Violet and the 10K run
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smallhobbitApologies for any confusion which might have been caused by yesterday's post - it was TD (The Daughter) who ran the 10K not her long-suffering mother (me!)
TD had had a similar problem to me in finding something for us to go and see, and in the end chose Violet, which was one at the Charing Cross Theatre. By strange co-incidence, this was very close to the theatre I'd been to the previous night.
And equally strangely, this was also musical theatre, although this time there were some spoken words, along with the songs. The music was written by Jeanine Tesori the same composer who wrote the music for Caroline, or Change and the play is set in 1964 on a Greyhound bus going from North Carolina to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
It was another interesting story - Violet is travelling from her home to Tulsa, where she hopes a television preacher will heal her disfiguring facial scar. Along the way she meets various other travellers and develops a relationship with some of them.
I enjoyed it, but preferred Caroline, or Change, which had a broader plot and the music seemed to flow slightly more naturally. But both were good.
Before and after pics of TD on the Sunday. It was the Cancer Research 10K Winter Run - 18,500 runners through the centre of London.
TD had had a similar problem to me in finding something for us to go and see, and in the end chose Violet, which was one at the Charing Cross Theatre. By strange co-incidence, this was very close to the theatre I'd been to the previous night.
And equally strangely, this was also musical theatre, although this time there were some spoken words, along with the songs. The music was written by Jeanine Tesori the same composer who wrote the music for Caroline, or Change and the play is set in 1964 on a Greyhound bus going from North Carolina to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
It was another interesting story - Violet is travelling from her home to Tulsa, where she hopes a television preacher will heal her disfiguring facial scar. Along the way she meets various other travellers and develops a relationship with some of them.
I enjoyed it, but preferred Caroline, or Change, which had a broader plot and the music seemed to flow slightly more naturally. But both were good.
Before and after pics of TD on the Sunday. It was the Cancer Research 10K Winter Run - 18,500 runners through the centre of London.
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Date: 2019-02-05 08:40 pm (UTC)Congrats to TD on finishing the race!
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Date: 2019-02-05 09:04 pm (UTC)She did well - a few seconds under 1 hour 15, so she was happy.
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Date: 2019-02-06 01:32 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-02-06 03:53 am (UTC)Congrats to TD on finishing! (And apologies for being dense and not immediately understanding you were the "mum" and not the daughter in the conversation!)
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Date: 2019-02-06 08:42 am (UTC)Thank you. My mother is in a care home and would be completely mystified by any comment like that - remembers Edward VIII's abdication (1936) perfectly, hasn't a clue about days of the week.
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Date: 2019-02-06 10:02 pm (UTC)Violet sounds interesting, especially since I live in Tulsa. :)
If I get a chance I'll try to see it.
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Date: 2019-02-06 10:22 pm (UTC)It's a good musical play - I have limited knowledge of that period, I imagine you would find it interesting.
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Date: 2019-02-07 06:02 pm (UTC)I am amazed and impressed at how many plays/concerts/etc. you manage to attend!
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Date: 2019-02-07 08:30 pm (UTC)Going to plays is my favourite activity, so is the one I really put an effort into doing.
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Date: 2019-02-09 03:57 am (UTC)Great you could see another play and the coincidence of the same composer was weird! But that's the way things happen sometimes. I'm glad you did enjoy both of them.
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Date: 2019-02-09 09:48 am (UTC)I'm glad I wasn't aware it was the same composer when I heard it, otherwise I'm sure I would have been comparing the two productions, even if not deliberately.
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Date: 2019-02-10 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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