Into The Woods…superb. We were fortunate to have the best seats for the Press night at Regents Park open air theatre on Monday. With the remnants of man-flu, parked the car and took the train from Weybridge thinking it wouldn’t rain…met up with Emily at Baker Street and had a voucher meal for two for £10 sitting outside for a delicious Italian…then an easy relaxed walk through the park.
I do feel inspired to paint because the performance and the natural stage set…trees…took us into another world. The bar was packed at the interval so despite the dark chilled air I stopped hugging Emily for warmth and bought us ice cream which helped to raise my temperature a little. I kicked something on the concrete floor and found a rather nice brooch. Alison Steadman, the actress, returned to her seat next to me and was very grateful as the brooch was a special gift to her from many years ago.
The evening was rainless and magical.
We left the private party early to catch the last train and were in bed just after 1am and up again at 6am to give Emily a lift to the station…I was knackere* but Emily does this every day…unbelievable. She’s working on Crapp’s last tapes with Michael Gambon and other plays…and I’m digging a pond through concrete for a client…oh the glamour…painting will have to wait.
I’m not placing new work on my website…it’s been a while since I last updated the artwork…and that is so not important to me. I don’t feel I’m depriving anyone of anything…I’m just creating for me.
I’m striking a balance and it seems to be working…
