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This morning’s weigh in was not quite as bad as last night’s, but when I tried to put my suit on for the wedding we were off to today I couldn’t quite fasten the trousers (or not in a way that was going to be comfortable for a very long day). Annoyingly I’d just got to the point where I could wear that suit comfortably before the Fringe. God damn the Fringe.
I found an old pair of suit trousers that were a little more comfortable, but back on the diet properly… tomorrow.
We were heading off early as our friends were getting married at 10.30am at Marylebone Town Hall. The same place we got married and also Paul McCartney for the good two marriages. We took an early train to be safe and walked from Kings Cross to Marylebone. It was good to get some exercise but as this wedding was going on until 3am in three different locations we possibly needed to conserve our energy (we were never going to get to 3am though - but if we’d thought ahead we might have booked a hotel in town as the kids were with their grandparents).
It was a fun and funny wedding with the bride coming in to the theme from Succession and the happy couple leaving to the theme from Curb Your Enthusiasm. They also managed to fit in a sketch performance, with a little skit involving the vows and an argument about whether the marriage lasted into the after life which some of the non-Larry David fans in the room might possibly have thought was for real. Laughter, music and silliness. Very good to see all these in a wedding service and a positive sign for the marriage (at least until death do them part).
We got on a double decker bus to go to the reception but before it left there was some commotion on the top deck. It seemed that people had spotted someone in the street and they were so excited that I thought it might be someone like Michael Jackson or Robin Williams, until I realised why that wouldn’t be the case. In fact it was ex-PM Theresa May who was on her way in to the wedding after this one. Why were people so excited to see such a terrible ex-PM? Because it’s always exciting to see someone famous and the bride at our wedding has been a strong activist for the Labour Party so it was kind of amusing that a prominent Tory had nearly crashed it.
I was sad we weren’t going to see Theresa dancing at the reception. But as you can see from the photo, she walks like she dances.
It was a really fun day, with a reception in a brewery (with non-alcoholic beer on tap!) and pizza and then speeches and dancing at the Phoenix Arts Club, a familiar late night haunt for comedians and actors, but which I hadn’t been to for a good few years. Very cool to give up a day to fun with adult friends and it was a shame that we had to duck out early, but we’d been on the go for 12 hours and we weren’t able to make it into the night.
It feels a bit like it’s going out to nobody, but the few comments I’ve had have been positive. I think this series is strong, but all the series are pretty strong and this still remains a little secret between me the cast and about five listeners. But thanks to Radio 4 for letting me talk about my balls on their station. I had hoped it would go out in the spring so it felt a little closer to lockdown and also so you didn’t get too many projects that involve testicular cancer all at once, but here it is now.
And RHLSTP Book Club returned today too with a fun interview with Erin Kelly about her gripping novel “The Skeleton Key”
Listen here.
