A really quick note, 'cos I have to get some sleep.
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I liked the Terry Pratchett musical - some jokes didn't quite work, and I don't agree with at least one of the abridgements, but it was pretty good. No tunes I can't get out of my head, but I think using the same actor for Big-Mac's brother and the Gunnery officer was an excellent choice.
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Met Hannah as I came out of the show, which was weird since last I saw her she was leaving Weta. She's been doing Festival admin stuff, and so I chatted to her and her boyfriend Bret (of Flight of the Conchords) really briefly.
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Bought a crazy book called Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries, by William Kotzwinkle. Think Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, except as a preying mantis and a grasshopper. The front has a pseudo-Victorian street scene, with a hansom cab being pulled by a moth and driven by an ant. It looks pretty good, and I figured I was unlikely to see it again, so... Morgue recommends the author.
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The Flight of the Concords show was good, though disappointingly they didn't do any encores. However, they did have a bit of banter where they asked an audience member their name and occupation (it was "Becca" and "Waitress" in this instance), but just read what was written on their piece of paper as banter - which was the name "Svend" and the job "IT". (They then said, "Sorry, there's not a lot of comedic scope there.", and continued with the show. :)
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Went on a tour of the "haunted" catacombs under Edinburgh. It is a weird feeling - cold air moving around your legs, and the air around your head hot and slightly stuffy. I had to bite my tongue a number of times, though, when they talked about the "scientific" investigations of the areas, and what psychics had offered about the place. Good fodder for gaming, though.
Didn't get to the castle again, because there were enormous cues, even though it was pelting down with rain, and I turned up at 10am rather than midday. I think that tour-buses are to blame. Curse them!
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I'll be staying another day here, and then heading down to London Friday morning. I should probably try to organize some accomodation between now and then. Got to get back and see Ellen before going to Denmark, because I left my passport with her. :)
Goodnight!
Posted by svend at August 19, 2004 11:56 AM