It has been a while dear reader since I regaled you with tales of my recent visits out to various Arty Farty type events, of which there have been a fair few lately...So I will try to summarise...
The Saatchi Gallery - The simplest way I can describe this is a large building full of hang ups and hopes loosely based in the wonderful world of contemporary arts, which is neither a short or particularly well constructed sentence. It was, I have to be honest, a rather cold and lifeless experience for me, and though there was some work in there that I really enjoyed, I felt that the space and its atmosphere were a bit stiffling. I suppose when you have been to the Galleries in Paris recently, you will always find anything else slightly less inspiring...
Jim Bob - Was, and occasionally remains, as the lead singer of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - A solo gig at my old haunt; The Bull and Gate in Kentish Town, and a fine evening was had by all...Support act Tim Ten Yen was a revelation to myself and Mrs Plug, and his album has had quite an effect on us. Mr Bob was excellent, and warm and entertaining, and I was relieved that someone who I had held in such high regard turned out to be a genuinely nice bloke.
The Tate Modern - More Modern Art madness, but as it is in such a special place, it works better than The Saatchi...Fell in lots of love with Cy Twombly, who really does lots of scribbling, and the old 6th form me would probably be sneering at the middle aged attractive me for saying it...
Re-Orientations - The Soho Theatre - Amazing Play...just beautifully staged, and wonderfully acted. I can not praise it enough
Coming soon.....
Henry iv part one at the Globe :-)
Blasted - Sarah Kane at The Lyric
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