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I went to see King Lear on Friday evening at the BMW Mini factory in Oxford, performed by the Creation Theatre Company.

An interesting venue for a play. I was kinda hoping it would be next to the production line with skeletal cars as a backdrop, but that was never likely. Instead it was in the Info Centre - a huge area with white brick walls, metal zig-zag roof and concrete floor. It made for an appropriately stark setting, and with only 239 seats, also intimate.

I have never seen or read King Lear before, although I did know enough not to expect a knockabout comedy. As is often the case with Shakespeare I was completely lost for entire sections of dialog, but got back on track before the plot escaped me completely.

And I really enjoyed it.

This summer Creation will be performing at Oxford castle and I will definitely be up for that, although I also need to take advantage of the RSC's mission to perform the complete works over the next year.

The evening was also a date, with the lovely Natalie. More on whom, hopefully much more, in the weeks to come.