It's a late-seeming night at work--the office is quiet, the sun has set for the day, and my belly is grumbling for sustenance, clearly not convinced that it will be satiated by a few pieces of dark mint chocolate. Rightly so. I'm killing time, waiting for the beginning of another opening night. This is certainly one of the fun things about my job, getting to go to opening nights and getting free tickets to all kinds of different shows. One night found us in the basement of the opera house in an intimate cabaret show where the singer danced on our table and ate some of my Toblerone. Another night saw us sitting inside one of the grand sails reacting badly to Australian opera in the form of Tosca. We also found ourselves viewing a show by what is likely the premier modern dance company in the country. A show that mostly consisted of sidelong glances between we, the audience members as we watched the dancers writhing on the massive stage in front of us. Irish comedies. Shakespeare...
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