Sheila's Report
Deathtrap at The Lowry ....
Tuesday 16th April 2002. My husband dropped me of at the Lowry in Manchester
to see David Soul perform in Deathtrap. I was meeting up with Robbin Laffoon
from Missouri, Kansas and Debbie (the drum) we met up at 7.00pm and went for
a drink at the bar before taking our seats at 7.25pm. We were lucky to get
seats right at the front so we had a fantastic view of the stage. Music started
to play and David appeared reading a script, looking gorgeous. I won't give
the plot away as there may be some of you who haven't seen the play yet and
I don't want to spoil it. All I will say is that at the interval Debbie, Robbin
and myself sat looking at each other trying to figure out the plot, we thought
we'd worked it out till we sat and watched the second half of the play and
we realized we were nowhere near hahaha. The play is fantastic, it's a play
in a play, in a play if ya get my drift -- with lot's of twists and turns.
At one point David is on stage alone and he is hilarious to say the least,
everyone was laughing yet he hardly spoke a word, his facial expressions are
just awesome.
After the play we decided to go to the bar and it was packed. We managed
to find a sofa to sit on only to see David being interviewed not far from
where we sat. We waited patiently till the interview was over with then Robbin
went to ask who he was being interviewed by, they told her it was TowerFM
radio, a radio station that covers the Bury/ Bolton area (just so happens
I live in that area, lucky me). We said we wouldn't go over to David as he
had been busy all night with the play then the interview. I saw David heading
for the bar so I told Debbie and Robbin that I would just go to the bar and
ask him to sign my programme. As I got near the bar David turned to talk
with a couple so I patiently waited for him, then I pounced hahaha. Just
as David picked up his two pints I asked him if he would please sign my programme,
he looked at his drinks then my programme then to a table and smiled, I told
him I would wait for him to put his drinks down and he told me to come over to his table,
I didn't need a second invite. David sat down and I passed him my programme
and he signed it, while he was signing it Debbie and Robbin joined us and asked
David to sign their programmes too. David asked if I minded if he passed my
programme round the rest of the cast to sign and I said no. David kept looking
at me and I wondered why, then he asked me where I lived ( I couldn't believe
David Soul was asking me where I lived.) I told him I lived in Radcliffe in
between Bury and Bolton so I guess it had something to do with the radio interview.
He then asked me if I had been to the Blackpool showing of Deathtrap, I told
him, "No, I hadn't." Then he said he'd seen me before but didn't
know where. I told him I was at the Fab Cafe the night before with my brother
and then the penny dropped, he said I looked different maybe it's the lighting
(the Fab Cafe is very dark but I had had my hair cut on Tuesday morning so
I guess that's why I looked different but I didn't say that to David). I asked
him if my brother Dale was a pain at the Fab Cafe as he was following David
everywhere but David said, "No, he was cool," so I had to tell
my brother that one and the top his head was swelling hahahaha.
After David had signed our programmes and chatted to us for a little
we wished him luck told him we'd see him again Saturday and left him to his
friends and his beer. We finished our drinks and headed for home looking
forward to Saturday so we could see the play and David again, little did
we realize what was in store for us....
Hugs,
Shelly, xxx still on cloud nine.
