The week that was #31

Have had a pretty busy month or so – luckily I've had enough time to crank out the occasional post – but I've been up to a bit lately, so it's time for an update.

My Romantic History

Finished the show I'd been stage managing - I did intend to include a writeup in this update, but once I started I realised there was enough material to constitute a standalone post and will post it another time.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

After a succession of serious roles (namely Alonso in The Tempest¹, Glenn in Suddenly at Home, Ross in Macbeth and Evan in Don's Party²) over the last few years, I was in the mood to do something a little lighter – either a musical or a comedy. I was probably leaning more towards doing a comedy because I'd be more likely to get a lead (or a least a major) role in a play than I would a musical, but as the shows for the 2013 season were being announced, I realised there wasn't anything that particularly caught my eye; therefore, the best option for me would be a musical.

Pride & Prejudice (on stage)

Just quickly – I don't have much time – I'm just putting down some thoughts about the stage production of Pride & Prejudice I saw yesterday. It was by Independent Theatre, one of my favourite Adelaide companies; over the last few years they've done some great shows, most of which I've been lucky enough to see.

Anyway, I was very keen to see this - P&P is one of my favourite books; I wrote about it here - and with Independent's history of clever, faithful adaptations, I had high hopes.

I was not disappointed. It was a very good adaptation, with all the dialogue taken from the book with an emphasis on retaining the great characters and (more importantly for me, an unrepentant word-nerd) exquisite language in all its brilliant, snarky glory.

Disney and Lucasfilm

Just a quick post on this, since it's been a topic of discussion on the internet and amongst the geekier of my friends (Sean Fewster, an Adelaide journalist, wrote about for The Punch), and I want to jump on the bandwagon before it gets all the way out of town and into a galaxy far, far away.

Basically – if you haven't already heard – Disney Pictures have bought Lucasfilm and everything that goes with it (i.e. the rights to Star Wars and Indiana Jones; they may be other 'brands' as well, but I haven't heard any mentioned) for the rather astonishing total of $4.05 billion.

The week that was #30

This is actually from a while back, but I've been so sodding busy that I haven't actually had time to finish it until now. It was a pretty interesting few days, though, so I didn't want to to let it go undocumented.

Mumford & Sons

Monday night was the Mumford & Sons gig at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre theatre – the smaller hall that's part of the AEC complex; I've seen a few gigs there in the past few years: Massive Attack, Ben Folds and Regina Spektor, to be specific. It's a good venue, and I've liked all the shows I've seen there, with Regina Spektor being a standout for excellent sound quality.