juliet: (music proms)
Obviously the correct chronological order is the other way around, but I saw them backwards; which was interesting! in that I noticed various things in Henry VI that they picked up again in Richard III, whereas I suppose it's supposed to be the other way around. (Also when Richard came on I thought "aw yay!" which I'm pretty sure is *not* supposed to be the response to seeing Shakespeare's Richard :D ) Henry VI normally comes in three parts; this was Parts II and III squashed together into 3h20, including two intervals.

Note: I don't think 'spoilers' is exactly a thing in this context, but if you were intending to watch either of these in the week or so before they close (WHICH I HIGHLY RECOMMEND if you can), and you prefer not to read in advance about production choices, perhaps don't read these somewhat rambly observations.

tl;dr bloody (very bloody) great )
juliet: Part of a Pollock artwork in the Tate (art - pollock)
On Tuesday P & I went to see Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge (which is conveniently a 15 min walk from me, now they've re-opened the St Saviour's footbridge), and it was AWESOME.

(Note: I don't think 'spoilers' really apply for a 400+ year old play, but I'm going to talk about staging details & at least one significant script decision & so on, so if you are going to see it and want to come to that stuff fresh, don't read on.)

tldr: loved it )

Overall though it just felt really fun, and immersive (even from the seats), and magical. As they got to the last few speeches I found myself feeling genuinely sad that I was going to have to leave this place they'd created -- and it did feel like leaving, not just sadness that the story was coming to an end. I'd very happily go back again (I mean, I probably won't, because time & money are constraints and there's lots of theatre to see, but I would).

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