This afternoon I  went to the cinema to see a screening  of the live performance from the National Theatre in London, The Comedy of Errors with Lenny Henry as Antipholus. It was brilliant and a really entertaining production. I last saw Lenny Henry in his fantastic music tour so couldn't have been more different from his role today, but he has shown himself to  be an amazingly versatile performer, I was really impressed. Some of the audience were in the same general age group as me but the majority were students -  it's probably a set text. I think I have mentioned before  how polite and well mannered young people are here. Before the film there was a  fair bit of movement, talking and popcorn rustling but as the lights went down a lady called from the back, " OK kids, put your sweets away now and keep quiet" and there was absolute silence throughout! Warning; Do NOT try this at Showcase, Reading! I was amused to see in the interval as soon as the lights came up there was a mass diving into bags for smart phones and tablets to make sure no one  missed anything. One girl called out," What's happening on facebook?" Magic.  A super afternoon, and even better when I spotted the perfect thongs (as in flip flops) on the way back to the bus stop. The ticket machine on the bus was broken but rather than cancel and take it out of service the driver announced, " Free rides, mates"! I love this place.

Off to Darwin tomorrow; two and a half days and two nights on the train. Apparently no wi fi on the train but will post as soon as I can, but may not be for a few days. I haven't disappeared!  ( I hope).