Gaaaaaaang...
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quinaraUnimportant are my ear travails and bootcamp Spuffy-writing in light of this:
37 Languages, 37 Plays, 1 Theatre: The Globe goes Olympic!
I'm on the Globe mailing list and I just got an email about it (public booking opens on the 17th) - the theatre's inviting thirty-seven international companies to each do one of Shakespeare's plays and putting them all on over the course of six weeks. Intriguing, I thought; how fun. And then I saw this:
For those of you feeling athletic we have a number of tempting ticket offers for you to try, including the "Yard Olympian" - giving you chance to see every production for £100!
And it was like a proper stars in my eyes moment. I want to do it so badly... The logistics don't seem that unsound - I have no idea when my first year report deadline will be, but going up to London once every two days is not actually that infeasible in my position. The train fare would be the kicker, but if they let you put rail cards on season tickets it possibly wouldn't be too bad? Especially with the tickets being so cheap for the plays (yeah, this is standing, but I've done the yard before and it wasn't so terrible - you just need to make sure you have a sturdy waterproof if it looks like rain). As a yardling you don't get the shiny multi-performance rewards, which is a bit of a shame, but I'm not sure it would be worth getting £10 crap-seats just for a drinks reception with no one I'd know and a complete works I could just buy (the memento would be nice, but I'm sure there'll be programmes, and the yard's more fun).
This probably needs mentioning to my supervisor. But, oh, for some reason I just can't stop imagining the end of that six weeks, bone tired from the routine but full to the brim of languages and playness and Shakespeare - I would actually have seen them all! That would be a memory.
My mum's up for Much Ado in French... Anyone fancy the rest?? :P
37 Languages, 37 Plays, 1 Theatre: The Globe goes Olympic!
I'm on the Globe mailing list and I just got an email about it (public booking opens on the 17th) - the theatre's inviting thirty-seven international companies to each do one of Shakespeare's plays and putting them all on over the course of six weeks. Intriguing, I thought; how fun. And then I saw this:
For those of you feeling athletic we have a number of tempting ticket offers for you to try, including the "Yard Olympian" - giving you chance to see every production for £100!
And it was like a proper stars in my eyes moment. I want to do it so badly... The logistics don't seem that unsound - I have no idea when my first year report deadline will be, but going up to London once every two days is not actually that infeasible in my position. The train fare would be the kicker, but if they let you put rail cards on season tickets it possibly wouldn't be too bad? Especially with the tickets being so cheap for the plays (yeah, this is standing, but I've done the yard before and it wasn't so terrible - you just need to make sure you have a sturdy waterproof if it looks like rain). As a yardling you don't get the shiny multi-performance rewards, which is a bit of a shame, but I'm not sure it would be worth getting £10 crap-seats just for a drinks reception with no one I'd know and a complete works I could just buy (the memento would be nice, but I'm sure there'll be programmes, and the yard's more fun).
This probably needs mentioning to my supervisor. But, oh, for some reason I just can't stop imagining the end of that six weeks, bone tired from the routine but full to the brim of languages and playness and Shakespeare - I would actually have seen them all! That would be a memory.
My mum's up for Much Ado in French... Anyone fancy the rest?? :P
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