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First show of my first ever 3 show day.

I got the cheapest available seat on the day which was £25. The view was perfectly good and I have had far worse views for a higher charge.

As with the animated short film there isn’t any talking. There is music played throughout with ballet-type dancing, with some flying on wires within the confines of the stage. Quite a few of the younger audience members got restless throughout but the rake meant you could reasonably easily still see the stage – the problems only occurred when it was the adult audience members who were fidgeting with phones.

They only had a digital programs which was a bit disappointing, but it was a nice show to start my day.

6/10

I made my first visit to the theater Royal Stratford East. The theatre felt a little cramped and the stage was incredibly high which although it reduced the problem of having your view blocked by tall people, meant that most in the stalls couldn’t see the floor of of the stage.

I saw the updated stage adaptation of the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake. Some updates had been made to the story since the film – including words said by various politicians since then about what they think about those living in poverty.

Unfortunately, the story remains more relevant than ever today – as shown by the food bank collection at the theatre.

9/10

This is the 3rd Kenneth Brannagh Poirot film. It is now 1947 and Poirot has retired to Venice. An old associate the who done it author Ariadne Oliver persuades him to visit a seance with her where mysterious events occur and people start dying.

It has a few jump scares and a bit of a weird story, with supernatural elements and some ambiguous back stories, in this lesser known story.

6/10

This is a satirical farce about corruptions and cover ups involved in deaths in police custody.

Despite the subject matter there are laughs at the absurdity of what occurs during an investigation of an earlier “accidental death of an anarchist” who “fell” out of a window during questioning and died.

7/10

Great visit to Stonehenge on the Stonehenge bus from Salisbury station.  Stonehenge was busy but not as crowded as I feared.

It was interesting to walk around the stones and saw some sheep and cows too.

I used my English Heritage membership to get in but there is no discount in the shop or cafe.

8/10

I arrived after lunch and the otters were asleep until just before feeding time, and quite a few birds were asleep too.

There were some duckings and chicks along with nesting birds, and sheep and cows grazing.

8/10

Crass comedy about a drunk guy who works a Santa each year so he and his sidekick can rob stores.

4/10

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