Last weekend I had the pleasure of seeing Frantic Assembly’s Lost Atoms at The Lyric in Hammersmith, and Punchdrunk’s Lander 23 in Woolwich. At the start of ‘Lost Atoms’, I was engrossed yet also felt the pace was slow at points, in terms of my investment in the couple, but by the second half I was even more captivated and ended up crying as it was so moving. I remember wanting to see it as it related to my own personal life, and it was really uplifting and moving to think about multiple futures.
Lander 23 was fun, though I also understand the criticism of reusing sets from The Drowned Man; perhaps there could be an argument here in terms of sustainability, but we had imagined something more space-like than dystopian. The narrative was simple, or, you could say, non-existent, even. I thought the concept perhaps was that the narrative was created between us, as our two-teams communicated through radios, with the other team telling us afterwards that it was funny to hear us. We went for some Somalian food at Basbaas afterwards, and it was delicious and generous.
Aside from the dayjob, I’ve been training for this 10km run, so I did 9km on Monday and 10km this morning. I celebrated Mother’s Day early at La Parra Tapas, also celebrating the fact I’m officially Spanish now! I just need to sort out my passport, with another trip to the Spanish Consulate. I was gifted some Spanish sweet treats from my parents’ recent trip to Barcelona too!
Watching:Â Girlfriends, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Sunny
Reading:Â A Poem for Every Winter Day, Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed, Sodom & Gomorrah by Marcel Proust (audiobook)
Podcasts:Â What Now? with Trevor Noah, The Telepathy Tapes, On Attachment
Music:Â Bad Bunny, Kneecap
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