Digest

House plans now lodged with the planning office at Borders Council. The long wait begins.

Went to see Rapture Theatre's rendition of Hamlet on Friday night, set in modern day Glasgow at the infamous Elsinore Corporation. Superbly done despite the potentially cheesy setting. Hamlet was played vulnerable, unpredictable, emotional. The whole production was tight, sparse, pacy. The ghost scene was successfully played for laughs, unlikely as it sounds, and the gravedigger was ironic and self-referencing. A good show, and right on our doorstep at the Eastgate Theatre.

Our rehearsals for Myriad race on, with only two left before the performance. I have a soundtrack to put together before next Monday, consisting mostly of explosions, electronic beeps and clicks, accelerating spaceships and menacing ambiences of one sort or another. What's not to enjoy ?

Macbeth rehearsals have also kicked off quietly with a workshop for some of the principal Weirds. This Thursday is a textual analysis of Act 1 Scene 3 and some playing around with movement and voice.

I'm reading The End Of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas at the moment; part novel, part thought experiment - an interesting mish-mash. A friend lent me The Road by Cormac McCarthy but I might have to wait til the weather's more uplifting before subjecting myself to that

Went food shopping and noticed my momentary discomfort at taking a Sainsbury's reusable shopping bag into Tesco. What's that all about ?  Actually Sainsbury's promotional slogan for their reusable shopping bags "Take An Old Bag Shopping" almost deserves switching, but the prices don't.

Street View

Peebles is now on Google Earth Street View !
Have you noticed that wherever Google goes, it's summer ?

Anyway, it's worth a look at our pretty summer town.

Busy

Busy.

Have you seen this ?

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