I had another fairly busy day today. It was torrentially downpouring this morning on the way to class, which is unfortunate since I hadn't had the chance to get a rain jacket or umbrella yet O.o My sweatshirt is still wet. However, once I got to class it cleared up a bit. Of course.
Today was Theater class. We talked about what shows we're going to be seeing and picked which we would present on. I'm doubling with another girl to talk about 'Betty Blue Eyes' - which is Britain's version of a musical. My teacher said that it's nothing compared to American musicals - they don't have the American dream here. In her words, they have 'the Britich nightmare'. We also talked about the differences in culture and how that effects what plays are written, performed, attended and appreciated in the two countries. It was interesting.
After class I walked to the Waterstone's nearby the Centre - or so I thought. I looked at the map and thought it was just around a few corners, but I walked all the way up a street that changed names half way through before I saw it. I walked past a lot of tourists - they stick out - and what I think is Helena Bonham Carter's house. I'm going to have to check that out again - she's one of my favourite actresses.
When I did get to the book store, I remembered why I had been avoiding the one just up the street - I quickly had four or five books in my hands. I was good though - I limited myself to just one. I went to look at Philippa Gregory's books, thinking about getting The Other Boleyn Girl, when I saw the Diana Gabaldon books. I and my mom really like the Outlander books by her, and I was just going to see if the covers were the same here (I swear!) when I realised that they didn't have the first book. Surprised, I looked closer and saw a book I didn't recognise - Cross Stitch. Wondering what the hell that one was, I picked it up and looked at the back to discover that it was the first book! Being the nerd that I am, the appeal of owning the Britich version was great and, coupled with the fact that they didn't have The Other Boleyn Girl readily available, it quickly triumphed and I bought the book.
On the way back to my room, I finally bought an umbrella so I'm ready for the next rain storm. Which means that one won't come until the last week of classes. But hey, I'll be ready :D
After eating a quick lunch, I decided to start reading for my history class before I went to meet the rest of the theater class to go to the show. This was at 3.30.
Evidently 'reading' meant 'sleeping'. I had set an alarm for 4.50, so when it woke me up I had just enough time to not be able to do anything before we were going to meet. Oops.
On the way to the theater, we discovered that the Circle tube line doesn't actually run in a complete circle - we had to change trains halfway through. Thankfully, we still made it to the theatre in time to have dinner before the show started.
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the production. It was called 'The School of Scandal' and was set in the late 1700s. I may be slightly biased - I LOVE things set in that general timeframe - but I felt the jeans mixed with period dress and the industrial feel of the sets (one girl was even wearing a construction hat the entire time) wasn't the best thing the director could have chosen.
Through the first part, I was watching a character and trying to figure out why he looked so familiar. I couldn't figure it out until one of the girls showed me her programme - it was Dudley Dursley! I was rather excited :D
We made it back fine - it helped that we were able to ask the IES director for directions.
While at the theater, I saw that the London Symphony Orchestra was there. I so hope I can go to see them. I also want to see the Lion King and Wicked, and then my London theater experiences will be complete :]
It's now 1 in the morning and I'm tired, so I'll say good night here.
Till tomorrow,
-Carly
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