Day 59 - Three Lions

Today was one of those days you dream about: a glorious sunny morning saw me meeting up for coffee before teeing off at around 9:00. We were playing a match vs Hankley Common and I had been paired up against a former Shell Trading colleague: lots to talk about!

The weather was stunning: warm sun combined with a cooling breeze. Sun cream mandatory. The course was playing well and my game was on song: result a victory by 4&2. A splendid carvery lunch followed thence home for a brief snooze in front of the cricket. 

Brief, because we had a train to catch: Mrs L and were up in Town this evening, first for a rare visit to Peter Jones, on Sloane Square, and then on to the St James Theatre to see an engaging production of "The Three Lions".

This was a new play, centring on the couple of days leading up to the FIFA World Cup bids for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. The England team was led by an unlikely triumvirate: PM David Cameron, Prince William and David Beckham.  We enjoyed the (fictional) account of how the three of them got on before and after the England bid failed so humiliatingly, with Russia taking the honours.

View of stage from our seat

This was a lightweight farce, made all the more entertaining by the cast with a very energetic Cameron almost stealing the show, but Sean Browne as David Beckham was for us the real star. The actor resembled Becks physically, down to the tatoos, eyebrows and smile: he also did an excellent job on the voice and ended up with many of the best lines.

Not a piece that will stand the test of time, but a most entertaining evening in a modern theatre with our seats spectacularly close to the stage. Worth a trip!