Over the last year or so I have been enjoying occasional glimpses of English Theatre right here in Turku. The National Theatre in London has been broadcasting live performances into cinemas all over the world. Many countries are broadcasting live but because of time differences some are shown days after the live performance.
As we are only 2 hours ahead of GMT, our viewings are late in the evenings but not normally too late to enjoy. I recently decided not to go to Hamlet, though - 3 hours plus an interval, starting at 9pm on a "school" night was not a good idea!!
BUT This week I am going to see King Lear from the Donmar Warehouse, starring Derek Jacobi and this time I have had the opportunity to add something extra to the experience. As a member of the FinnBrits, I was invited to attend a lecture at the University. The English Philology students were offered the chance of extra credit if they attend the performance, a pre-performance lecture and a post performance debrief and then write an essay.
I went along to the first lecture with a fellow FinnBrit and found only one student in attendance - an English Translation student, not even Philology! She is, in fact someone I have met at another NTLive performance...
So the Lecturer spoke to just the three of us. He is, in fact, someone else I know through other circles and is a very private person, so I won't name him here, but it was an interesting session and I feel like I woke up a few brain cells I had forgotten... those I used to use when I worked in the theatre - in my previous life. I am so looking forward to Thursday's performance with my newly reawakened brain cells and the debrief next week.
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