I was determined to post on here once a week. I guess I lose…because I’ve not updated anywhere near that often! Life is just crazy over here!
Since last time…

We took a trip to Oxford and Bleinheim Palace. Oxford is gorgeous. I’m now thinking about going to Oxford University to get my masters…we’ll see. Bleinheim Palace is still a private residence, but there are parts open to the public. It is the home of Winston Churchill’s family. The palace was cool, but the gardens were amazing! They still had roses in November and they had a secret garden that was really cool.

I saw The Alchemist at The National Theatre. The set was really cool and the acting was really good, but it was really hard to follow.

I’ve been touring theatres like crazy. We toured the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, The Globe Theatre, and The National Theatre. They were all awesome spaces and all good tours in their own way. For instance: we got to go into a dressing room and onstage at the Haymarket, we got to go onstage and had a workshop in Shakespearean acting at the Globe, and we got to go backstage and into workshops at the National.
One of my classes met with a couple of North American (American and Canadian) students from LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts). It was really cool to hear about things from the actor’s point of view, but it made me even more terrified about what I’m going to do after graduation.

I got up ungodly early on Friday to get tickets to La Boheme at the Royal Opera House. The opera was amazing. Probably one of the best I’ve ever seen.

We then toured the Royal Opera House on Monday. Found out a lot about the history of the theatre. Walked around backstage and into the hats and jewelry department. We even got to see a couple principle dancers from the Royal Ballet rehearsing for Sleeping Beauty.

Yesterday we went to Stonehenge and Bath. Stonehenge was a bunch of rocks…I’ve been there before and it hadn’t really changed…so I guess I wasn’t all that excited about it. Bath was really cool. The Roman Baths were interesting and the city itself was beautiful.

After we got back from Bath, I jumped on the tube and headed over to the Old Vic Theatre to see A Moon For the Misbegotten starring Keven Spacey!!! It was an amazing show. The actors were all spectacular, a couple even outshined Spacey…although I must admit that Spacey’s acting brought me to tears a couple of times!

I just got back from lunchbox theatre at the Bridewell Theatre where we saw two one acts by Christopher Durang. It was pretty good, although I’ve seen both of the pieces they did at NCC before…and I think the ones I’ve seen at North Central were better!

I’m going to see The Lion King tonight and Avenue Q tomorrow. I guess I’m doomed to always live in theatres whether I’m working in one or not!

Cheers!
Macia

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