This ends the first day of my 8 full days in England and Scotland. By invitation of the British Council, I am on my way to the Edinburgh Showcase hosted by the Council as part of the Edinburgh International and Fringe Festivals. Arriving very late last night, today was intended to give me a much needed day to get over jetlag and get some business done in London. I'm not so much of a workaholic that I don't know how to enjoy a day in London. And after a very productive afternoon (the morning was lost to jetlag) I started off enjoying a night in the West End - London's equivalent to Broadway. I get to New York at least a couple/few times per year but seeing Edison-style shows leaves me very few opportunities to see anything actually on Broadway. It seems my varied trips to England have given more "popular" theatre experiences than all my trips to New York. So tonight, at long last, I have finally seen "Avenue Q."
Now for anyone who knows me (and apologies to anyone who has ever set anywhere near me in the theatre) you know I have a rather large and distinctive laugh, or set of sounds that are generally attributed to laughter. Fortunately I had the foresight to apologize to the patrons on either side of me in advance. From the glances I immediately received from everyone else surrounding me at the very onset of intermission, it was clear that I should have cast that net much larger earlier in the evening. To say the least, I enjoyed the show immensely. I knew all of the music going in from cast recordings. Seeing the full show added so much more to my full appreciation of the writers of this show.
With the certainty that the next week will provide me with many less enjoyable theatre experiences, I'm glad I took this chance to just laugh myself silly. The Edinburgh experience is always worthwhile, but not all that glistens is gold and many of the offerings in Edinburgh are either not to my taste or simply god-awful.
Off to a good night's sleep prior to my train ride to Edinburgh and more exciting theatre offerings.x
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