Sir Walter Raleigh’s study, within the Bloody Tower at the Tower of London, first struck me as a bit grim for the child in queue ahead of me. It was a gloomy little study, with projections depicting a beheading. There were shrieking winds and a final *Thud* as the axe fell down and the scene …
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May 22: Hadestown
This is a quick post to discuss my viewing of Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre. The tickets were a rushed purchase, but really quite affordable. Aleah and I made our way to the theatre after the day’s walking tour through Leicester Square, arriving with plenty of time to admire the set sans-actors. I’d seen Hadestown …
May 19-21: Moving, Moved, and Motive
Getting to London was more difficult than expected. Storms reigned over every leg of the journey一be they literal, psychological, or emotional. This was for the best, though: by defeating those unavoidable hardships, I felt like I could survive almost anything London might throw at me. In the coach to the Royal National Hotel, I saw …
Theatre in London U of A 