Well... this is unheard of, I think... thus far this year theatre and film are drawing on my tally. :) I've been to the theatre three times and I've been to the cinema three times. I doubt that this has ever happened before. And it is entirely possible that, by the year out, theatre might win. Who knows?
As it stands:
Theatre | Cinema |
A Midsummer Night's Dream (January 2011) Studio Theatre Club, Abingdon | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (January 2011) |
The Man Who Was Thursday (May 2011) Studio Theatre Club, Abingdon | X-Men: First Class (June 2011) |
Richard III (July 2011) At the Old Vic, London | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (July 2011) |
I haven't spoken much about theatre before so, hell, why not?
( Ramble... )I'm not going to ramble about cinema. Why should I? Yes it's moving and beautiful and gives one a bit of escapism but... it's not the same. It's not *personal*. I have a philosophy that we all see a different film when we watch the same one, but at the same time, we're all watching the same footage. It's not so intricately personal as theatre where a slightly different play is performed on each night that it runs, and, even if you and some friends go to the same night, depending on where you're sat and how you interpret things, you each arguably see a different play. In fact, there's potentially an infinite amount of different plays to be seen even on one night.
Anyways, to wrap up this ramble, speaking for myself, 2011 may well be the year that theatre gives cinema the first beating in my life. I know that my sister and I are going to see Fiennes in "The Tempest" in September. That still leaves time for another film to match the tally, if there is indeed anything else worth seeing this year. But then I'm sure I could fit in another play or two and maybe, come new year's eve, be able to say that "I've seen more theatre than film this year!" and revel in how much more geeky a person that makes me. ;) (I certainly want to see Grantham Dramatic Society's "Going Postal" at the end of November/start of December - a
Discworld play just a few minutes down the A1? Yes, I think so!)
With visitng the cinema often costing more than at least the amdram performances, I don't see why I shouldn't choose to see a play rather than a movie, the latter which will no doubt be on DVD in 8 weeks anyway... ;)
--x-posted to http://jurious.livejournal.com/