We’ve been extraordinarily fortunate over recent weeks in
seeing no fewer than 4 of the finest pieces of theatre produced in London over
recent times – ‘Jerusalem’, ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ and ‘Hamlet’ and last night
we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary at the National’s ‘She
Stoops to Conquer’ which was a totally joyous experience.
The mood was set by a beautiful if chilly walk in the twilight
down the Thames Path from Tate Modern to the Southbank Centre lit by a huge moon. Sometimes London
just looks fabulous!
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Then on arrival we noticed that one of our occasional cover
teachers, Zoe Rainey, was dance captain and understudy to Katherine Kelly for
the show. Zoe’s a lovely person and we’ve always enjoyed having her with us so
we were delighted for her.
And then the show – funny, carefree, liberated, relaxed and
just plain FUN! Marvellous stuff and perfectly pitched. Go and see it!
By coincidence I think ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ may have been
the first play I ever saw when my dad was in it at Workington Playgoers. I remember
thinking he was pretty darned good but admittedly my critical faculties may not
have been over developed or unbiased at age 7-ish.
I’ll write later about the other three shows we’ve seen as I
think they point to a British theatre scene in very rude health despite of
(because of?) the economic environment.
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