I'm back! And we're going back - theatre visits July - September 2021

I haven't posted much RL stuff since the original lockdown in February 2020; in spite of a huge amount of feverish at-home activity (free-streaming in the early weeks, the arrival of free-to-view Sky Arts, discovering a number of new-to-me book-series, Persian cuisine in the kitchen etc etc).

But after the (partial) liberation in the summer, we started - cautiously - to return to the newly-opened theatres and cinemas. So here is an official return to normality on LJ/DW ... but then again ... theatregoing is still a new(ish) and stressful experience. I'm going to start this account with a bit of an overview along the lines of ...

How to contend with the COVID-related instructions and restrictions
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So, having got all THAT off my chest, it's on to the reviews proper -

Bach and Sons (Bridge)
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Paradise (National)

Sorry guys - I'm going to have to review this as a separate entry. It really IS that important.


The Windsors: Endgame (Prince of Wales)
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Romeo and Juliet (Globe)
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Dial M for Murder (Churchill, Bromley)
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Churchill, Bromley)
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Next-up - Hamlet starring Cush Jumbo. This one I can't wait for!