Saturday, February 17, 2007

More theatre

After the London Eye we stopped at sushi place. The food comes around in little bowls and plates on a conveyor belt. You take off what you want and they add up the plates and bowls at the end for the charge. Different colored plates are different prices.

Then we hoped on a bus toward Picadilly Square. Chris and Jill and picked up tickets for Boeing, Boeing at the Comedy Theatre.

The play was absolutely hysterical. It is a French farce written in the 1960's. This is a rivival. The British translation is spot on. The story is about a french man who has three different fiances all of which are airline hostessses. So he manages because of their different flight schedules.

Of course, that all ends up blowing up. An old friend of his has stopped by and helps with trying to keep the girls from finding out about each other. There is also an older French maid.

Superbly acted and directed, the timing is incredible. There is a scene between the maid and the friend that had me with tears streaming down my face. I thought I was going to have a heart attack from laughing.

Jill and Chris had gone to this amazing cheese shop near the flat and bought a couple of different cheeses, some bread and wine from the wine shop. We went back to the flat and had a little wine and cheese party.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Jeff,
I got a kick out of you laughing so hard at this play. I pictured you laughing and the tears streaming down your face. Ahhhh...a good laugh is always so theraputic!!!
Michele