I mistakenly thought this quirky-sounding production- Molière's classic 'L'Avare' adapted and relocated to the outskirts of Mumbai - would be on in South London. When I realised the first night of its tour was Windsor, rather than back out I thought I'd make a day out of it.
.It was sunny and not too cold so a walk around the town was in order. I wasn't in the mood for the castle and tried to visit the Guildhall Museum but it was closed. Next I went to the library to work on a book review, but conditions weren't good. It was small, bright and open-plan but the study area was too near the kiddies' play space.
I walked around the town, dominated by the castle, looking at the statuary. There were certainly plenty of restaurants and tea-rooms as well as souvenir shops, but I wanted somewhere to linger so the Wetherspoons was a good bet for lunch. Another good place to spend time was the Costas coffee shop at the bottom of Eton High Street. You can walk over the bridge and amble along as far as the college chapel. A notice on the door said it was 'the long break' so I didn't see any stiff-collared school boys.
The Tara Arts director said fund-raising for a first class venue for South Asian performing arts in London is going well. Work is to begin later this year. It can't happen too soon for me - the play went on until 10.25pm, which rarely happens in London. Worse, it ended just as the train left for Waterloo so I had to wait for the 10.53pm one and didn't get home until half past twelve.
I should have waited until the show's tour reached Stratford East, where it can be seen 6th-9th of March.
My review appears on The Public Reviews website.