As you get older birthdays get quieter. Had a French breakfast at a local restaurant. Then excitment in the day was to shopping – the local supermarket wouldn’t let me have a coffee – as they were closed – due to technical difficulties. Tried to be clever is setting up joke porn site . Tried to be to clever – and – the technology beat me – so he’s stuck with my first idea. In the evening I was taken out to the theatre – which turned out to be – a satirical opera – about Orpheus in the Underworld – based on an opera by Offenbach – which is based on an idea – by anicent Greeks – too old to sue for copyright.
It was very entertaining – the three acts were based around TV shows – the first Trisha meets Jerry Springer – where Eurydice – Orpheus’s wife is portrayed as the worst that Essex – in a bad peroxide mode – can produce. Orpheus wants to dump her – but after her murder by the evil Pluto – who pretended to be a hippy shepherd – Orpheus is pressured by the TV company and the shows audience to follow her into the underworld.
We then had a scene where ‘the Olympians’ based on the ‘Osbournes’ were the Olympic Gods are portrayed as disfunctional – selfish and always arguing – so a very accurate portrayal. The last scene combines Big Brother and Fame Academy – with the rudest treatment of grapes – I have ever seen in my life. Yes there was also a bit of an orgy and everything sort of sorts itself in the end.
The cast singers and performers from Ealing’s Thames Valley University were extremely good. The casting was absolutely excellent – all characterisation were strong. A very enjoyable evening.