I found my way to Tescos (like Coles) this morning, finally stocking up on the fruit and veg I've been craving. I did not inspect the aisles thoroughly on this visit as I had plans to get to RADA. The discoveries of UK food delights wil have to wait.
So I arrived at the prestigious Academy (so excited, I forgot to take a photo), greeted by the very friendly and helpful course co-ordinator, Sally. She chatted to me about what to expect, stressing NOT to stress about performing a monologue on the first morning of the course. Stress and performing monologue do not have to be synonymous do they? Then Sally lead me to the dream RADA library where I pawed over the shelves, but was not allowed to borrow books out. Torture. I have noted the locations of desired books so I can bolt to the library on day one to hoard them.
In the evening, I caught the tube to Embankment and walked up The Strand, past many snuggly pubs and stately theatres- The Adelphi, The Savoy, The Lyceum (homes for big musicals it would seem), selecting the warm-looking Wellington pub for a glass of Chilean merlot and a catch up with school friend, Rebecca whom I hadn't seen in two years or more, four?. Beck had graciously offered me a ticket that an aquaintance of hers could not use, to OrangAid at The Lyceum, a stand-up comedy night in aid of the Sumatran Orangutans. Not only was it a good cause, but to my great delight, Bill Bailey, famed of my favourite comedy series of the moment, Black Books, was the headlining act! Even better, it didn't rain on the way there OR on the way home!! A splendid evening all round. All the comedians were very funny; Kevin Eldon, Simon Amstell, Dave Lohns, Sean Lock and Phil Jupitus, but the highlight for me was Bill Bailey's cockney tribute to the 80's musical legends in a rendition of Hokey Pokey in German, a la Kraftwerk.