h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I couldn't stay long at the meet up, but it was good to see some familiar names IRL.
I went to Shoreditch to see some Shakespeare:
http://www.greenroom.uk.com/preview/

Nice to meet you and speak to you IRL Coelecanth. It was good to be able to put faces to names

Oh yes and how was the play?

Thank you for asking. The play was excellent, but the location was unbelievable. The Gainsborough Studios was where Hitchcock and many other directors such as Will Hay filmed during the 1930's and 40's. Before it is converted into luxury flats, it will stage 2 Shakespeare plays. I saw Richard the II. It was excellent, and although Ralph (Rafe)is the star, Linus Roach was superb. But the building!!!!
The stage and seating has been put up inside the largest part. I think a floor has been removed, at some point so the walls of this hall are very high, and one of them is the back of the set. It looks like it could be the wall of a castle. The stage is a raised floor with real turf laid on it, so it There is no stage curtain or wings. Actors appear from all over the stage, through doors, down steps or on levels up high. It even rains at one point.

I toured the Bankside Power Station just before they finally began to convert it to the Tate Modern, and the atmosphere of the building is very much the same. I was able to wander around inside the Gainsborough which was very bare, but still a wonderful experience.
Sorry to ramble on!

Sounds like a good day out you had going to see the play and meeting lots of people.

It rains at one point, boy did it rain at one point for us, just while walking to the pub as well!

And didn't we get wet?

It was fun though

Oh yes, fun it was.

I'm just doing the write up for the Post now, quite a lot of folks turned up

Cool. It'll be good to see what other people made of it

Go look at some journal entries I've spent a little bit of time doing that this morning

When I signed Abi's list I was number 41! Who was 42?

Jim Lynn!!

That was oddly appropriate

But did anyone bring a towel?

Yes me! At least

Were you the only one? As I said elsewhere, the largest gathering of researchers ever, and all complaining about getting soaked in the rain.

I knew where my towel was, at home

Anyway DE why was my voice one of the unexpected ones? what did you think I sounded like? just curious, that's all

oops posting to the wrong thread there , still never mind.