That was the name of the play we saw at the Belgrade Theatre (https://www.belgrade.co.uk/ ) today. Second row seats, so all the more dramatic. Very intense and disturbing. Since it’s based in Northern Ireland, the nuances of the history between the Irish and British loomed at almost every turn. From sound to lighting to acting, the play about the four generations of women under the one roof exposes the stresses and vulnerabilities of each generation. Since it was a preview performance tickets were inexpensive, and we got to see it first! Abel is visiting from Australia, so he came with us too. Which was very nice.
Belgrade theatre is not far from the Coventry Cathedral where, last week we saw Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare comedy performed in the Cathedral’s courtyard, by a cast of just four, who call themselves The bicycle Bards. They travel all o ear on bikes and perform.
I’ve been wanting to write my blogs again, if only because when I revisit a blog, it brings back the memory and I’m able to relive the moments.
Another show I’m looking forward to at the Belgrade is Lost Atoms, written by Anna Jordon who wrote Killing Eve. We’re supposed to know that, though I did not. But I hear she’s good.
What I’m really looking forward to at the Belgrade is Magic, Illusion and Cicus, this coming Tuesday, and more eagerly The Littlest Yak, which is in October. Let’s see if we go. Which reminds me, haven’t checked our local Rugby Theatre website, as they e been excellent in the past! Just checked (https://www.rugbytheatre.co.uk/) and they’re having performances of Far From the Madding Crowd, in No ember. This is Thomas Hardy’s story, which we had in our First year of English Honors. We’ve seen it already last year perhaps? Thomas Hardy can be dreary and depressing, but has some beautiful lines, including one of my favorites from A Pair of Blue Eyes.
On that note, I must end. Plan to sleep in tomorrow. Hopefully. And write about stylist, as that’s been going around in my mind.
Veenu Banga
!!:35 pm
07/25-2025.
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