London theatre again

I could quite easily copy and paste last week’s entry in all honesty dear reader as this week was much the same. Having said that we did have a day of very localised heavy snow which was fun as that was our one day of location filming (nothing like a challenge).

Snow aside I headed off to London (not quite as planned, but that’s a long story) on Saturday for a new theatre, for all of us, the Menier Chocolate Factory. This week’s show was ‘The Bay at Nice’, a beautifully designed and written four-hander exploring the value of art, relationships and freedom all within the confines of the Soviet Union which made for an interesting setting. It was only 75 minutes, which flew by, with great performances from all the cast, particularly Penelope Wilton who never left the stage. Having arrived early we managed to meet all the cast beforehand who were all delightful, particularly Penelope. The theatre is as the name suggests an old chocolate factory so it made for an interesting space and it was easy to forget we were in London. After, as is tradition, we found somewhere for a pizza, before heading back our respective ways (for a change not that late).

Sunday (see what I mean about last week), was spent in work, finishing things off at the location that had been snowed on during the week. Thankfully it wasn’t too busy or long a day but it was nice to be outside in the Sun so I can’t complain.