As Debbie has already mentioned on her blog, we saw the Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) on Saturday. It was hilarious and wonderful. I am now sorely tempted to see it again, though at $50 a ticket that'd be an expensive second viewing. Maybe I'll have to content myself with seeing it next time it's performed in a city I'm in, possibly with a different cast or in a different theatre.
It was incredibly fun, and very impressive. I thought that the humour in Romeo and Juliet was outstanding, as was the beat-box version of Othello. I just wish I had a more accurate memory, and was able to absorb comedy at the breakneck pace of the show. It was a little like Eddie Izzard in that respect - so much mad-cap fast paced comedy that it kind of overwhelms your brain after a while. I'm sure that there were great jokes that I missed or can't remember, due to laughing too hard.
Celebratory birthday curry was also excellent, with a smallish group of close friends and family. It was nice to have an inclusive group of people at dinner, but be sitting in the 'family section'. It sounded like everyone was having fun, so I say huzzah!
I have also now listened to all of the Quandary Phase on CD. It is very, very good, and I greatly enjoyed it, but the last sequence with Marvin was perhaps a little too sad for me. Poor Marvin! I don't remember it being quite that sad in the book, though I don't think they changed anything much.
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