Oh, London, how I love you. Just a weekend there is enough to make me want to move back there RIGHT NOW! I had a wonderful time. Weather was lovely, theatre was amazing, I found myself some jeans, and I got to see some of my girls!
And Harriet was right about Niki being incredible in Blood Brothers. Seriously, that voice… Out of this world. When you have a few tears during Easy Terms in the first act you know it’s going to be a tough show, and not surprisingly, by the end I was a sobbing mess. The finale was devastating. And of course, Stephen Palfreman did his part in breaking my heart. There is this one scene, where he’s trying to defend his addiction to tablets to his wife and says that the doctor told him he needs them, and he looks up at the prison guard behind him and asks, "The doctor, he said, didn’t he, he said…" And it just breaks me, that look and the pleading. Curse you, Palfreman!
You know what I have? I have bagels. Sainsbury bagels that were baked yesterday. They were still warm when I got them, and they are so yummy I can’t do them justice. Toasted bagels with feta cheese… Hungry now.
