Pygmalion at the Old Vic review

Last night I saw Pygmalion at the Old Vic, courtesy of the_magician.

It was a pretty good production. Mr Doolittle (Tony Haygarth), with his rants about middle class morality, was a particular highlight, and got several spontaneous rounds of applause.

It had a lovely old fashioned set, which required the curtains to be drawn so they could do the scene changes. At one point this trapped a sofa cushion on the wrong, so a hand shot out from under the curtain :)

My one complaint would be that Miss Eynsford-Hill (Emma Noakes) was far too quiet. I could hardly hear her at times.

I thought that the ending didn't gell with my memories of the musical. Having looked it up it seems that the ending was changed for the film, but I don't think they quite used the original either. ( Spoiler )

Cthulhu reaches maximum diameter

I haven't had any time to knit all week, so no further progress. I've just realised that I didn't post the milestone I reached at the Cock last Thursday.

I can stop increasing, the hat is big enough.

( Scary photos, of me wearing a half done hat )

Next step is to work out the patterns for the eyes and wings.

Complicated mixed metaphor

"it's not exactly rocket surgery"

Rick Hall - Comedy Store - Tonight.