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catsidheSaw Taming of the Shrew at the Botanic Gardens on Saturday evening.
Parking was horrible, what with the Moonlight Cinema, Taming and a wedding at the Gardens, something on at the Myer Music Bowl, and performances at the new Recital Hall. Oh, and it was Valentine's day. We drove around Birdwood Av twice, and several times saw people in the process of parking in a place which had just been vacated. We ended up at the Arts Center carpark.
During the performance, I discovered that I am not suited for seating in a triclinium. I lay on my side most of the show, and the shoulder on that side is still stiff and sore.
One of the other punters had a T-shirt which I may have been the only other person in the place to be able to get: “Luke,” it read, “is mise d'áthair” (which is “Luke, I am your father”, but in Gaelic).
The performance itself was good, I thought. It is amazing how much the performers must add to the play, the ad-libs and other such things which simply can't be written down, or if they are, lose their power. “I am Petruchio, son of the late Antonio (groin thrust, WOOF!)” My point being, you had to be there. The guy who played Petruchio (who you may know as the guy in the Mitre 10 commercials) is a brilliant comic actor, in my estimation.
Gah. Have to get back to building the image upon which all machines in Engineering are to be based from now on (except for the ones which won't). Classes start in three weeks. No pressure.
Parking was horrible, what with the Moonlight Cinema, Taming and a wedding at the Gardens, something on at the Myer Music Bowl, and performances at the new Recital Hall. Oh, and it was Valentine's day. We drove around Birdwood Av twice, and several times saw people in the process of parking in a place which had just been vacated. We ended up at the Arts Center carpark.
During the performance, I discovered that I am not suited for seating in a triclinium. I lay on my side most of the show, and the shoulder on that side is still stiff and sore.
One of the other punters had a T-shirt which I may have been the only other person in the place to be able to get: “Luke,” it read, “is mise d'áthair” (which is “Luke, I am your father”, but in Gaelic).
The performance itself was good, I thought. It is amazing how much the performers must add to the play, the ad-libs and other such things which simply can't be written down, or if they are, lose their power. “I am Petruchio, son of the late Antonio (groin thrust, WOOF!)” My point being, you had to be there. The guy who played Petruchio (who you may know as the guy in the Mitre 10 commercials) is a brilliant comic actor, in my estimation.
Gah. Have to get back to building the image upon which all machines in Engineering are to be based from now on (except for the ones which won't). Classes start in three weeks. No pressure.
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Date: 2009-02-16 05:40 am (UTC)And yeah, that actor (his name escapes me) is really good with comedy.
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Date: 2009-02-16 06:12 am (UTC)The main stage area in this performance was so that the stage was between the audience and the lake. Puck's final soliloquy was delivered on the move: he started flown above the island, then dropped and he started walking towards the audience... over the water. (I think a walkway just under the surface) then up and into the middle of the audience, and when he delivered the final word “Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends.” — *blink* out went the spot, and every other light beside, and he vanished.
At least, that's how I remember it.
They know how to stage Shakespeare, they do.
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Date: 2009-02-16 07:07 am (UTC)They did an indoor production of Richard III last year that I didn't like, but their outdoor shows are much more interesting.
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Date: 2009-02-16 06:18 am (UTC)2
Date: 2009-02-17 08:30 am (UTC)http://www.unimelb.edu.au/keydates/
-- mpp
Re: 2
Date: 2009-02-17 09:28 am (UTC)Please join me in praying that this is correct... I have this feeling that the extra week may be necessary.
Oh, fuck.
Re: 2
Date: 2009-02-18 07:45 am (UTC)I will tell my 340/440 students not expect anything till week 2... the 440s usually start on the Thursday of week 1.
-- mpp