London Still Rocks!

Last night, back with  Up in the Cheap Seats  (UITCS) for  Kindling  in the  Park Theatre . It's a comedy about a group of perimenopausal women who go on a camping trip to scatter their friend's ashes. My companion from Monday went to that too, and we planned on heading to  Palmyra's Kitchen  afterwards. Or before, depending how quickly she got there.. Another thing I had to get the Tube to - both lines I got were packed, and I was standing. At least, on the Victoria Line , I got some air.. albeit lukewarm. My companion said she wouldn't make it till just before showtime - checking the theatre, I discovered (a) that I was the first there of the group, and (b) that the upstairs seating area was taken over by a function. Well, I was hungry, so took myself back to M&S for a sandwich - running into the organiser en route, headed in the other direction, to the theatre. Wouldn't you know it, as I browsed for chocolate to go with the sandwich, I ran in...

This evening, back with  Up in the Cheap Seats  for  How to Fight Loneliness , showing in the  Park Theatre . My companion from the  Swiss  trip came too, and pre-ordered a bottle of wine, for us to share. Tube , it was.. and oh, what a nightmare at that time of the evening. The Jubilee Line - mercifully having recovered from its delay of earlier in the day - was so packed, I had to wait for the second train, and it was a really uncomfortable ride. The Victoria Line , in contrast, was a lot emptier (at least at the ends), and I even got a seat after a couple of stops! Disgorging with relief, I was a few minutes before my companion was supposed to arrive at the theatre, so grabbed a sandwich from the adjacent M&S - once I could find it; really, you'd think they'd put them in front of the door.. Basic ham, bland as cardboard. I was about finished when she messaged to say she was there, wine in hand. I headed up there, to find her in the lobby - which ma...