Why she belongs in Neverland

My wild child is 20 months old today. I will write her letter after I've got this progress review over and done with. It is at 3pm today. We will be driving up to Sydney once Lily and P. get back from seeing Playschool Live. I am a bit sad that I am missing out...

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend!

Keating!

Keating! The Musical is already sold out in Canberra. (Well you can still purchase single tickets with restricted views, but that is basically the same thing to me.)

Why?

Why didn't we book earlier? We should have known that Canberra is packed full of political tragics like us who would want to see this.

They are doing another season at the Seymour Centre between 9 and 22 March, but that is simply not realistic for us. You, on the other hand, may wish to book now to avoid disappointment.

Maybe we could go along just days after the birth. I'm sure a trip to Sydney on the bus would be no problem...

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead

Haven't gotten around to fixing the photos for C's post yet, so the suspense will have to build just a little longer.

We went to the theatre last night and saw an Athol Fugard play from the 1970s, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead. The director had brought the original cast back together and both actors were incredible.

The play is a powerful statement against the then apartheid laws and oppression of blacks in South Africa.

While the crowd found much to laugh about, C and I couldn't help but see distinct parallels between the lives of blacks under apartheid and the lives of blacks in parts of Johannesburg like Orange Farm and Phiri and White City in Soweto.

Today is Diwali, one of the biggest South Asian festivals of the year and, due to a considerable diaspora, there's a huge festival happening in town all day.

Hopefully we won't get too covered in coloured chalk water...

We're off to Lesotho tomorrow morning early, so there might be a communications blackout for a while.

We'll update as we can.