Too busy to... » theatre http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy Coffee, travel and tech. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:42:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Happiness at the National Theatre http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy/2008/03/16/happiness-at-the-national-theatre/ http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy/2008/03/16/happiness-at-the-national-theatre/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:05:07 +0000 Nathan Dimmock http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy/archives/2008/03/16/happiness-at-the-national-theatre/ Continue reading →]]> The National Theatre is one of those buildings on the South Bank which was erected in the 1960′s by people who though concrete was an attractive building material. The name also suggests a rather high-brow entertainment-offering, and consequently I have never really paid much attention to it. However I have learned that this ugly building hides in fact not one but three theatres, making an enquiry about returned tickets at its box office the ideal way to end a spontaneous afternoon visit to the South Bank.

My prejudice about boring and/or expensive “high brow” content was also allayed last night when I saw a new play called Happy Now, a black but razor-sharp comedy about modern life in the vein of Ayekbourn’s Absurd Person Singular. I thoroughly recommend it.

(Incidentally, the play’s haunting title music is Michelle Branch’s, Are you happy now? [itunes link].)

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