Peter, Bill, Tim, and Curtis outside the National Theatre at the beginning of the snow storm after the production of Oedipus with Ralph Fiennes.
Tuesday before we went to see Oedipus at the National Theatre it started sleeting. By the time we got out of the show it was snowing and the ground was very slushy. It was the first time since 1934 that London got show in October. With the banks in trouble here one out of every five pubs are starting to close! What are the Brits going to do?
My class with the British students from Rose Bruford went very well on Tuesday. We had some really interesting discussions on The Laramie Project. The Saint Mary's students had a great acting class with Lucy who worked with them on dialects. Now they all sound like me!!!! Tony James, their acting teacher is in the States right now.
Most of us did not like the production of West Side Story at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Monday night. The choreography was great and some of the actors were good. Others not so good! Pretty mixed reviews. Tonight we saw Harold Pinter's No Man's Land with Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in Harry Potter) and David Walliams who is in the T.V. show Little Britian that has just premiered in the United States. Very good show. They really brought out the humor in the piece that you do not get from reading it. We should have good discussions next week in the Page to Stage class. Tonight was also the Primiere of the new James Bond movie...Judi Dench was there with Daniel Craig and Princes William and Harry! Somehow we didn't get invited to the 1 million pound after party! Oh, well!
All of the students are travelling starting tomorrow. Curtis and Bill are heading to Madrid, Tim, Mary, Peter, and Shannon are going to Ireland, and Dani, Michelle, Bern, Ali, Amber, Caitlin and Tommy are going to Paris. I have called all the foreign embassies to give them a warning!!! Joe is staying in London to enjoy peace and quiet and attend fringe shows!
The video of Raising Cane II is finished and will be posted on the blog the beginning of the week after the students return from travelling. However, it is posted on Facebook it you can find it. Blenheim Palace will never be the same! We are watching the progress of the election very closely over here.
Bill panhandling outside the Duke of York Theatre tonight to get money for his trip to Spain!
No Man's Land. Can you spot the two Harry Potter actors.
Caitlin, Ali, Bern, Dani waiting outside the Duke of York Theatre
JM - Nice scarf isn't it?
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Great!!! I am glad I can keep you warm Gary. your wearing my it because you miss me!!!
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