Una Noche de Cultura

Friday night was a night of culture for me and my friends in Madrid. Clare, Nedra, Carmen, Greg and I all went to the Teatro Español in Plaza Santa Ana to see a Shakespeare production in English. The production was called Cymbelline, a tragicomedy which tells the story of Imogen and her secret husband Posthumus who is banished by the King. It's a long time since I have read or heard Shakespearean English and i found it quite hard to follow, thank God there were Spanish subtitles to help me out!

After the show had finished we rushed off in taxis to Alonso Martinez to see one of Greg's friends playing in a band called Bassando. They play a mixture of Jazz, Blues and Bossanova music and it was really good. Mark, Greg's friend, could play the saxophone, the Spanish Guitar and the flute and he also sang in Portuguese. Some people are just tooo talented!

After five hours of sitting on my arse I was getting tired and very hungry so Nedra and I wandered off to Tribunal in search of the Red Bar to get a bite to eat. Finally at two-thirty and with my belly full of chesseburger and chips I dragged my tired self home to bed.