Wellington Street Theatre

Just got back from seeing a local theatre production of "Dark Lady of the Sonnets", written by George Bernard Shaw.  Oh man, this thing was hilarious!  It chronicles the fictional first meeting between William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I, and features William buddying up a Beefeater, a catfight between Williams girlfriend Mary and the Queen, Shakespeare stealing lines spoken by the Beefeater, Mary, and the Queen herself for "inspiration" for his writing, flirty dirty William, and a battle between Queen Liz and Shakespeare over who has the more legitimate birthright.  I'd never claim to be a theatre expert, but I thought it was a hilarious and well acted performance.  After the show, several actors besides the original 4 in the play got up and did some improve for about 20 minutes, which called for some minor audience participation (mostly shouting out suggestions) and was lots of fun to watch!

The Wellington Street Theatre itself is a converted old limestone church, with the stage where the alter was and a set of riser seats where the pews were.  The old organ pipes can be seen over top of the stage, and I wonder if they're still operational.  It's a pretty building, and a great place to have a theatre, I think.

All and all, a great way to spend the afternoon.  I'm definitely going to have to try to get out to those more often, because it was so much fun!