Thursday, 13 November 2008

Wednesday, November 12/08

Theatre day. Concession prices at the Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand for a matinee performance of Piaf - as rough and crude and energetic as Piaf herself, with Elena Roger's powerful voice sounding uncannily like Piaf.

Across the Blackfriar's Bridge to the Tate Modern to inspect the new installation in the Turbine Hall, a sort of giant spider thing with matressless double bunks and film in the background - must be explanatory material that we've missed. Then walk along the south bank to the National Theatre to see Gethsemane, a clever play by David Hare about party funding and political compromise - pretty close to the bone.