Holiday Story 1: The Fangirl

[tattooedsiren]

So I posted my little postcards while I was away, but I decided to post some holiday stories over the next month. I figure its the best way to tell you about my holiday in small snippets so you dont have to read one ridiculous long post. Plus its good for me so I can read these back in years to come. :O)

Story One: The Fangirl.

So, as you can imagine, I had a lot of fangirly moments while I was away. When I was in London we found the spot from the Rose episode of Doctor Who where Chris Eccleston is standing by the Thames with the London Eye like a halo around his head. We also went to Platform 9 3/4.

I saw lots of people I like and respect in various shows. Siobhan Donaghy (former Sugababe whose solo stuff I like) was Mimi in Rent. George Wendt (Norm from Cheers) played Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. Claire Danes was Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (at one point I was standing about two steps away from her - she is shorter than me, has the tiniest wasit ever (though I'm sure the costume helped) and is just gorgeous). Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner were the leads in Cyrano de Bergerac (Kevin Kline is one of the best actors ever. Seriously, he was brilliant. Cannot say enough good things about him.)

But my ultimate fangirl night came when I saw Macbeth in London. Before going to the show I went to Waterstones, just near the theatre, in search of David Thewlis' new book. I pulled it off the shelf and what did I see - it was autographed by the author!!! Thats right, David Thewlis had signed my book. So, excited about that I went to the Gielgud, and found I was sitting in one the boxes. I was so close to the stage I could look the actors in the eyes!

So yeah, within the space of a few hours I bought something that David Thewlis had touched and signed, and then I saw Patrick Stewart on stage and actually made eye contact with him. My inner fangirl could not stop flailing. :O)

Oh, and for those of you wanting pics, they will be coming. There is a reason for the delay, which I will tell you when I post them, but I should be posting some by this weekend at the latest.

Comments

[naughtyhermione.livejournal.com]

Claire Danes! She was my bffl growing up, after I saw R+J when I was like, seven.

And speaking of Doctor Who and all this talk about Kevin Rudd...Kevin Rudd is the Master

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

She is so awesome. I love her work.

I havent watched S3 of Doctor Who yet so that makes no sense to me. LOL.

[alexi-lupin.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! MMM Thewlis...

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly. :O)

[mrsquizzical.livejournal.com]

oh my! david thewlis dna! that's brilliant.

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Isnt it. I need to extract that DNA and use it for my own purposes... LOL.

[chocky-mousse.livejournal.com]

That is so fucking awesome, mate. I just... gah!!! That would have been amazing, everything that happened!!!

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

It totally was. I'm such a fangirl. LOL.

[fehrlybrendan.livejournal.com]

David Thewlis had signed your book!!! That's really amazing. :D

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

I'm still giddy over it. :O)

[dizilla.livejournal.com]

*drools* You lucky gal you! How was Patrick Stewart live??? I once watched an old play of his on tv (when he was younger and wearing too tight jeans) and always wanted to see him act in person.

And Norm as the mom? that's fantastic! I'da loved to have seen that.

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

He was absolutely amazing. Really. I couldnt take my eyes off him. I'm soooo glad I saw it.

Yeah, I didnt even realise he was in it until we sat down in the theatre and opened the playbill. So funny. Hes not the best singer or dancer, but he was good.