It's spring! The sun is finally out and we have a chance to enjoy the best weather England has to offer. Jess and Candace and I went into London on Wednesday to start crossing things off of our list. We started with a visit to the Tate Modern (but I still only saw one floor! Must go back). Then Candace got her ear pierced at Camden which was pretty exciting (don't worry, it was a very clean place). We had some Yuforia at Covent Garden and then made it to King's Cross Station to take a dorky picture at Platform 9 3/4. Lame, but totally worth it :-)
Then Candace and I met up with some of the Arcadia group for a send-off tea party. It was at a nice place in St. Pancras Station. We were spoiled with trays of food and deelish Darjeeling tea.
We had some time to kill so we walked from Russell Square to the theatre where Jessica and I had tickets to see "ENRON". We had heard good things about it and were especially interested in seeing it, knowing how quickly it closed on Broadway. I think its premature closing had something to do with Ben Brantley's review, but also the content maybe just didn't settle well with American audiences. I can see how it is such a hit here though. I personally thought it was brilliant. It was just the right balance of spectacle and deliberate content. I appreciated many moments, including the blind mice opening and a beautiful choreographed trading floor hand signal sequence. I do admit, however, there were a few unsettling moments in the second act that may have gone a bit over the top. All in all, I think it is a very important piece - a good representation of what political satire can be today.
Thursday and Friday were taken up by Summer Cabaret Rehearsals in preparation for a grueling 5 performances. Yesterday we had an all day rehearsal and then an evening performance. It doesn't seem as prepared as some other shows I've been in, but there's something very exciting about throwing it all together doing the best we can do. I think it's turned out to be a pretty great show after all. Now we've got 2 performances today, and then Monday and Tuesday as well. I'll keep posting about Summer Cabaret as we go along.
I am a rising senior at Sarah Lawrence College.
This blog is about my yearlong study abroad experience. I traveled to Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, England, Scotland, and The Netherlands. I studied at Accademia dell'Arte and Royal Holloway University of London.
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