Dr Strangelove

James very kindly decided to buy me a new Apple Watch for my Christmas because the old one’s battery has worn out. We went to the Apple Shop on Oxford Street where it took ages to set up my new watch, mainly because I couldn’t remember my Apple password so I had to wait for an hour for a security reset. Nothing daunted, we went for a stroll to Selfridges while we waited and had a delicious light lunch in the Brasserie of Light Restaurant on the first floor. It was extremely busy for a Thursday lunch time but we managed to get a seat at the bar and enjoyed our lunch very much. Back at the Apple Shop with my reset password the watch was up and running in plenty of time for us to arrive at the Noel Coward Theatre to see Dr Strangelove. The play was very true to the film from the 1960s, which had starred Peter Sellers playing several characters. Steven Coogan did the same thing and he did it very well, with a good supporting cast. The trouble is, that I didn’t really like the film, which I saw many years ago, because I thought it was all too frenetic and repetitive. I had hoped that this new production might tackle the plot in a fresh, maybe updated, way rather than just reproducing the film. So it wasn’t my favourite play of this week in London, although I can’t fault the cast for that. Our London theatre chums Gordon, Morag, Sheena and Peter were also at the play, along with Gordon’s brother Alan, so we decided to go for a coffee afterwards together. I thought that it might be difficult to find a table for seven in the busy west end, but I needn’t have worried. Gordon spotted a quiet and pleasant wee café just along the road where we were welcomed in for coffee and were able to have a good chat about the play among other things. James and I then met Cat for dinner in a wee Italian café where the food was tasty although the service was very slow. Our hero Cat insisted that the service charged be waived before we headed back to the flat for a cup of tea. Ally joined us later, he had been at his office night out.