London!

Back from London. Where do I even begin? I'll just start from the end, aka the main reason I went: "Three days in the country" at the national Theatre. The play was unbelievably funny, while also being very touching. I didn't think I'd laugh so much, but there were moments when the whole theatre would just roar with laughter. And Mark Gatiss was hilarious. His character and John Simm's were brilliant.

The only negative side was that on Saturday night Mark didn't show up at the stage door after the play. :( Which is very unusual, he always stops to take pictures and sign autographs. But there was a reason, and the reason was... Martin Freeman! Yes, he was there with Amanda Abbington, Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue. I did a double take when I saw them before the start of the play, I mean, what are the chances? But because Martin is a grumpy old man, he stole Mark from us and they apparently sneaked out through a side door. The rest of the cast and even Steven stopped at the stage door (there were only a dozen of people there anyway) but not Mark. I was quite disappointed, also because I was this close to buying a last-minute, discounted ticket for Friday night as well, but in the end I didn't. Of course on Friday he stopped at the stage door and everything. Oh, well, at least I got a picture with John Simm. :3

( More babbling and pics under the cut )