...went and saw a play at the Timms Centre...called "One Flea Spare".
Basically, I can say two good things about the evening:
1: it was almost worth the cost of intermission (free)
2: we left at intermission.
If you'd like a synopsis (a polite synopsis) then follow the link below. Basically, it takes place during the plague, lots of people are dying, some people are not. Rich people are ignorant, poor people are smelly, nobody's truly happy, because really, "what IS happiness" blah blah blah eye roll eye roll eye roll. Yick.
Oh yes, just in case you might be thinking that if the play takes place in the 1500's we at least escaped the homosexual cliche that plagues (pun intended) modern theatre...think again. Yes, the smelly sailor (who the rich wife is attracted to, despite their class differences, don't tell me you didn't see that coming) admits to having a homosexual relationship. Just admits to it right away, with little or no prodding from the mistress of the house...which I am SURE happened DAILY in the 1500's.....during that oh so Christian Pious time.
It opens with a dirty looking stranger taking a vase off a table to piss into it, he wants to save his pee because of the high content of rum it contains. And that folks was the highlight of the evening. Apparently the playwrite was "inspired by the L.A. riots of 1992", so she wrote a play that has nothing to do with a riot. Riiiiiiiiiiight.
All of this was enhanced by the line of grey-haired ladies in the row in front of us. One of which must have been too embarrassed to admit she left her hearing aid at home, and not wanting to appear to "not get the jokes" decided to insert an audible chuckle after every second line. Interestingly enough, the few vaguely funny lines, she didn't laugh at. Her friend at the end of the row kept forgetting she was watching live theatre and not TV because a couple of times she 'talked back' to the action onstage. Making her the funniest/most entertaining part of the night.
Anyhoo, I really owe Sheena one for suffering through the first act with me, she's a trooper!
http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/ofs.htm
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I like free too, most of the time. The glass of white wine we enjoyed before the play should have been free too, just for showuing up!!!
Evenings with Sue are always an adventure...count me in for more.
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