In the 'old' King's Cross the Cambridge trains always went from Platform 9 in 'the annexe' which was really inconvenient to get to. Now that it has had its lovely revamp and the taxis drop you very conveniently for Platform 9 they always seem to go from Platform 0. Still you get to see the nice clock which may appear again soon. Here Nigel and Rachel are heading for the 11.15pm train after a fantastic evening at Twelfth Night. The newly assigned seats were brilliant - it's a really small theatre so we could see every eyebrow raised. For half an hour before the start all the actors were on stage half dressed, doing their makeup and hair and finally getting dressed. I took a few sneaky iPhone shots but the exposure was a disaster. I didn't take my proper camera as I knew the theatre wouldn't allow me to use it and with books and glasses cases and everybody else's clutter I would have needed a magic handbag.
Three good things:
1. London looking very pretty with the Christmas lights on.
2. Adam only once asking me, 'Is he a woman?' It was an all male cast but even with two young men wearing identical costumes/wigs you just knew that one was a 'girl' and one was a boy.
3. Mark Rylance is genius as Olivia - hilarious. On alternate nights he plays Richard III also (apparently) brilliantly - no idea how he remembers the lines and switches between a slightly bonkers but sweet Countess to a completely crazy serial killer.
Love this...very 'Potter-ish'. So glad all the family had a good time at the "Twelfth Night" performance! And I would bet that London looks magical all decked out for Christmas.
I am so glad that you had a wonderful time @ Twelfth Night. I really like this shot, the train station looks much less crowded than I would have thought it would be. Very cool shot!
@peterdegraaff I think 'a vector to nothingness' maybe be both my fav comment of the year & also would make a fantastic album title. :)