Woke to alarm at 0730. Got up and dressed, then drove the car up to the garage on Marlborough Road for a service. Haven’t used them before…when I rocked up the guy had no record of my booking! Only spoke to him yesterday! Not an encouraging start! Left it with them and walked home via Jolene’s, where I took coffee. Phoned Kath…not much news…still waiting to hear whether dad was moved to the Freeman during the night. Did some work on the laptop. Got a call from Graham Fellows inviting us to a party tonight to mark 40 years of John Shuttleworth. Managed another hour or so at the computer after lunch. Email received offering me an audition for the role of Grandad in next April’s production of Good Golly Miss Molly at the Vic in Stoke.
Headed for Stoke Newington via a couple of buses…dinner booked at Calong on Church Street. Very tasty Korean European fusion food. Walked round to the Tower to see their production of Festen. Strange piece…short, and intense…needed more rehearsal and better actors, frankly. Had a cab waiting outside the venue to drive us to the Phoenix Club in Tottenham Court Road. Bumped into the comedian Paul Foot on the stairs. Said a brief hello to Graham, and chatted with an old fellow named Hugh who lived in a flat below Graham in north London in the 1980s…turned out to be a retired surveyor. Enjoyed our free drink and made for home. City centre was rammed…as was Leicester Square tube station.
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