Day 98: This Week Has Been Brought To You By The Number Three

[anarchist_nomad]

Three seems to be... not exactly my lucky number... but more of a recurring theme this week. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, I rang bells at St. Giles', St. Aldate's, and St. Andrew's. Three consecutive days of ringing in three different churches.

On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, I saw productions of Into The Woods, Edward II, and The Enchanted Pig. All three shows were quite good, albeit in different ways. Into The Woods ranks second on my list of favourite musicals, and I have been wanting to see it again for quite some time. Last month, I was saying that I needed to see more Renaissance drama -- Marlowe's Edward II fit the bill quite nicely! The production was excellent and, as an added bonus, it was performed in the main hall of Oriel College. This is significant because Oriel was founded in 1326 by Edward II -- the first college founded by the monarchy! Using the space was no accident; the Rococo Players are on tour with Edward II. Besides Oriel College, they are performing at Berkeley Castle, where his royal highness was murdered in 1327; and in the Gloucester Cathedral, where he lies entombed. The sense of history definitely added to the theatrical experience! Today's excursion to The Enchanted Pig was also much fun! We brought L2 -- who is ten -- along and he loved it! The opera is on tour; one can read a review in the New York Times (from its Big Apple run) here.

There have been other relevant threes! For instance, yesterday I had three T2K meetings -- starting at 10am and ending at 1am. (Oi!) And, right now, I am taking a short break from frantically writing my lecture on Neutrino Astronomy, to be presented tomorrow morning at the annual Oxford Astronomy Weekend. "What does this have to do with the number three?" you may fairly ask. I shall tell you! Tomorrow will be the third consecutive year that I have presented at the astronomy weekend. In the thirty-two years that the programme has run, this is unprecedented -- your friendly neighborhood Nomad is the only person to have ever been invited to speak three years running. Guess I'm doing something right!

Meanwhile, I hope that the airport closures from the Icelandic volcano do not last more than three days! If it does, I may well miss my flight to Japan on Sunday evening. Keep fingers crossed for me, dear friends!

Comments

[nitoda]

::crosses fingers:: - actually mine are already crossed as Marjorie is scheduled to fly from Geneva to Heathrow on Saturday and I have severe doubts about that actually happening and am concerned to know how or whether the tour company she booked her holiday with will look after her in case of delays.

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

More fingers crossed here. No 1 Husband was due to fly home from Amsterdam last night. Now he won't be home until Monday night.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

"But we told the volcano god we couldn't find a virgin..."

I said that I'd made this userpic a couple of days ago, from a photo of the aurora borealis above an Icelandic volcano, but not the one that's now filling the air with grit. I was wrong; it is the same volcano, apparently erupting just a little to "clear its throat" before going full blast...

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Aw man, I really want to see 'The Enchanted Pig', I *love* that fairy tale!