Day 198 - Dear Lupin

A while back we had bought tickets for a play up in London, largely on the strength of its cast: James Fox and his youngest son Jack.  The play was called Dear Lupin, and we hadn't really done much research into it, although we could tell that it was struggling a bit at the box office as there were a number of good deals around.  Today, we went up to London to see it - and, perhaps because of the lowered expectations, very much enjoyed it.

The play was an adaptation of a book from 2012 which had been a surprise hit: a series of letters from the Sunday Times racing correspondent to his wayward son, stretching back for 30+ years.  The latter had gone through really rough times (expelled from Eton, drug and alcohol dependency, HIV/AIDS) so not an obvious source of comedy but the father had a nice turn of phrase and seemed to retain a stoic attitude throughout. Having a genuine father and son play the roles, the final few scenes as the father died contained genuine emotion that perhaps would not have worked so easily otherwise.

After we returned home, I did as I always do and read some of the reviews on-line, which were pretty fair IMHO. A light piece but one rescued by the cast and their obvious love for one another. Dads - take your sons along!

The earlier part of the day was golfing free (a busy few days ahead!) but still involved a fair amount of work, getting everything ready for the launch of what is arguably the premier men's event at Burhill Golf Club, the Auction Foursomes Dinner and Golf. This is to be held on 16th October and needs a good attendance to work properly.  We launched the online sign-up today, so fingers crossed...