Cabaret

We saw our first show in London!!! It was Cabaret. It was really good, but also really different. Obviously the way the actors played the parts was different (especially the emcee, just because of the nature of the role) but the script was WAY different. Things were in different orders, added, deleted, etc. It was cool.

The biggest thing that happened was during "If You Could See Her". At one point the emcee had a double switch in for him onstage and dance, but the audience didn't see it. But we saw the double run off when he was done. So the emcee came back in to sing, "Why can't they leave us... What? What are you laughing at?" and proceeded to accuse us of calling him a liar for thinking he had a double fill in. He then got made and left the stage. The orchestra stopped. The audience applauded, but I'm like, "I think he's serious". Fortunately, he soon returned and made us all apologize before he started the show again. It was quite hilarious.

When we were on our way home, instead of going under the road right next to campus (a minor inconvenience, as the stairs were right there) Greta decided that we should just cross the street. As we were crossing, I say to her, "Hey, don't get hit by that bike." What does she do? Almost gets hit by the bike. It was real close.

Earlier today we went to the British Library. Instead of looking around at the books (which I thought we were doing) we went on a tour through the Ramayanas Exhibit. The Ramayanas is a Hindu text depicting an epic story that teaches all sorts of life lessons and Hindu concepts. It was quite fascinating, and Emily Noelle and I sent a postcard from there to our Eastern Philosophy teacher.

I'm going to bed now. Soon to come: Living in London