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Not one single cough, not one. O joy!
Utter hassle of course, crowded tube, covid pass wouldn’t show up on my phone, bag check, blah blah BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT. A brilliant performance. Mannered yes, and I was thinking where is this going but it went exactly where it should, illuminating meaning where possible. I mean nobody understands all of it (do they?) Lighting and sound effects good. In fact I won’t even moan about the price of the ticket anymore. The Row A at the end was good. Maybe they should think about moving the table but he delivered practically all of it right front of stage. He is very good, isn’t he, very good, old Voldemort?
As for the poem - actually somewhat revived in this show. Lots of ‘relevant’ stuff - ‘this twittering world ‘ a gift of course. The prayer for those lost at sea, brought tears to my eyes. Humour, dry, but there discovered in lines I had forgotten.
So I recommend.

Nothing against Cynthia, never heard of her before the show but she is getting a lot of publicity for her own work here. Lucky maybe she is in the right place at the right time but I felt she did not add anything to the critique last time. “Letting go’’ her only advice?

We’ve discussed this ad nauseam in the past. Why on each ticket? Why not adjust price and give discount if bought in person? Why when the internet is set up so that nobody has to DO anything at all? And so on and so on. There is no justification for this service charge at all. At All. 

Yes, went there yesterday. V nice though tbh, it has lost its quirkiness which I liked:  the fact that you had to negotiate little stone steps and a turn to the loos and the cafe. Now the cafe is another bland offering in the space where the shop used to be. Oh, and I guess they will lose some business in the shop because I missed it - it is downstairs now and a lot of people don't like enclosed spaces a la covid and also you don’t need to go through it at all or anywhere near it in fact. Mistake. The rooms all nicely cleaned and repainted; the fab art well placed, the barmaid presides over the room as she should. It was very crowded ‘spose cos just opened. Oh and the lift was out of order so had to go up all…those…steps… Needed oxygen at the top. Honestly, lift not working in first week.



 If you are suggesting a visit could be made after bagging a cheap seat at the Pinter, then yes, possible. 

So in order to bag a cheapie you have to roam about a miserable patch of the West End in the freezing cold for a few hours. So if you don’t know, these are poems you can read at home or even listen a recording of the poet himself read. 

I think £2.25 a tic service charge for telephone bookings is a bit much when you used to have exactly the same service back in the day. Frankly it is taking the proverbial.

I’ve noticed that the booster is now on the NHS app. What on earth do people do if they have no smart devices? Bad enough having to gently guide OH to download the app etc. I’m not a techie ( as we know) so it was a bit of challenge for me but loads of people won’t have any proof of the vaccination unless they apply for letters from the NHS. GPs have it on their records of course so can ask them for proof but this won’t help as it won’t conform to what is required for travel abroad etc. I do think they should have given out recognised cards on vaccination, the little ones not acceptable apparently. Oh well, onward and upward, eh? Just keep well guys. All the rest is dressing…

Sounds like an Agatha Christie.

I loved that place. Went round three times in a row with kids….a nice sit down and rest. 

Good idea. 

The trailer gives us nothing. But looks like it isn’t gonna be a subtle discussion of the reasons behind the plot and the context of post Reformation prejudice, eh?