The End is Nigh...

Hi everyone.

Phew! Things have really been heating up, with the result that blog posts have been few and far between these past few weeks. I'll be picking up the pace prior to your exam, though, so keep checking back.

This week marked our last official class together. As I mentioned to you, it really will be the last class, as I won't be returning next semster. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sad about that.

Never fear, though, I won't be dumping you in the deep end just yet! First, lets get through this exam period together. I'll be posting loads of tips, revision and some poetry reminders over the next 2 weeks - check in regularly to take advantage of this.

As a special offer to blog readers/students, I'm offering an EXTRA CLASS on Tuesday 21st April in LR 27 at 11:30. Be there with questions on the course and be ready to cram some of the poetry we didn't make it to. I'll also be posting one or two thoughts on Madonna of Excelsior on this site afterwards.

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As an end-of-semester event, I suggested we go and see Decadence at the Intimate Theatre in town in the first week of May. It's horridly expensive - R60 - so not for everyone, but for those who'd like to join, I can guarantee it'll be a goodie. Here are details:

This naughty little number is a feast for all the senses. Sex, temptation, indulgence, and glorious extravagance meet desire and a touch of murder.

Steven Berkoff’s comment on British society traces the sensual exploration of two couples’ hysterical love affairs and unusual fetishes. DECADENCE comments on the complex dynamics of mans’ relationships not only with the opposite sex, but with food and copious amounts of money. Helen, Steve, Sybil and Les have seemingly nothing in common, except for their apparent inability to resist temptation...

This risqué story of love and obsession, written by infamously mischievous Steven Berkoff, is performed by Scott Sparrow and Emily Child, and directed by acclaimed comedic expert Christopher Weare. It runs from the 29th April – 16th May at the appropriately named Intimate Theatre on 37 Orange Street Cape Town.

Emily and Scott are ridiculously talented (and ridiculously hot). If you want to come, you should bring money to class on Tuesday and I'll book on the spot for you. The theatre is on the UCT drama campus in town (Orange Street, opposite the Mount Nelson).