Declan and I started off driving down to Theale and catching the train into the centre of London, its a nice little technique that keeps the costs down while avoiding driving through congestion or paying for London parking. We then wandered around town visiting such exciting places as Forbidden Planet, and meeting the other members of the group.

The performance of The Pirates of Penzance, staring Antony Head, at The Savoy started at half past two. Interestingly they set it at a sea side resort at the turn of the century rather then its normal setting, this only showed in the costumes and set design though. For example, it opened with Young Frederick entering his apprenticeship, represented by a cardboard cutout of a pirate and a pirate apprentice with the faces cut out. Young Frederick and Ruth stand behind it and the set is changed around them, Young Frederick ducks out of the way as the cutout is pulled away and (21 year old) Frederick come out from hiding behind same and we enter the real beginning.

It worked very well, and leads to thoughts about how else it could be reset. I think it might work well given a science fiction setting. The Space Pirates of Penzance.

The show was fantastic with excellent performances all round.

Dinner wasn't quite so fantastic, having booked a table at what I thought was the restaurant I are at last time I went to London, it took quite a bit of walking to discover that I had, in fact, managed to book a table at another member of the chain in an entirely different part of the city. The reason? The restaurant we planned to eat at had shut down sometime in the past four months. What fun.