My City

 Went to see My City

starring Tracey Ullman at Almeida Theatre

in Islington last week

Stephen Poliakoff's play was rather peculiar!

Lot of storytelling

Ullman plays a former primary headmistress Miss Lambert

who is prone to wandering the streets

and underbelly of London by night.

One night she is discovered laying on a park bench

by one of her former pupils Richard (Tom Riley).

This chance meeting leads to a peculiar night on the town

with another ex-pupil Julie (Siân Brooke)

and the other two members of Miss Lambert’s

strange coven of teachers (David Troughton and Sorcha Cusack).

So what’s it all about then?

Well, possibly the power or process of education

and storytelling, disillusionment, memory

and something to do with us all being alone in big cities.

Did I like the play?

Yes, but it wasn't great,

it was alright.

Almeida Theatre

Almeida Street
Islington
London
N1 1TA 

 As mentioned earlier

went also to Kings Place for 2 concerts

by London Sinfonietta

playing Kulian Anderson and Elliott Carter

Another kind of fun on Saturday last week:

European Finals of Drag Racing in Santa Pod