London Still Rocks!

Tonight , I'm with TAC for The Dirty Thirty - Best of 2026! in which they contract 30 plays into one hour. Showing at the Rosemary Branch Theatre . I've seen this show before , it was good. Well, I had a lovely, late day.. which then turned into one of those days. A new flatmate moved in, with lots of clattering and banging.. Anyway, I decided to try and eat in the pub above which the play happens. So, I took a bus to London Bridge - and lo, just before that, who should get off but a wedding party! First from upstairs came, I guess, the flower girl, in a fluffy little white and pink cape, swiftly followed by the bride, in a long white dress. Very cost-effective travel, I must say - and as the guy beside me remarked, it's nice to see romance isn't dead.. Half an hour's wait for my second bus - now Google Maps told me I had a choice of the #21 or the #141 , which would travel the same route. Yeah.. not quite - they also said I'd be dropped up Baring Street, w...

Tonight , I was with CT - went to see  The Dirty Thirty, Best of 2023 , at the  Rosemary Branch Theatre . Honestly, I didn't even know what it was when I booked it - turned out to be a potted version of the best 30 plays of the year! Crikey.. and then my erstwhile companion from  Up in the Cheap Seats  (UITCS) said she'd come too.. I misplaced my glasses as I was getting ready to leave, which delayed me slightly - and there are few more irritating sights than the bus you want, departing from the stop as you're trying to get there. So, another cold wait then, for the next - but the wait to change buses was far worse - it's one of those stops with loads of buses, and bus after bus streamed by as I waited and waited. Ah well, I got to see some cool Christmas lights: They're apparently running a light show on loop on top of the Shard  - this seems to be the snowman: As I waited impatiently, my companion kept calling me - we'd arranged to meet for dinner in the De...