Lauren In London: What is Done Cannot be Undone

This quote is from Macbeth, very appropriate since I saw it last night at Trafalgar Studios near Trafalgar Square. The play started at 7:30 my friends and I got there about 7 and went immediately to the shop so that we could buy playbills that James McAvoy could sign. We had decided long ago that we would wait out back after the production to see if we could meet him. The theatre was small, only about 70 seats and we were in about the 3 row. It was extraordinary, we were so close to the stage. The production was in traditional Shakespearean language but took place in a the future, with people in futuristic/ dystopian dress, carrying swords and modern weaponry. There was lots of fog and flashing lights, tons of intense movements and fighting. In an article in the paper James McAvoy said that it was the most rigorous production that he has ever been in, and I can see that. The play was about two hours and 45 minutes long with an intermission. We were so close that we could really see the actors faces and it was amazing being so close tot he action. Afterword we went around the corner to the back and waited with some other people for the actors...well one actor. We only waited for about 10 minutes out in the cold, but then he came. James McAvoy emerged, ginger beard and all. He told us to move over to the left so that we did not block the exits. He went to sign my playbill, but my pen was broken. "Your pen is out of ink, love," he said and I almost died(his Scottish accent is awesome). Taylor gave me her pen and he signed my playbill and Melissa got a very blurry picture of us. We practically ran back to the Tube station, where we saw Lady Macbeth waiting for the train. It was an extraodrinary nigth.