I made a fair crack at squeezing as much as is physically possible into a weekend. Admittedly more by accident than design, but ho hum.
Friday night I went to see The Roof. On paper it sounds exactly the right amount of ridiculous. A seemingly-dystopian, computer-game-themed, rooftop-set, free-running show in a disused car park on the south bank where everyone wears headphones for that personalised sonic experience. The first five minutes were ace, it properly made use of the headphones and set the show up pretty well. Unfortunately that was about as good as it got. The chosen computer game was something akin to Jet Set Willy or Treasure Island Dizzy: eighties platform nonsense where not really anything happens. This doesn't make for spectacular viewing. Disappointing seeing as the premise was so good.
Spent the bulk of this weekend in Leeds. city that I've been to a heap of times but never really had a chance to explore. This time I explored. I got taken to art galleries in breweries, gigs in record shops, bars with not so secret cinemas in the basement, gigs in social clubs and pubs where it's deemed acceptable to add both pork belly and battered black pudding to a burger. Leeds: box ticked.
Stopped at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on my way home, mainly to see the Ai Weiwei (everyone's favourite dissident) exhibition. I appreciate that he's not all that able to curate shows around the globe at the minute, but I'm not going to lie, I expected there to be a bit more to it. There were five exhibits; two of which were really good, two I didn't get and one that punches you in the face with how clever it is - and no one, except art critics, likes that.
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