Eating a Vegetarian Elephant

Chiglepig

@themadvix for flexibility, I'd go for the mini hotbin in a limited space - the wormery can get messy to empty and needs protection from cold.

smetf

Loving the wormery/ hotbin discussions. Currently considering getting one of these but in the middle of researching which would be best.

Chiglepig

Our hot bin arrives today! I have two wheelbarrow loads ready to get it started, but fear an afternoon of meetings and theatre tonight means I have to wait for the weekend

Theatre tonight, that would usually mean pre- and interval drinks, but I'm feeling frugal tonight, so just one round I think.

themadvix

Exciting stuff! (Hot bin and theatre! 😂)

Karmacat

themadvix said:

Exciting stuff! (Hot bin and theatre! 😂)

Very much so!  Feedback on both, please, it sounds great!

powerspowers

Another one following for the compost conversation! 

Chiglepig

powerspowers said:

Another one following for the compost conversation! 

I have found my people

Well, compost will have to wait - I won't be able to unpack and site it until Saturday.

So, just for @Karmacat, the theatre review . I only went back after the break because it's a short play .  Honestly, I saw it 10 or so years ago with Anna Chancellor, and Toby Stephens, and it was brilliant, witty and sharp. This was just cringy. It's a play very much of it's time - so you have to accept that domestic violence is an acceptable subject for comedy, but it takes deft direction and serious acting to pull it off. To work the leads have to be truly vile pleople, not just smug and self-satisfied. Nigel Havers was awful, terrible timing and very, very pleased with himself, Patricia Hodge was better, but seemed to struggle with her voice. And not to mention that both are about 20 years too old (but I knew that already).

Anyway, that's my opinion, but the rest of the Chichester audience loved it, as did the local press.

themadvix

Oh theatre review is definitely not just for Karma - we very rarely go to the theatre and it’s usually a big, expensive west end show that MIL has bought us tickets for, but that’s not to say I wouldn’t want to go more often, it’s just not a budget priority for us (right now). Always interesting to hear what you think!

Karmacat

Fascinating, thank you chiglepig!  When I think of the "acting muscles" of various actors, the two you originally saw would win hands down.

Some things need experts: I went to see Waiting For Godot at the Haymarket about 10 years ago now - I'd always avoided it like the plague, but it was the first day out for my sister and her daughter after my brother in law died, and it was what they wanted to see.  I was lucky enough that it was Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, and I've literally never laughed so much at any production of anything anywhere, it was wonderful.  You just never know - its always worth taking a risk on a new production.

Of course, new production of compost still eagerly awaited 

themadvix

I can imagine that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan would always be absolutely fantastic together - how wonderful to see!