Where are you going tonight?

[CrazyHorse]

A take away and several Strongbow.
Happy New Year folks.

[bobo the clown]

Having "a quiet one" with the Mrs & bobo jnr #1 with paella, lots of wine & Jools Holland.

That'll be just fine.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Both the missus and I have been ill in bed since Christmas Day. I'm having Lemsip and watching the Burj Khalifa pyrotechnics on the t'ínterweb.

Have a good one folks

[Annoyed Grunt]

Round at my sisters, leathered.

[clapton is god]

Just got back from town where we've been doing it gangham style, all 10,000 of us Followed by a rather good firework display.

[Bruce Rioja]

So, last night, as mentioned earlier, I went watching Mica Paris at The Jazz Cafe in Camden. As (the utterly brilliant) Mica Paris is singing away I get talking with this girl at the bar. My question "So what brings you here then?" was met with "To watch my mum sing"!!!!

[General Mannerheim]

Just got back from town where we've been doing it gangham style, all 10,000 of us Followed by a rather good firework display.

[clapton is god]

Just got back from town where we've been doing it gangham style, all 10,000 of us Followed by a rather good firework display.

I couldn't agree more, General, and when my daughter asked if she needed to avoid YouTube for a while I said no, but.....

http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2013-01 ... k-display/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yes, we are on there! Some twonk with an ipad filming it all just in front of us.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Its a bit shit being away from home all week, kindda gets you down but i was talking to a mate last week who reckons im wasting the opportunity of living a single life in one of the best cities in the world! I think he has a point. I just potter about like i would at home, gym, play squash, summat eat, flicks... so ive decided to start trying do summat more interesting at least once a week.

Ive applied for loads of tv show recordings, im dying to see the inside of a tv studio and see how it all happens. I don’t like gigs, i prefer the work of a DJ but to enjoy this sort of fayre i need to be drunk or high or both, and im in at 6.30 every morning so thats out. One idea might be going to see a few plays? Never seen a play, not really sure where to start with this? There are loads of exhibitions all over the place that i need to start taking advantage of, museums too but they tend to close at 5pm. Another option is comedy. This seems to be favourite and easy to arrange. Have already been to a pre-run of Live at the Electric where Russell Kane turned up and did a turn, he was quality. And tonight its new material night at the comedy bar in Islington, so that should be good. Another other ideas welcome?

General, I've just seen this for the first time whilst looking for something else.

How are you getting on with this? Are you still in London all week in 2013? My mrs went to drama school down here and so is well connected for cheap tickets for plays etc if this is something you still fancy.

[General Mannerheim]

well yes im back here today but the project is due to complete very soon so things are kind of up in the air atm. Definitely interested in getting to a few plays though while im still here!

[CAPSLOCK]

Not tonight, but last Saturday

La Tama in Ainsworth

If theres better food around, let me know

Cos its still as good as it was 25 years ago

Be a big miss when they sell it, soon

[General Mannerheim]

Not tonight, but last Saturday

La Tama in Ainsworth

If theres better food around, let me know

Cos its still as good as it was 25 years ago

Be a big miss when they sell it, soon

you tried Next Door in Tottington? similar sort of dilly - set menu, byob etc. ive always been completely spannered whenever ive been but they say its very very good. http://www.thenextdoor.co.uk/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Harry Genshaw]

Not tonight, but last Saturday

La Tama in Ainsworth

If theres better food around, let me know

Cos its still as good as it was 25 years ago

Be a big miss when they sell it, soon

What kind of stuff do they do CAPS? Prices?
I've driven past there so many times and know a few folk over that way but I've never heard of anyone going there

[General Mannerheim]

Been up west to see Les Miserables.

How have I gone 32yrs without seeing that!? I thought it was astonishing.

[Prufrock]

Did the random singing not do your head in? Because, I must be wrong about musicals. Some of them at least. I mean, I know Cats is shit, and West Side Story, but I think Les Mis, being Victor and all, must be one I could like. Worth the 50 notes?

[General Mannerheim]

Did the random singing not do your head in? Because, I must be wrong about musicals. Some of them at least. I mean, I know Cats is shit, and West Side Story, but I think Les Mis, being Victor and all, must be one I could like. Worth the 50 notes?

well we turned up on the off chance but it was sold out so got in the queue for potential returns and eventually got in for £65 each! (27 years running and its still packed out on a Monday night in friggin January!) more than i’d anticipated paying but once your there n’that youre kindda locked in, we turned down a pair @ £85 earlier... we had cracking seats, and id pay it again tbh.

The random singing isn’t really random given that the entire dialogue is spoken ‘in tune’ which is a bit pointless as it doesn’t always rhyme but the songs were fantastic. its a musical so you know what to expect. The girl who played Eponine was my favourite (she was fit too) and Monsieur Thenardier was brilliant as well, they bring a bit of humour to the show. I just thought it was great. the singing, acting, costumes, set, atmosphere, orchestra. Everything about it.

[CAPSLOCK]

Not tonight, but last Saturday

La Tama in Ainsworth

If theres better food around, let me know

Cos its still as good as it was 25 years ago

Be a big miss when they sell it, soon

What kind of stuff do they do CAPS? Prices?
I've driven past there so many times and know a few folk over that way but I've never heard of anyone going there

It aint cheap...not for sleepy Ainsworth - a village dying on it's arse, by the way

Prob about 60 a head, inc drinkies

I had bambi on Saturday, usually stick to daisy but was adventurous

He had pheasant on, too

Its generally traditional/Italian, which is where they are from, but they've been in there the best part of 30 years

Looking to sell now as the trade they had, isn't there any more

They used to have 30 in most lunch times - business lunches off the standard menu

Now they're lucky to open twice a week

He could compromise and run a different type of restaurant, but he's not interested

Duke William is now shut and the White Horse up for sale

Its grim up north Bolton

[General Mannerheim]

Inlaws live in Ainsworth, had a walk round to the Duke the other day, couldnt believe it.

[CAPSLOCK]

While I was living there, the Co-Op was closed, the paper shop went, the filling station shut

The local villagers pressure group 'the triangle' or something don't help

They're currently strangling the life out of the build going on near the 'convenience' store

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Did the random singing not do your head in? Because, I must be wrong about musicals. Some of them at least. I mean, I know Cats is shit, and West Side Story, but I think Les Mis, being Victor and all, must be one I could like. Worth the 50 notes?

well we turned up on the off chance but it was sold out so got in the queue for potential returns and eventually got in for £65 each! (27 years running and its still packed out on a Monday night in friggin January!) more than i’d anticipated paying but once your there n’that youre kindda locked in, we turned down a pair @ £85 earlier... we had cracking seats, and id pay it again tbh.

The random singing isn’t really random given that the entire dialogue is spoken ‘in tune’ which is a bit pointless as it doesn’t always rhyme but the songs were fantastic. its a musical so you know what to expect. The girl who played Eponine was my favourite (she was fit too) and Monsieur Thenardier was brilliant as well, they bring a bit of humour to the show. I just thought it was great. the singing, acting, costumes, set, atmosphere, orchestra. Everything about it.

Glad you liked it.

Current Eponine is great, isn't she? So much so it's actually slightly disruptive as you can't imagine why Marius goes for Cosette instead.

For me the current Valjean isn't up to scratch as either an actor or a singer, and the staging in the Queen's Theatre is more 'intimate' than it used to be in the Palace, which sometimes is good, but for me it loses a bit of the 'epic' feeling it used to have.