Much Ado About Something Or Other.....
So, I’ve just about recovered from the excitement of last week’s celebrations and have now settled back into work. My dinner suit has been duly cleaned and pressed for an awards ceremony following the Sunday Times HSBC International Track 100 league list mentioned previously; but I’m not all about the glamour – I’m quite the culture vulture these days too...
I recently went to see a well-received modern adaption of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing set in Gibraltar in the 1980s, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. I have to admit that despite finding the slapstick element of the production amusing at times, the difficulty of the language did mar the experience. Come to think of it, I really could have really done with one of our interpreters on hand – although, from a business perspective I can’t see much demand for interpreters specialising in different periods of English.
As I hopelessly tried to decipher what was going on, I looked around at the highbrow audience at London’s Wyndham theatre lapping up the nuanced Shakespearean dialogue, and was continually distracted by a couple two rows in front of me who talked throughout – was I bovvered? – Actually yes, I was.
But what can one do? You can’t tell somebody to shut up in a theatre without making noise yourself, causing the person behind you to lean over and tell you to pipe down and, before you know it, you’ve got a full-scale highbrow riot on your hands, which, actually (cultural fact coming up), would have made for a raucous and ultimately more authentically Jacobean atmosphere – so there.
I think that could be the end of my cultural outings for a while as I return to the heady world of awards ceremonies and glamorous galas, and let me tell you, it doesn’t come much more glamorous than the American Business Awards – “The Stevies” - where thebigword has just been nominated in the Fastest-Growing Company of the Year category!
The prestigious awards are the business equivalent of the Oscars and have previously been judged by business luminaries including Donald Trump and Tony Robbins. So while I cling on to my ‘important family occasion’ physique, (the result of months of eating nothing but apples), I will be dragging myself off to as many star-studded soirees as possible (and don’t worry, I’ll let you know how we get on too!).
Have a great weekend,
Larry
I recently went to see a well-received modern adaption of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing set in Gibraltar in the 1980s, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. I have to admit that despite finding the slapstick element of the production amusing at times, the difficulty of the language did mar the experience. Come to think of it, I really could have really done with one of our interpreters on hand – although, from a business perspective I can’t see much demand for interpreters specialising in different periods of English.
As I hopelessly tried to decipher what was going on, I looked around at the highbrow audience at London’s Wyndham theatre lapping up the nuanced Shakespearean dialogue, and was continually distracted by a couple two rows in front of me who talked throughout – was I bovvered? – Actually yes, I was.
But what can one do? You can’t tell somebody to shut up in a theatre without making noise yourself, causing the person behind you to lean over and tell you to pipe down and, before you know it, you’ve got a full-scale highbrow riot on your hands, which, actually (cultural fact coming up), would have made for a raucous and ultimately more authentically Jacobean atmosphere – so there.
I think that could be the end of my cultural outings for a while as I return to the heady world of awards ceremonies and glamorous galas, and let me tell you, it doesn’t come much more glamorous than the American Business Awards – “The Stevies” - where thebigword has just been nominated in the Fastest-Growing Company of the Year category!
The prestigious awards are the business equivalent of the Oscars and have previously been judged by business luminaries including Donald Trump and Tony Robbins. So while I cling on to my ‘important family occasion’ physique, (the result of months of eating nothing but apples), I will be dragging myself off to as many star-studded soirees as possible (and don’t worry, I’ll let you know how we get on too!).
Have a great weekend,
Larry
