Had my final day of classes today……No more Shakespeare with Lynn or Modern with John or Movement with Jackie….incredibly sad.  But tomorrow is Open Day when all of the groups present their pieces….So I’m ready to perform Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters….I think I really had a break through for both pieces today in our final rehearsal…I finally felt grounded in all 3 of my roles and didn’t feel like I was rushing over my words or being too sporadic.

So my debit card is actually never coming, but Kathy wired me over another $500 (which comes out to 300 pounds) for me to use when I’m in London for the next 3 days.  I plan on seeing Hair Monday night and either War Horse or La Bete on Tuesday…..I wanted to see a matinee and an evening show on Sunday but most theatres are dark on Sundays in London so there are about 6 shows playing (when normally there’s at least 30 on any given night)….And what is one of the shows, none other than Legally Blonde in the West End….maybe I’ll see it…..I really wanted to go see As You Like It at the Old Vic Theatre, everyone says its phenomenal, but it’s playing in rep with The Tempest and it’s not going up on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday…Maybe I’ll see the Tempest but I heard it’s not as good, and since AU is doing As You Like It, I would really like to have seen it here.  Oh well.

We had a surprise Masterclass/Q&A with Alan Rickman on Wednesday night.  I asked him about his feelings about having a 10 year project that is Harry Potter come to an end: Is he relieved to have it finally finished, sad, or is it just like any other production coming to the close and he instantly moved on to the next thing……He seemed to feel the most like the last option - but said how unique it was to see 3 acts grow up over the course of that 10 years.  He also spoke of how significantly the movies have changed….for the first couple they filmed on location in Oxford, but now absolutely everything is done on a patch of grass with green screens in the background…..He said he was filming a scene with Michael Gambon who plays Dumbledore once (who hasn’t read the books) and they were surrounded by screens and Michael Gambon asked “Am I dead in this scene?”  He is just starting rehearsals on a show with Fiona Shaw, who we met 2 weeks ago.

We had the final Masterclass with John Barton and watched him work on 5 speeches from Henry V with Jane Lapotaire….it was very interesting but very long….about 2.5 hours sitting on the floor of the JCR….it was really hot and my back was killing me by the end.

Also, last Friday was BADA’s annual Entertainment Evening - many people sang - there were a few skits - but me and Lyndsay whipped out the R&J Sassy Gay Friend skit…..It was quite a crowd pleaser.

Off to go buy some Oxford clothing, since I haven’t been able to yet.  Yay!