Woke around 0900. Hauled ourselves out of bed and made tea, then walked up to the Farmer’s Market to buy bread. Aki put together a hearty brunch. Headed for Dalston, taking the tube to Highbury and then a Mildmay line train the Dalston. Got to the theatre a bit early, so had a quick shake in Cafe Oto next door before hooking up with Piers in the foyer of the Arcola Theatre. Had tickets for the matinee of “Cry Baby”, a stage adaptation of John Walters’ film of the same name…a brash, gently subversive romp of a musical…loads of choreographed set pieces, sometimes utilising the whole cast of about 20 in a very confined stage space…very impressive.
Everyone was very young and energetic, and there were some great singing voices. We caught a bus to Stoke Newington for dinner at Rasa on Church Street…quite a feast…delicious as always! So good! Parted company with Piers at the bus stop and caught a 106 bus back to Finsbury Park. I walked up to the North Nineteen to see Rollo and Lewis…Aki too tired to venture out again.
Met Carlos and Jane from No.36 in there. Rollo was on good form despite a late night last night…he and Lewis ceded some gig time to a trio they’d invited along, but they weren’t terribly good…the female singer sounded very middle class…not a blues woman’s bone in her body, let alone her voice. Got home at midnight and fell into bed!
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