Theatre of the world!

Susan left this morning. So hard to believe a week went by already. It was a whirlwind that is for sure. We had a great time. I slept in this morning. I think I needed to. As I've said it's been non-stop since I got here almost two and a half weeks ago. Hard to believe that is coming to a close as well. I will miss it here. I do wish we were staying for the last week. I have a feeling that's when everyone comes to see stuff. Oh well. You learn.

Yesterday was lovely. We got up and went to see the Soweto Gospel Choir. They were incredible. Amazing voices, beautiful spirit and uplifting. Although the crowd in a typically reserved Scottish way didn't really errupt until the end. Funny that. We left there and did some last minute gift shopping for Susan. (See above photo of a little dog in a shop window) Then back to the apartment to get ready for the show Fuerzabruta. We got stuck in the rain making our way to Leith where the show was. Took a city bus which was fun and had to wait in the huge mall at the Ocean Terminal which sits beside the Royal Yacht Britannia. We had some tea and watched the rain. Funnily enough we ran into my friend Raoul who is doing his solo Hamlet and his director. They were using the free wireless internet at the mall. They are both pretty exhausted too. And Raoul misses his little boy, Alexander. It can be tough being away this long.

Then we made our way to the show ... which was amazing. Like nothing I'd ever seen before. It was really cool to have been to the Gospel choir from Soweto and then to see this piece from Argentina. There were some interesting similarities. Mostly in the passion of the people. And the dancing. Both Susan and I commented that there were some dance moves that were similar. We all have similar ways of expressing our spirituality and passion I suppose. I can't even really explain what the show was like except to say that we stood for an hour with about five hundred people watching it all happen above us. I took a photo (without a flash) during one piece where these four women were in this huge plastic water filled tank that slowly came down above our heads as they danced and ran and swam through it. The music was pumping, water spraying on us from time to time, smoke, flashing lights. Like theatre at a rave. Very cool. Not for everyone. But interesting.

I think today I'm going to take it easy. Maybe go for a walk and do some writing. We have a show tonight after having a night off. That will be weird. I want to take advantage of the few days that I have left but also need to keep the energy up for the show.