Spamalot

So yesterday evening, Andrew and I decided to be spontaneous and try to get tickets to see Spamalot. We called the box office and they said they still had tickets left, so we got on the tube and headed over to the West End. After some consultation with my A-Z (pronounced A- Zed) to figure out which direction we needed to be walking in, we found the Palace Theatre where it was playing. We got in line behind some confused foreigners in Members Only jackets and waited for them to get their ticket situation sussed. We were going to try for the £15 nosebleed seats, but Andrew had the stroke of genius of asking if they had a student discount. We ended up getting the best available seats for £20. We ended up having great seats in the second row of the balcony- we could see the pit and were probably a maximum of 30 ft. away from the stage.

The show was amazing- just so funny. Andrew and I are still humming some of the tunes from the show.

Up for this week: tonight is Brahms 3 and Shostakovich 10 with the Berlin Phil. and Simon Rattle, potentially Thursday to see the Olso Phil play Tchaik. 6, Friday to see the London Phil. play Firebird and then after that Martin Frost is playing in Quartet for the end of time.

I think on Sunday we're going to go back to the markets over on the East End and taking Robin with us, since she was sick on Sunday.

Also, here's an email Bill sent us all today:

Dear students,

The ICLC has more or less been challenged to produce a team of fit, athletic, sober 'softballers' next SUNDAY morning for a game against the Hyde Park softballers.Can we get a group together? AS Hyde Park Softball is mostly male, mostly US expats, and mostly over-the-hill, we might have a chance of winning [which we have always failed to do in similar challenges in the past].

There is a sign-up sheet in the entry hall. Can we allow this challenge to go unanswered?


Cheers!