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Today should have had three different plays, but unfortunately, I had to trim one out because of work. Nevertheless, I saw two productions of very very different styles.

The first was a play entitled The Quiet Violence of Dreams and was – like 4.48 Psychosis – centred round mental hospitals. Unlike the former, however, it was set in South Africa. It also seemed very complicated to me. I’m uncertain if I actually understood the play completely. With an age restriction of Sex, Nudity, Violence and Language, it came as little surprise that it contained such things as rape and much sexual innuendo. Unlike Equus, however, there was no full on nudity, nor any very graphic sexual scenes. The set contained a projector which every now and then played a clip over the set. I found these clips to be a waste and did not add anything to the story. Indeed, I felt that they distracted from the overall production.

This was followed by the first of the Orchestral Performances which I booked. Like the ballet, I had a pre-assigned seat in the Guy Butler theatre and made my first use of the Festival Hopper Buses to get to (and from) the monument. I thoroughly enjoyed the concert. The performance was very classical – the conductor was even in Tails! We were even treated to an unexpected dose of Opera. (Although, I would have known that if I had read the programme properly.) It was good to get the opportunity to see an orchestra for a very rare change. I am looking forward to tomorrows performance.