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Storytelling: Beowulf

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Tonight , more storytelling with the Crick Crack Club (CCC) - this was a Story Pick+Mix, with Laura Sampson and Minnie Wilkinson delivering Beowulf , at Next Door at Theatre Deli - an unusually early start, so we could have an interval in what is a long piece. Well, I did my required hours in the office and, work completed, headed out - perfectly in time for the bus ! And as that was the terminus , no problems getting a seat. And just as well I dressed for rain today - it poured on me as I walked the last stretch to Nando's . Where I was most excellently fed - and had time for their delicious choc-a-lot cake. In fact, as I was preparing to leave, the girl at the next table asked me all about it - and I raved about it! Hope she had it, she certainly seemed interested.. A short walk to the venue, where Laura Sampson was pacing up and down outside, having a fag. I got there about 15 minutes early - and they took some care with tonight's sweet display, depicting a treasure...
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Catch-up

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Tonight, I booked with Up in the Cheap Seats (UITCS) - unusually, because lately, most of what I was seeing advertised with them was already sold out - for Stage Kiss , an acting drama, in Hampstead Theatre . But wow.. the friend I was supposed to meet yesterday got in touch; he'd mixed up the days! and wanted to meet this evening instead. And hadn't checked his messages in the meantime, of course. Now, the whole afternoon was thunderstorms and hail showers - I wasn't in the mood to traipse all the way to Hampstead . And I hadn't seen him in years - so I cancelled my poor UITCS companion, who ended up going on his own, and said I'd meet my old school friend instead. The weather was supposed to clear by the time I went out - so I optimistically didn't wear a hood. So, of course, it rained on me.. and as I was approaching a bus stop , I decided to take shelter and see whether a bus was due. And lo, as if on command, there was one , which I promptly took. Now,...
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Pub: The Sun Wharf

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Last night, was thinking of heading to a film - and was thinking of Seven Days in May , with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in an Oscar -nominated thriller about an army colonel (Kirk Douglas) who alerts the president about a planned military coup against him - because he supports nuclear disarmament. Showing in Finsbury Park Picturehouse at 5.30. Then I checked the listings again - and decided on The Sheep Detectives , with Hugh Jackman as the farmer who reads detective stories to his sheep, which then use their learned skills when he is murdered! They are voiced by Patrick Stewart , Chris O' Dowd , and Bryan Cranston , among others . Showing in Peckhamplex . And a couple of people said they might be interested as well. And then.. an old school friend I haven't seen in years messaged to say he'd be in town, yesterday only, and would I like to meet? So that was the final plan for a day that turned out to be the most confusing to plan.. we arranged to meet in ...
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Storytelling: The Grateful & the Dead

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Tonight, more storytelling - this one was from the Crick Crack Club (CCC) again, and was The Grateful & The Dead , with Ben Haggarty , in the East Dulwich Tavern - and my sometime companion came too. Part of the Dulwich Festival . I booked a table for beforehand in the pub, as Google Maps recommended it. My bus was diverted - wonderful, I thought, it's headed towards where I want to go, but a more direct way! Yeah, it was.. unfortunately, the terminus is on that route, and that's where my bus journey ended! So I had to walk the rest of the way - and as the beginning of my journey was complicated, I got lost, so it wasn't a time saving at all. And sure enough, as always happens, my companion, who never thinks she'll get there on time, was there before me. Never mind, I made it eventually. It's a large pub on a busy junction - I spotted her and made straight for her, and when I caught someone's eye, I ordered; she already had. And ooh, we had the mos...
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Film: Metropolis

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Yesterday, second day in a row with Meetup , I was back with London Social & Cultural Meetups for a screening of Metropolis at the Genesis Cinema - also advertised with the London European Club and Film, Art and History Matters . . I did manage to get myself up in time - in fact, quite early - and took a couple of buses there. Mind you, Google Maps had me going on one more stop, just so I could have stops that were more closely aligned on either side of the road (I had to head back the way I'd come, slightly). Ridiculous.. you can hardly ever cross the road exactly at the point you want anyway! The bus dropped me right outside the door of the cinema! ..which has a quirky piece of street art outside: ..as well as a list of all the films they're showing cheaply, as part of their birthday celebrations! Inside, I discovered a nice foyer, complete with seating area, socialist bookstall, coffee shop, and box office - and past the ticket check, a cinema counter selling all...
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