Website: http://www.youngvic.orgA week ago last Friday ABJ and I took an evening out to visit the Young Vic Theatre. We were there to see Sweet Nothings - a play with the tagline "Four young people risk everything in a tragic game of love, lust and adultery"!
We arrived and picked up our cheap £10 student/"under 26" tickets at the front desk. We then went to have a drink in the crowded downstairs bar. In the hope of a place to sit we ventured upstairs to another bar but this was also packed out. While we stood there sipping out beers we wondered if all the trendy people we could see were there for the play or if the Young Vic was also a hip place to hang out.
At last we went into the theatre, awkwardly transferring out drinks to plastic cups. It was unreserved seating inside so we sat on the front row.
The play itself was really good and we couldn't have picked better seats - in some parts the actors were standing directly in front of us while they collected wine glasses or boiled coffee. The stage was round and slowly rotated during the performance. This was quite subtle and often you would have a double-take to realise that the piano that was 20 minutes ago on the far left was now at the back of the stage...
In the interval we overheard two men nearby discussing about how dreadful the play was "it's all style and no substance" etc. We discreetly made fun of them because we were enjoying the play. In the end they walked out and didn't stay for the second half.
All in all it was a good evening out.
Summary: Good play, funky venue.
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