We have been here almost a week and are finally settling into life in the big city. Getting lost numerous times and taking the wrong tube (coughSaracough) is the biggest problem, but we will be locals in no time. We started classes today! Musical Theatre History and Fringe Theatre, both with an eccentric professor and both with numerous field trips to the West End coming up! In our Fringe Theatre class we are actually putting on a fringe show (holding open auditions, rehearsing, teching, etc.). That should be an adventure!
We have definitely gotten some time this week to explore the city. A guided bus tour and our excessive amount of walking took us to some big attractions this weekend:
- Westminster Abbey
- Big Ben
- Buckingham Palace
- London Bridge and Tower Bridge
- St. Paul's
- Tower of London
- Platform 9 3/4
- Harrod's Department Store
- Covent Garden Market
- Imperial College
We saw Avenue Q on the West End and Daybreakers at a West End movie house. We've been to pubs (sans alcohol), bakeries, and Pizza Hut (better than ours by far).
We both had internship interviews/orientations today:
Sara is at Kings Head Pub Theatre as a technical intern. She had a short meeting with the stage manager today outlining some future shows she will be involved in and some general responsibilities. Kings Head was the first "pub theatre" and has had a few shows transfer from it to the West End. Hopefully she will get the chance to mix/run their sound board in upcoming productions!
Blake is working with Helen Eastman, Producer of Oxford University's Onassis Programme and local freelance director/playwright. There are about ten shows he will be working on this semester sort of observing and helping with production meetings, rehearsals, press releases, tech weeks, openings, and workshops. He'll get the chance to personally stage manage a few things including a show that moves from London to Oxford. At his first meeting with Helen, he went with her to the Royal Opera House, where they had tea backstage and discussed a huge upcoming show. He will be traveling quite a bit, especially to Oxford, and should be busy constantly!
We are still slowly recovering from jet lag and tend to go to bed very early here, but we continue to be on Facebook when we can. We aren't sure yet how often we will post on this blog, but we guarantee once a week. Some pictures will be coming soon so keep checking in. Miss you all!
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