london calling...

hello my dears
SO first day in the uk
mum, gran and i endured a pacticularly looooong flight, but i don't remember most of it because by some miracle (know as the delightful drug stugeron) i managed to sleep! i had time for a couple of movies (dreamgirls (pretty, but average), stranger than fiction (so glad i finally saw it, very clever) and the prestige (recommended! lots of twists and turns, a little confusing every now and then but very cool nonetheless).
So we arrived in london at around 6.30 this morning (wednesday) and i was so glad i went shopping the other day and got a new jacket cos it was SO cold! mum and i parted ways with gran and set off for our hotel, met up with dad who was on his way out for a meeting, and in a valiant attempt to stay awake went for a quick wander around oxford st, breezed in and out of a few shops and picked up some 'essential' food items in marks and spencers. that only got us to about 11.30, and mum couldn't take anymore so we went back to the hotel - she passed out asleep, i got down to learning my lines for tomorrow audition for school number 1. i got a little bored and suddenly and inexplicably very awake, so i went for a wander and ended up finding some cheap tickets to see a matinee of Cabaret, which seemed like a good idea for some research for my upcoming production. it was really good to see the show, finally, but i am still confused by the inexplicable nudity that presented itself every now and then...there was one point where it wasn't exactly necessary, but at least made sense. (i think that the sailor could've at least been wearing undies as he ran away from the prostitute's room, but i can understand why they chose to leave him very very naked...) but the other couple of times are totally lost on me.... BUT it still was a good show - for those of ou who have ever watched the delightful british comedy 'gimme gimme gimme' you will know who james dreyfuss is, and he played the Emcee, and was super.
after the show i walked all the way back to the hotel to find mum and dad both passed out asleep (mum at least has jetlag, i don't know what dad's excuse is...) and sat down here! OH wait i had a celebrity sighting this afternoon - Adam Garcia (yummy.) he's in london at the moment playing Fiyero in 'Wicked' on the west end, and i saw him sitting outside a pub. it was exciting.
i head off for my audition at Mountview tomorrow, which i think is my favourite out of the 2 i'm here for, so hopefully all will go well and i shall stay for a callback and shall be sitting down to write a quick note tommorw night! either that or they'll cut me after the first round and i shall be lamenting tomorrow afternoon...
toodle pip!