daily update on the action (since I don't get any Olympics coverage on my Indian TV even though there are at least two sports channels (ESPN and StarSports) that only seem to be interested in horseracing and cricket, but I'm not bitter) and when I navigated back to the homepage, it had been updated with Canada's latest medal!!!!! A nice shiny silver medal in the Women's Speed Skating Team Pursuit! It was almost like watching it live on TV...sort of.

Now we have a set of silvers since our men won the silver in the same race. That bumps Canada up from 10th place to 7th in the medal standings. GO TEAM CANADA!!

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Shows I've Seen

2009-03-20 Classical Spectacular, Royal Albert Hall - Over the top show that is a lot of fun with a bit of ballet, opera and cannons thrown in!
2009-01-07 Lost and Found Orchestra - Instruments made out of garbage, like Stomp but not just percussion. Packed with inventive instruments.
2008-12? Imagine This - Entertaining, but I wouldn't pay more than a tenner for it.
2008-12-06 Edward Scissorhands - By Matthew Bourne. Not as good as when I saw his previous dance production, The Nutcracker.
2008-06-17 ***Brief Encounter*** - Soooo good! It was different in an inventive, ingenious, fun way, not in an abstract uncomfortable way. It had silly bits, romantic bits, and artsy bits. Multi-talented cast. The cast even serves you free bun cakes!
2008-05-07 Mamma Mia! - I had doubts about whether I'd like this, but I really did. It was fun, funny and entertaining!
2008-04-23 ***Speed-the-plow*** starring Jeff Goldblum and Kevin Spacey - Hilarious! They fed off each other's energy in a non-stop witty banter, much of it improvised. Amazing to watch! Goldblum was really impressive. He clearly loved being on stage.
2008-01-16 Nutcracker! - My first ballet. This was a modernised stylised version which was very creative and fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and even from the cheap seats, it was captivating.
2008-01-08 Spamalot - This was just okay. It was of course based faithfully on the Monty Python movie Search for the Holy Grail, with a bunch of musical numbers thrown in. Quite cheesy, but the audience seemed to love it.
2008-01-02 Shadowlands - Quite a good play. Well-acted, especially by the male lead and witty dialogue. The second act was a bit sappy though.
2007-10-27 Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart! - Excellent! Seamless. Interesting effects. Sat in the 2nd row!
2007-10-13 Glengarry Glen Ross starring Jonathan Pryce - Excellent acting and good dialogue.
2007-10-10 The Lord of the Rings (musical) - Wonderful sets, but overall, not so great. Only one good song.
2007-10-08 ***Avenue Q*** (musical) - HILARIOUS! Highly recommended for anyone even if you don't like plays or musicals. Anyone would find this really funny! My favourite so far in London.
2007-09-21 The Merchant of Venice in Shakespeare's Globe - Really well done.
2007-09-03 We Will Rock You - So-so. Cheesy. Only for die-hard Queen fans.