Boy Out The City

I wasn’t home late from the team social but I did come home and eat bread and hot cross buns and, through the night, suffered with heart burn. I think my body is telling me to eat earlier.

At lunch we went to Greggs for the sausage roll that comes free if you have the voucher from O2. They seemed fairly fresh as they were still warm. We then went to the CoOp, which in hindsight was the wrong way around, to buy some salad to go with them. Also, some fishcakes and sweet potatoes for tonight’s dinner. 

I attended the introductory session run by the Change team this afternoon. And, while I know what they are doing and the people involved, it was good to see it presented with purpose (and a little bit of the theory). 

We left the house about ten-to eight and made our way to the Lyric theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue. Friday night in China town was packed with people so it was a bit slow going getting through the crowd but we were there with fifteen minutes to spare, which was time to get a glass of wine. We had seats in the dress circle, which was more-or-less, at street level. 

Back in 2021, we went to the Turbine Theatre at Battersea Power station where Declan Bennett was performing a first public showing of his one man show, Boy Out The City.  He took the show to the Edinburgh Festival this year and it was quite a hit. There has been a short run on the West End and tonight we went to see it again. 

The first time round was more of a read-through with no set and limited staging. There was a very impressive stage set-up tonight which added to the production. It remains a very personal and powerful piece and I am glad I got to see it again.  I am in awe of somebody who can put all their creativity into something so impactful. 

If you have been lucky enough to see Declan on stage before, you will already be acutely aware of what a talented performer he is. When it is his own story he is telling and he is playing himself, the performance level is off the scale altogether. Filling the stage completely, Declan delivers the kind of world-class performance others could only dream of, connecting with the audience flawlessly.  [Review: Boy Out The City]