Go and see a play. No, not a movie. An actual display of live theatre. You can find descriptions of plays on theatre websites – local productions cost about the same as a movie ticket, and they often give student discounts. You could travel even further from the norm and try the ballet. I went to the ballet once, and loved it, although it was a production of Dracula. The costumes … sigh!
Oh, what great timing.
On Saturday, I performed with my samba group outside St James Theatre for the opening of Carmen. And as a thank you, we got - tickets! So, yesterday, me and Sam put our nicest looks on (I even sported some pearls, although I'm pretty sure they're fake), and went to see the contemporary dance version of Carmen.
It was absolutely lovely, and posed quite a different version to the Italian opera that I saw in Verona last summer. That was four hours on stone seats, open air arena and burning candles in a hot Italian night, wine on a plastic bottle and beautiful singing in a language I didn't understand.
Carmen in Verona
The kiwi Carmen was a modern version with lovely dancing and no spoken words, an we had such a great night. The act of consuming some quality culture was surprisingly uplifting.
Have you done something cultural lately?
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Ah so jealous! I haven't done anything cultural lately, unless you count a comedy show, haha!
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