10th January
Exams, Romeo & Juliet and current news here we go! :D
So, I know my updates aren't particularly close together any more, but give the small amount of time I have to myself to actually write these updates, I think it's amazing that I'm even updating at all.
So, anyway, in one of my last updates I think I mentioned that I was going to see Romeo and Juliet performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, and that went ahead on Thursday night, so I can update about it here. Firstly, though, Thursday was also the day of my first General Studies exams (one and two, both an hour and fifteen minutes long - so we were under exam conditions for two and a half hours). They had to move the exam forward for half an hour so that we could sit the exam before going on the trip to see R&J performed (because there were a lot of sixth formers on the trip), so we started at 1:30 and finished at 4pm. The exam was easier than I thought it would be, but that doesn't make Monday look good - they'll probably make it harder just to spite us, and that's the Maths and Science paper. Oops.
Anyway, as soon as the exam had finished we all had to rush out to our coach, and then travel to Startford. The show was due to start at 7:15, and we got there at 6:45, so we had plenty of time to wander around Stratford town. We (Sarah, Becky, Georgie and Hannah) went into Sainsbury's, bought some sweets and chocolate brownies, and then headed to the theatre. We were in the Courtyard Theatre because both the Swan and the other one are undergoing renovation at the moment. It's a nice theatre, though.
We arrived there at about 6:30, and so wandered around the gift shop for the rest of the time. I bought a pencil which says "2B or not 2B" on the side - I thought it was rather funny - and a programme. Then, when the teachers started to arrive we went and stood outside. There was a momentary panic when we realised that the teacher who had our tickets had not yet arrived (and this was literally two minutes before the show was due to start), but she arrived just in time, gave us our tickets and we went into the theatre. Sarah, Becky, Georgie, Hannah and I had seats in the stalls, on row C. We were so close to the stage (one of the round horse-shoe type traditional Shakespearian stages) we could see the actors really well. Some of the drama students were up in the circle, which looked pretty cool too.
The show was awesome. Romeo could have cried for England; the way he could turn his tears on and off was pretty damn awesome, and the setting was 1940's, so all the costumes were pretty damn sweet. All sombre colours, red lipstick and neat hair, haha. Benvolio was damn hot. I seemed to be the only one who found the dirty jokes funny - possibly because I was the only one to understand them - and a great source of amusement all night was the fact that the actors were spitting like camels. XD Because of the lighting, and the fact that they didn't have microphones and so had to talk really loudly, meant that you could really see the fact that the actors were all spitting at each other. In fact, one actor even managed to spit when he wasn't talking! It was pretty damn hilarious, especially when Romeo could be seen to fire this great GOB of spit into the air. We could see it on the stage for ages afterwards.
Mercutio was fantastic, and we were all GUTTED when he died. Peter, the comedian of the show, was adorable. I loved him, especially when he burst into great sobs. It was so exaggerated, it was awesome. Romeo was good, but he didn't show too much emotion in his eyes. Juliet was alright, though the death scene was over a little too quickly for my taste, and she wasn't really that dramatic. Bah, I loved the whole show.
It was clever, as well, how they did the whole show with such limited props. Basically, all they had was a bed which they wheeled on for Juliet's bedroom scenes (and which they walled off with a cage-like thing for the death scene in the mausoleum), some knives, some bar stools and the costumes. Very clever. :)
Afterwards, we swiped some of the confetti from the stage (like the geeks we are) and went to go and stand outside. We were all buzzing, but we got even more excited when we saw Benvolio (Daniel Percival) cutting through the crowd. Like the crazy fan girls we are we squealed, and ran after him. We managed to get him to stop, and then we got him to sign our programmes. Omg. It was EPIC. XD Two teachers caught up with us asked "Why have you stopped?" saw Daniel and were like "Ooooh, okay. We'll meet you at the coach". LOL. It was wonderful.
We then headed back to the coach, still buzzing with excitement, and headed home. We didn't get back home until about half twelve, so at school yesterday I was practically dead. Never mind, though, it was worth it.
Annnnyway. Other news...
OMG YEAH. Tonight I booked tickets for Wicked again. I'm going with my sister and Becky on May 9th, for the 7:30 performance. You know what that means? :OOOO
I'LL BE THERE FOR KERRY'S LAST SHOW! Holy shit, it's going to be awesome. We'll go down to London in the morning, shop during the day and then see the show. I reckon it'll be pretty cool. Especially because Becky hasn't seen Wicked before - I'm not even sure if she's been to the West End before... I'm already looking forward to it.
Also, because I feel guilty about not blogging about writing for a while, I've been getting some really good feedback from somebody on FictionPress. I started writing a new story randomly (something I can just write on for the shits and giggles while doing exams) where I'm rewriting the story of Sleeping Beauty, and this person really liked it. Since they read that they've been giving me really positive feedback on a lot of my pieces of work that are posted on there, so I'm pretty pleased with that.
Other than that, I have little to report. Exams are taking over my life, as they do twice a year, so I'd better go and do some revision, since other than buy birthday presents and spend three hours playing pool with Alex, Joe and her friends today, I haven't done anything productive - and I've done nothing to do with school... >_>;
So, I know my updates aren't particularly close together any more, but give the small amount of time I have to myself to actually write these updates, I think it's amazing that I'm even updating at all.
So, anyway, in one of my last updates I think I mentioned that I was going to see Romeo and Juliet performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, and that went ahead on Thursday night, so I can update about it here. Firstly, though, Thursday was also the day of my first General Studies exams (one and two, both an hour and fifteen minutes long - so we were under exam conditions for two and a half hours). They had to move the exam forward for half an hour so that we could sit the exam before going on the trip to see R&J performed (because there were a lot of sixth formers on the trip), so we started at 1:30 and finished at 4pm. The exam was easier than I thought it would be, but that doesn't make Monday look good - they'll probably make it harder just to spite us, and that's the Maths and Science paper. Oops.
Anyway, as soon as the exam had finished we all had to rush out to our coach, and then travel to Startford. The show was due to start at 7:15, and we got there at 6:45, so we had plenty of time to wander around Stratford town. We (Sarah, Becky, Georgie and Hannah) went into Sainsbury's, bought some sweets and chocolate brownies, and then headed to the theatre. We were in the Courtyard Theatre because both the Swan and the other one are undergoing renovation at the moment. It's a nice theatre, though.
We arrived there at about 6:30, and so wandered around the gift shop for the rest of the time. I bought a pencil which says "2B or not 2B" on the side - I thought it was rather funny - and a programme. Then, when the teachers started to arrive we went and stood outside. There was a momentary panic when we realised that the teacher who had our tickets had not yet arrived (and this was literally two minutes before the show was due to start), but she arrived just in time, gave us our tickets and we went into the theatre. Sarah, Becky, Georgie, Hannah and I had seats in the stalls, on row C. We were so close to the stage (one of the round horse-shoe type traditional Shakespearian stages) we could see the actors really well. Some of the drama students were up in the circle, which looked pretty cool too.
The show was awesome. Romeo could have cried for England; the way he could turn his tears on and off was pretty damn awesome, and the setting was 1940's, so all the costumes were pretty damn sweet. All sombre colours, red lipstick and neat hair, haha. Benvolio was damn hot. I seemed to be the only one who found the dirty jokes funny - possibly because I was the only one to understand them - and a great source of amusement all night was the fact that the actors were spitting like camels. XD Because of the lighting, and the fact that they didn't have microphones and so had to talk really loudly, meant that you could really see the fact that the actors were all spitting at each other. In fact, one actor even managed to spit when he wasn't talking! It was pretty damn hilarious, especially when Romeo could be seen to fire this great GOB of spit into the air. We could see it on the stage for ages afterwards.
Mercutio was fantastic, and we were all GUTTED when he died. Peter, the comedian of the show, was adorable. I loved him, especially when he burst into great sobs. It was so exaggerated, it was awesome. Romeo was good, but he didn't show too much emotion in his eyes. Juliet was alright, though the death scene was over a little too quickly for my taste, and she wasn't really that dramatic. Bah, I loved the whole show.
It was clever, as well, how they did the whole show with such limited props. Basically, all they had was a bed which they wheeled on for Juliet's bedroom scenes (and which they walled off with a cage-like thing for the death scene in the mausoleum), some knives, some bar stools and the costumes. Very clever. :)
Afterwards, we swiped some of the confetti from the stage (like the geeks we are) and went to go and stand outside. We were all buzzing, but we got even more excited when we saw Benvolio (Daniel Percival) cutting through the crowd. Like the crazy fan girls we are we squealed, and ran after him. We managed to get him to stop, and then we got him to sign our programmes. Omg. It was EPIC. XD Two teachers caught up with us asked "Why have you stopped?" saw Daniel and were like "Ooooh, okay. We'll meet you at the coach". LOL. It was wonderful.
We then headed back to the coach, still buzzing with excitement, and headed home. We didn't get back home until about half twelve, so at school yesterday I was practically dead. Never mind, though, it was worth it.
Annnnyway. Other news...
OMG YEAH. Tonight I booked tickets for Wicked again. I'm going with my sister and Becky on May 9th, for the 7:30 performance. You know what that means? :OOOO
I'LL BE THERE FOR KERRY'S LAST SHOW! Holy shit, it's going to be awesome. We'll go down to London in the morning, shop during the day and then see the show. I reckon it'll be pretty cool. Especially because Becky hasn't seen Wicked before - I'm not even sure if she's been to the West End before... I'm already looking forward to it.
Also, because I feel guilty about not blogging about writing for a while, I've been getting some really good feedback from somebody on FictionPress. I started writing a new story randomly (something I can just write on for the shits and giggles while doing exams) where I'm rewriting the story of Sleeping Beauty, and this person really liked it. Since they read that they've been giving me really positive feedback on a lot of my pieces of work that are posted on there, so I'm pretty pleased with that.
Other than that, I have little to report. Exams are taking over my life, as they do twice a year, so I'd better go and do some revision, since other than buy birthday presents and spend three hours playing pool with Alex, Joe and her friends today, I haven't done anything productive - and I've done nothing to do with school... >_>;
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