05/08/08
The 4th star & The 4th gospel -
Categories: Got a couple of reviews now - one from Fest who said something like, "This show should have been at the fringe a long time ago", probably from a longer paragraph that continued with: "Now however...". I say probably cos I don't know - this year I'm staying true to that ideal of all performers of not reading the reviews, so I only know the bits that my producer has kindly stuck on posters. There's also a nice one (4 stars) from one4review.com. Encouraging.
I am now in my new flat, which is a little further from the centre that I'd thought. It's practically Berwick-upon-Tweed in fact. Also while I was looking forward to the company of new flatmates (my first week was in a lonesome prisonesque student flat), it now turns out that we may not be sharing the same joyous sumptuous feasts and nights out - they've decided to do a month-long fast, so they're only eating rice and fruit all festival. There go the exciting prospects of Chinese takeaways and boozy nights out with them. Add to that the fact that they're doing 8am Bible studies each day (I'm expecting to come in at 8am at least once this month, maybe just in time to catch the theological discussion) - it's not quite going to be the rock-and-roll bachelors' pad I'd envisaged.
I came in late last night and didn't have my laptop with me for my usual 'can't sleep, watch a dvd' ritual, and all my books were in the boot of my car, so I thought I'd read one of the books on the shelf of the person whose flat it is - but all hundred or so books were just in keeping with the planned daily Bible studies, so I had to choose my 2am reading between D.A. Carson's commentary of John's gospel or E.P. Sanders' The Historical Figure of Jesus. Both excellent books, but 2am and a few pints' worse for wear and you don't pick up the crux (no pun intended) of the theosophical arguments, so I'm afraid to say instead I opted for listening to some Bill Hicks on my ipod. I felt quite dirty. Tonight I'll probably read why Carson reckons the fourth gospel was aimed at the Jewish rather than Hellenic population, just to redress the balance.
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