Where are you going tonight?

[P.O.S.]

haha certainly not! In fact, the queue was absolutely packed with United fans I didn't see a single City fan in the 5 hours I was there. All of them going on about blagging tickets for the derby today (which I cant seem to find a link for on Iraqgoals by the way), the way some of them were going on about previous games they've been to you'd think they'd never paid for a match ticket in their lives

[thebish]

haha certainly not! In fact, the queue was absolutely packed with United fans I didn't see a single City fan in the 5 hours I was there. All of them going on about blagging tickets for the derby today (which I cant seem to find a link for on Iraqgoals by the way), the way some of them were going on about previous games they've been to you'd think they'd never paid for a match ticket in their lives

they're citeh blue and they have Manchester written on them!

[P.O.S.]

They were originally made to celebrate the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, the colourway is coincidental I'm sure! Besides, they're fetching a fortune on ebay so they can be pink and purple for all I care!

[thebish]

They were originally made to celebrate the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, the colourway is coincidental I'm sure! Besides, they're fetching a fortune on ebay so they can be pink and purple for all I care!

have you bought them as an investment?

[P.O.S.]

Gonna wear them round the flat a bit with tags still on and see how much I want to keep them for myself! If I lock them away for a good few months they'll be worth a small fortune, even more so if I had the patience to keep hold of them for years but it's not going to happen. Some lads on a forum I go on now and again still have boxed/tagged shoes and trainers from the late 80's early 90's, it's not for me that game!

[jimbo]

Nice one! Want to see what all the fuss is about!

I'm off to play cricket in the sun and then to see James tonight. Nice that.

Where are you playing today Jim? Sunny days take me back to when I was playing, so make the most of it mate.

Off to Formby. Strange ground where half of the outfield at one end is astroturf making it fairly quick. We played a warm up match on Thursday and the pitch was rock hard making a change from those typical April green tops!

But us bowlers need them early in the season

Played on a lot of grounds in the Liverpool and District over the years, don't remember having played at Formby though.

Easy win yesterday. They batted like it was a proper April track getting themselves in all kinds of trouble at 40-6. Recovered to 150 which we knocked off after an early stutter. Nice start.

James was unbelievably good as well. What a day!

[William the White]

Octagon tonight. Comedians. Looking forward to it.

I'm going to go anyway, but would of course welcome your take on it, William.

Opinion divided in our house.

The four of us united on the quality of the acting, which is stunningly good.

I and partner think the play remains a powerful play of ideas.

Daughter and her partner think the play is dated.

The climactic moment that ends Act 2 I think is stunning - partner and daughter think puzzling - daughter's partner thinks bollocks.

Would go into the argument more but don't want to introduce spoilers. I'll be interested in your take on it.

[Bruce Rioja]

Octagon tonight. Comedians. Looking forward to it.

I'm going to go anyway, but would of course welcome your take on it, William.

Opinion divided in our house.

The four of us united on the quality of the acting, which is stunningly good.

I and partner think the play remains a powerful play of ideas.

Daughter and her partner think the play is dated.

The climactic moment that ends Act 2 I think is stunning - partner and daughter think puzzling - daughter's partner thinks bollocks.

Would go into the argument more but don't want to introduce spoilers. I'll be interested in your take on it.

Hmm - I'm proper intruiged now! Thanks, William - I'll let you know how I get on.

[thebish]

I'm off to the Thames concrete barges to photograph water pipits.... thrill-a-minute eh!

[William the White]

I'm pretty much on board with the Bolton News' critic's review - well written, thoughtful, accurate...


http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/leisure/ ... _the_best/

And, as with every production of this - so far - utterly engaging season the acting is very, very good... One of the bonuses of getting a famous director on board is that good actors really want to work with him...

[Bruce Rioja]

I'm off to the Thames concrete barges to photograph water pipits.... thrill-a-minute eh!

We await your Sparrow photo's.

[thebish]

I'm off to the Thames concrete barges to photograph water pipits.... thrill-a-minute eh!

We await your Sparrow photo's.

no water pipits - but there were Meadow pipits:



and indeed sparrows!

and even the industrial Thames is gorgeous in the sun...

[CAPSLOCK]

Bed

[farnworth scum]

I went to see the comedians the other night, the acting is really good but i felt like the play hadnt aged well, having two intervals doesnt help either.

[thebish]

tonight I am mostly off to see Sense & Sensibility at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch...

[William the White]

tonight I am mostly off to see Sense & Sensibility at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch...

Bet the frocks were nice...

[thebish]

tonight I am mostly off to see Sense & Sensibility at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch...

Bet the frocks were nice...

It was an avant-garde version set in the 2009 immigrant lesbian Polish plumber community of Hounslow - and they all wore just grey pants....

[William the White]

Are you a long term follwer of the queen's, hornchurch?

What was the name of the woman director there who used to be associate director at Theatr Clywd?

She was excellent when at Clywd - probably 15 years ago or even more.

And Carol Sloman is the resident musical director down there, and worked on And Did Those Feet, and is an Associate Artist at the Octagon, and doing great work. I used to get to the theatre regularly, with former-partner's family in Tunbridge Wells. Architecturally boring but the work often enjoyable.

[thebish]

Are you a long term follwer of the queen's, hornchurch?

What was the name of the woman director there who used to be associate director at Theatr Clywd?

She was excellent when at Clywd - probably 15 years ago or even more.

And Carol Sloman is the resident musical director down there, and worked on And Did Those Feet, and is an Associate Artist at the Octagon, and doing great work. I used to get to the theatre regularly, with former-partner's family in Tunbridge Wells. Architecturally boring but the work often enjoyable.

Marina Caldarone? (currently it's Bob Carlton)

I am only a long-term goer over the last 10 years (since I have lived here) We go with a season ticket - so we sign up to a set of performances in advance without knowing what they are...

you are right - architecturally very depressing - but in our time here it has had some particularly excellent set designers.

it is home to "cut to the chase" - resident actor-musicians (I believe they are the only resident company of actor-musicians in the country - I may be wrong - but it always says summat like that in the programmes!)

It isn't usually ground-breaking drama - but it is full every night and I quite enjoy the idea of seeing the same company (familiar faces) in widely differing roles across a year - some pull it off - others simply play the same part in whatever play they happen to be in! - and, of course, they bring in other faces from around and about (Spikes daughter Jane appears now and again - and Richard O'Brien appeared rather magnificently when they did "The Strippper")

Carol Sloman is still here - and I recently discovered (possibly in a programme?) that she also plays the piano for Julian Clary’s show - Natural Born Mincer. Being resident actor-musicians - they don't waste any opportunity to show off the fact they can all play instruments - and they can all play all the instruments - so during scene changes they often drift around the set in various combinations and offer live music... most ambitious musical thingie I have seen them do was the Hot Mikado.. though the next one is a "musical thriller" called "Camp Horror"....

[William the White]

Are you a long term follwer of the queen's, hornchurch?

What was the name of the woman director there who used to be associate director at Theatr Clywd?

She was excellent when at Clywd - probably 15 years ago or even more.

And Carol Sloman is the resident musical director down there, and worked on And Did Those Feet, and is an Associate Artist at the Octagon, and doing great work. I used to get to the theatre regularly, with former-partner's family in Tunbridge Wells. Architecturally boring but the work often enjoyable.

Marina Caldarone? (currently it's Bob Carlton)

I am only a long-term goer over the last 10 years (since I have lived here) We go with a season ticket - so we sign up to a set of performances in advance without knowing what they are...

you are right - architecturally very depressing - but in our time here it has had some particularly excellent set designers.

it is home to "cut to the chase" - resident actor-musicians (I believe they are the only resident company of actor-musicians in the country - I may be wrong - but it always says summat like that in the programmes!)

It isn't usually ground-breaking drama - but it is full every night and I quite enjoy the idea of seeing the same company (familiar faces) in widely differing roles across a year - some pull it off - others simply play the same part in whatever play they happen to be in! - and, of course, they bring in other faces from around and about (Spikes daughter Jane appears now and again - and Richard O'Brien appeared rather magnificently when they did "The Strippper")

Carol Sloman is still here - and I recently discovered (possibly in a programme?) that she also plays the piano for Julian Clary’s show - Natural Born Mincer. Being resident actor-musicians - they don't waste any opportunity to show off the fact they can all play instruments - and they can all play all the instruments - so during scene changes they often drift around the set in various combinations and offer live music... most ambitious musical thingie I have seen them do was the Hot Mikado.. though the next one is a "musical thriller" called "Camp Horror"....

Yes, Marina Caldarone. Was she there when you first started going? I used to review theatre for The Guardian and saw several of her productions, and rated them.

I've known Bob Carlton's work over the years - unerringly populist - but also often very enjoyable.

Musicians are extraordinary - I've known Carol Sloman for a long time - her husband has acted in several of my plays, and she's composed and md'd a couple also. she's excellent.