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Weekend stuff
May. 12th, 2008 09:20 amFriday: Elayna made a breakthrough, realizing that Dr. Who is simply a better show than The Sarah Jane Adventures. We've actually introduced her to Dr. Who watching three timelines simultaneously (Rose from late Ninth Doctor through the first Christmas Special with the Tenth Doctor, Martha from about her third episode, and Donna from the get-go), and will be starting a fourth one when BBCA starts on the beginning of the Rose timeline this week.
Saturday: Along with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
feste_sylvain and his youngest, shadesong, Elayna, and I caught the HRDC's production of Twelfth Night, which was nothing short of wonderful.
This one moved the setting to '20s Memphis, set fully in the Jazz Age, and featured a live jazz quartet on the stage, as well as some wonderful dancing. They didn't play with gender roles as much as MIT's production did, but they did reinterpret a number of characters (Fabian, Antonio, and Valentine) as female. This was a particularly nifty move with Antonio (now Antonia, actually), making her willingness to follow Sebastian the result of romantic, not platonic, affection.
Of course, any production of Twelfth Night lives or dies on the comedy, and the players were more than up for it. Maria was wonderfully coquettish, Andrew was fey (which is not my preference for the character -- I prefer the bombastic oafs in this role -- but he did a nice job nonetheless), Malvolio was boorish (at first) and ludicrous (later), and Toby was rakish and hysterical. Feste was played as a '20s era clown, complete with makeup, and was also a blast (and did a great job singing, as well). The direction of some of the scenes -- particularly the one in which Toby, Andrew, and Fabian spy upon Malvolio -- was top notch.
We also ate lunch at Wagamama, and spent some time browsing at Tokyo Kid and Newbury Comics.
Sunday: Mother's Day. We got 'song a three-month subscription to the Shiny of the Month Club, and Elayna tried to get her a gift in Gaia (which is having gift-giving issues, alas). Elayna also cleaned her room and did the dishes, which might mean she's been replaced by a pod person. We also hit the library and grabbed lunch at The Crown Cafe.
Today: Server upgrade day! Yay, stress!
Saturday: Along with
feste_sylvain and his youngest, shadesong, Elayna, and I caught the HRDC's production of Twelfth Night, which was nothing short of wonderful.This one moved the setting to '20s Memphis, set fully in the Jazz Age, and featured a live jazz quartet on the stage, as well as some wonderful dancing. They didn't play with gender roles as much as MIT's production did, but they did reinterpret a number of characters (Fabian, Antonio, and Valentine) as female. This was a particularly nifty move with Antonio (now Antonia, actually), making her willingness to follow Sebastian the result of romantic, not platonic, affection.
Of course, any production of Twelfth Night lives or dies on the comedy, and the players were more than up for it. Maria was wonderfully coquettish, Andrew was fey (which is not my preference for the character -- I prefer the bombastic oafs in this role -- but he did a nice job nonetheless), Malvolio was boorish (at first) and ludicrous (later), and Toby was rakish and hysterical. Feste was played as a '20s era clown, complete with makeup, and was also a blast (and did a great job singing, as well). The direction of some of the scenes -- particularly the one in which Toby, Andrew, and Fabian spy upon Malvolio -- was top notch.
We also ate lunch at Wagamama, and spent some time browsing at Tokyo Kid and Newbury Comics.
Sunday: Mother's Day. We got 'song a three-month subscription to the Shiny of the Month Club, and Elayna tried to get her a gift in Gaia (which is having gift-giving issues, alas). Elayna also cleaned her room and did the dishes, which might mean she's been replaced by a pod person. We also hit the library and grabbed lunch at The Crown Cafe.
Today: Server upgrade day! Yay, stress!