.......so it is..........it was certainly a good idea to take the wellies. we have our first set of Festival visitors in the shape of Wendy and Helen who arrived yesterday, but they don't seem particularly interested in the culture side of things and have gone off to Aberlady...........
...........off to OSP on Friday to support our local Fringe show........"Murder in the Cathedral" with Richard Holloway as the Bish.............they made a very good fist of it, i agree with Ross that it is a bit wordy and i realised i hadn't a clue what the whole Thomas Becket thing was about so had to come home and look him up on Wikipedia. bu the play poses an question which had already come up at Gene's talk..............about knowing whether what's driving you is really "God's will" or pride - in Becket's case the spiritual pride of deliberately seeking martyrdom in putting himself on a collision course with the King. don't suppose you can ever know really................
..........last night back to the "Two Widows"...............Festival Theatre almost full, we took Carol along and were away up in the Gods............hearing it again confirmed my impression that it's really nice music, although the second act is weak compared to the first. Jane sounded lovely but the little Kiwi soprano failed to hit her top note again so obviously wasn't just having a bad day at the rehearsal. the chorus were vastly improved even if the dancing was still a bit leaden............a good time was had by all and we bumped into Gail and Rachel on the way home, gazing mystified into Old College and wondering what was going on in there. some surreal open-air "experience" no doubt............
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