From the light-hearted rock musical Rock of Ages yesterday to the more serious and considered Driving Miss Daisy I don’t think we could have a largest contrast in theatre performances! The main reason I wanted to see Driving Miss Daisy was to witness two legends of screen and stage in action – Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones (that voice!) And they were pretty awesome. We scored some seats in the Balcony so we were privileged to see them up close and personal (even if sometimes they did wander a bit too far to our side that they disappeared from our view!)

The story of Driving Miss Daisy itself is nothing more than a vehicle (pardon the pun) for the actors on stage to really strut their stuff. Back in the day it would have been quite a politically relevant story – an elderly affluent caucasian woman employs an African American chauffeur and over the years of civil rights movements and desegration of their two communities come to form a strong personal bond despite the existing political climate. But the story is more a focus on their forming relationship than the political background – and thus the vehicle for the two leads to really show us their worth. The to and fro between Redgrave and Jones was just something to behold – there was something about their chemistry and balance that was just simply enchanting.

A lovely evening.