To be very honest I was not expecting too much, never been to any of Griffin's plays before and so I just thought it might be interesting, since I love everything indie because of my hipster heart.

I was really impressed. First I love the theatre, as I've said I've never been there before but the theatre was really small, comparable to an average high school classroom. Such limited space gave the audience a more 'personal' experience at the show. I was sitting in the second row, which means sometimes I could literally touch the actors if I reached out my hands and it instantly makes the whole play completely different. I could clearly see the facial expressions of the actors, instead of seeing some moving figures on stage, it felt like we were much closer to the characters, as if they were someone we know and we were the actual witness of the story, we became a part of it. And that definitely is an advantage for a realistic production on lives of the ordinaries. I reckon it wouldn't work as fine if was about some epic medival knights and swordfights, but the theatre worked brilliantly in favour for this play.

Then the actual play itself. My friend and I were glad that it was not a simple coming-to-age play as the synopsis suggested on the website. While Alex was a very important part of the story he was not the only focus. The stories around the parents and grandparents were not any less intriguing. I shall not go on so I won't carelessly put in any spoiler here but I do think it's got a quite fine approach to the theme - regret, which one can see through all three generations, all in different contexts and degrees and it did explore how regrets haunt their lives. It may fade as time passes but it will never be gone, it will still lie in your heart and occasionally come up from the depth with the same bitterness.

And I was seriously amazed by the performance of the actors. I can only imagine that it'd be even harder to perform in such an almost interactive 'stage' so close to the audience and not affected by our presence, except in the last scene there was a slight error, in unfolding the picnic table (i mean it's their first show c'mon) and the whole audience laughed so hard, but even then the actors handled it quite smoothly that I almost thought it was intentional. On the other hand, because of the stage, it may make the variance of the performance more visible to the audience, I assume, remember I just ASSUME, because it is a quite intense program schedule and the play did require heaps of emotions from the actors. My friend may bring her fam to see it again so maybe I'll ask her about it later in the month.

Anyway, it was a very nice play and I'd totally recommend it to my friends. 

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Soap & Glory (at kit costmetics inside the George St Myer)

• Hand Food Hydrating Hand Cream 125ml
• Clean On Me Shower Gel 75ml

• Sempiternal by Bring Me The Horizon
• House Of Gold & Bones Part 2 by STONE SOUR 

• Eyrie by Tim Winton (a book that I've been dying to read, glad it was on sale)

Really wanted to get Memorial by Russian Circles but couldn't find it anywhere instore so I guess I'll have to order it online. 

So far I'm liking the Dirty solid perfume. It's got a very prominent tarragon note (similar to licorice) which I adore (and I think it does smell like a sexy man)

Had a taco and some nachos at Mad Mex with mates, we were just too starving to pick a nicer place, but guess what, one simply cannot say no to Mexican.

Then we headed to Starbucks and I got a Gingerbread Soy Latte. It was DISGUSTING. No, really, like it was HORRID. Haven't got any starbucks drink for quite a few years and I almost forgot how horribly sweet the drinks could be. Not my cup of coffee sorry.

Anyhow, it was nice meeting mates that I haven't seen for the longest time and it's always nice getting a few dollars off, but really for someone suffers from horrible social anxiety (was using deep sleep stress less roller ball stick from thisworks and it kinda helped a little) it was not the most pleasant experience as you can probably imagine. Not that I didn't have fun at all but I'm glad I'm done with it.

Hope you all had an amazing Christmas and ready for the new year! 

I've been searching for a new pair of black jeans for a while now and I'm in love with this pair I found on Saxony. I'm safe to say that this is the near perfect pair for me. They contain 3% Spandex so very strechy and feel amazingly comfortable, more of a 'Jegging' actually, and they fit my legs perfectly. 

What makes these even better is that they are currently on sale and reduced from $140 to $42, what a bargain! Though the online store's only got size 34 left so if it's your size then be quick.