Friday glee says THEATRE THEATRE THEATRE

[rydra_wong]

Climbing? Training? Locked down? Opening up? Vaccinated? Half-vaccinated? Vaccine FOMO? Obsessing about variants?

Instead of a video, have a trailer and an enthusiastic recommendation -- Bristol Old Vic's extraordinary adaptation of Joe Simpson's mountain survival epic Touching The Void is livestreaming tonight and tomorrow, then a a recorded performance will be available to rent on demand 2nd-8th June:

Bristol Old Vic | Touching The Void

My previous raves (after seeing it twice in the theatre):

https://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/722466.html
https://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/736835.html

Watch on YouTube

You don't have to be "a theatre person" to enjoy this; it's visceral and accessible and exhilarating and just so, SO good.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

Cool!

I'm climbing tomorrow. I climbed last weekend in Jacksonville, and it was really nice. I didn't climb anything hard, but I worked on my reading of routes and footwork. It felt wonderful.

Tomorrow is here in the local gym, and it's possible I may get Pat to try it on Monday. He's considering it enough to talk to me about what he fears about it. So I'm hopeful I'll get him into the gym!

[rydra_wong]

Good luck! I hope he has a lovely time if he decides to try it. Even if he just comes and watches first time, that could be a good first step.

[emperor]

Finger injury healing OK, but no climbing for me this week...

[juliet]

I saw that in the theatre (I suppose must have been over 18 months ago now? what even is time) on your recommendation and it was awesome :)

Took the kid climbing again! It is very unfair: when HE has 14 months off, he comes back 2" taller, physically stronger, and more confident, and hops up a grade immediately. This is NOT what happened to me... (Though a couple of weeks in I am getting back up to roughly where I was before, and the yoga + current physio have had significant effects.) Anyway, L had a lovely time & so did I :)

[brinstar_h]

Went climbing today. Trying to get back to where I was pre-pandemic.

My gym announced on their social media that they wouldn't require reservations on Fridays and weekends anymore. I'm not sure how I feel about that because I'm still a bit paranoid and I can only climb on weekends right now.