quayle

 
 (The village of Frankenstein) 
 (Goldstadt University)
I really, really could use a vacation right about now; I'm so tuckered out that even my body is staging a general strike is protest.  I did somehow manage to do some nice  things on friday though, like see the Southbank christmas market.  Through an incredible twist of fate (or rather friends of ours being sent twice as many tickets as they ordered) I got to go see Hamlet at the Young Vic with Michael Sheen!  It was very, very good.  They set it in an insane asylum and had really good staging to that effect.  When you thought you were entering the theater, you actually first had to walk down a series of twisting, institutional corridors with inmates occasionally passing you by.  Next you had to pass through the sort of screening/security room and through the metal gates before you finally entered from behind the stage.  I'm kind of a geek about this stuff, so that was already more than enough to make me happy for the evening, but the rest was also really excellent.  They managed to keep it all very fresh-sounding and light (where appropriate).
Today is my last day of filming, tomorrow I am officially taking the day off!