Half Life – 48 – Nanki-Poo October 1st, 2021 The additional beneficiary of over-optimistic ticket buying was a Japan-loving twelve-year-old friend of Younger Boy. He got to watch Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum dance, cavort, and sing together with the Mikado and the Lord High Executioner in a pantomime of silliness with very little real connection to Japan. They all loved it as it lived up to everything hoped for, and more. Older Boy, the only one in the family who can sing in a way that doesn’t empty rooms, hummed the tunes and The Wife came home beaming. Instant pot ramen at the interval, together with a few random Pokémon thrown in, might have been the only additions needed to make the evening any better.
You are so right, it’s very important to have things in the diary other than hospital appointments! It sounds like you are further ahead on the journey than I am. Back in the spring I impulsively bought theatre tickets for The Rocky Horror Show and also Hairspray and actually got to them both recently - I found going to a matinee much more manageable than an evening show.
After so many months surviving at home it was very emotional to be in an audience with the sole purpose of enjoyment!
Do keep on writing Charles, you are an inspiration!
I was the Mikado - in the OHS performance 35 years ago!! Not because I had the best singing voice - but I had the loudest singing voice! And of course was the tallest girl! I wonder if you came to see that performance? You keep amazing me with this blog......... sometimes I find it hard to read....... but I can feel the joy and pride you have when talking about your family and what together you have achieved. I wonder who came to visit you??? PS I had a nightmare yesterday - took my eldest back to Oxford and stupidly thought I could get petrol there as it would not be as mad as London - but alas that was not to happen so had to abandon my car which had just enough to get back - however I used 10 miles looking for petrol (the car had already driven my son to Durham and back last weekend when we managed to fill up) - outside my mum's house and get the train back to London!! Crazy! I hope you have enough petrol????
Makes me v emotional to read how you write about my big bro. The best big bro in the world- 💕and I know how much fun he had with you last weekend getting drunk and remembering past antics. Just next time- let’s get you to a better pub 🥰🤞🤞xxx
Charlie - did you know that D G Elvin worked on the animated feature “Dick Deadeye”? An amalgam of G&S that I think you’d enjoy irrespective of the family involvement. It was funny and ahem..bawdy as I recall. As they say in Norway “Skjekk det ut” 😎 Let us Zoom soon cousin 💪❤️
Life is full of small coincidences! Elli and I were watching a DVD of Toppsy Turvy last night! If it passed you by is a :-
“Witty and entertaining dramatisation of the story of the famous partnership between lyricist William Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. With a wealth of authentic Victorian detail, this account of the lives of the musical duo concentrates on the good-natured antagonism between the two creative geniuses, focusing on the turning point on their road to fame and riches - the production of `The Mikado'.”
Won a couple of academy awards and contains sumptuous scenes from The Mikado.
You are so right, it’s very important to have things in the diary other than hospital appointments! It sounds like you are further ahead on the journey than I am. Back in the spring I impulsively bought theatre tickets for The Rocky Horror Show and also Hairspray and actually got to them both recently - I found going to a matinee much more manageable than an evening show.
After so many months surviving at home it was very emotional to be in an audience with the sole purpose of enjoyment!
Do keep on writing Charles, you are an inspiration!
Beautifully written Charlie
First thing on my Friday 'to do' list - read Charlie's blogpost. Uplifting stuff Charlie. Your positivity is inspiring. Keep it up...
beautifully written and inspiring! ❤️
I was the Mikado - in the OHS performance 35 years ago!! Not because I had the best singing voice - but I had the loudest singing voice! And of course was the tallest girl! I wonder if you came to see that performance? You keep amazing me with this blog......... sometimes I find it hard to read....... but I can feel the joy and pride you have when talking about your family and what together you have achieved. I wonder who came to visit you??? PS I had a nightmare yesterday - took my eldest back to Oxford and stupidly thought I could get petrol there as it would not be as mad as London - but alas that was not to happen so had to abandon my car which had just enough to get back - however I used 10 miles looking for petrol (the car had already driven my son to Durham and back last weekend when we managed to fill up) - outside my mum's house and get the train back to London!! Crazy! I hope you have enough petrol????
This was so incredibly beautifully written; absolutely one of my favourites you've done to date. Big big hug from across the Pond xoxo
Makes me v emotional to read how you write about my big bro. The best big bro in the world- 💕and I know how much fun he had with you last weekend getting drunk and remembering past antics. Just next time- let’s get you to a better pub 🥰🤞🤞xxx
Charlie - did you know that D G Elvin worked on the animated feature “Dick Deadeye”? An amalgam of G&S that I think you’d enjoy irrespective of the family involvement. It was funny and ahem..bawdy as I recall. As they say in Norway “Skjekk det ut” 😎 Let us Zoom soon cousin 💪❤️
Life is full of small coincidences! Elli and I were watching a DVD of Toppsy Turvy last night! If it passed you by is a :-
“Witty and entertaining dramatisation of the story of the famous partnership between lyricist William Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. With a wealth of authentic Victorian detail, this account of the lives of the musical duo concentrates on the good-natured antagonism between the two creative geniuses, focusing on the turning point on their road to fame and riches - the production of `The Mikado'.”
Won a couple of academy awards and contains sumptuous scenes from The Mikado.
Would you like me to get the DVD round to you.
Fight on.