On a logistical nightmare
Jun 24 2009 By John Slim
I have assumed that haulage contractors as a class are imbued with a thespian flamboyance ever since I first realised, a few years back, that they had begun to offer their services in Logistics.
Sounds good, doesn’t it?
As far as I can gather, it simply means storage and distribution, which doesn’t sound nearly as exciting and mysterious. Nevertheless, every other truck seemed to be dedicated to Logistics.
But guess what: I did about 100 miles of motorway driving on Monday, after a visit to The Globe Theatre for Romeo & Juliet, and I saw only two lorries proclaiming an involvement in Logistics, plus one from somewhere foreign that spelled it with a K.
I hope this was another linguistic fad biting the dust, just as empirical did about ten years ago, after it had been seemingly impossible to read or hear a news item without it.
Next (please!) proven. Cosmetics industry commercials, please note. Either pronounce it correctly – it rhymes with woven – or, better still, discover proved, which not only means the same thing, but saves a syllable.
* Kings Heath group Drama 13 is offering something different on Saturday evening by presenting a reading of two radio plays, with sound effects for both of them and a buffet meal in the interval.
It comes under the heading of Our Friend in the Corner – an affectionate reference to the wireless set that broadcast the plays more than 60 years ago.
The plays are The Case of the Careless Client, a puzzle for Agatha Christie’s Inspector Poirot, and one called Fanny’s Young Man, which the last time I enquired was of unknown origin.
It’s all happening at the New Life Baptist Church in Kings Heath High Street.
* And there’s an interesting prospect 24 hours earlier, on Friday, when the youngsters of Birmingham’s Stage 2 present their LAMDA showcase evening, showing the kind of work they do in their customarily highly successful pursuit of approval by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
* Stage 2 claims that in the past 21 years its youngsters have gained some of the highest solo, duo and group marks ever given. This year’s talented crop will be on show at Birmingham Library Theatre, when prospective members will have the opportunity, not only to see the standards that the group attains, but to talk to the tutors who will guide them on their way if they decide to join.
* Whats On
On Your Honour: Sutton Arts Theatre, Sutton Coldfield (to Saturday);
Run for Your Wife: Hall Green Little Theatre (to Saturday);
Disco Inferno: Argosy Musical Theatre Company, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham (to Saturday);
Blood Wedding: Creative Industries Acting Students, Rose Theatre, Kidderminster (Thursday/Friday);
Our Friend in the Corner: Drama 13, New Life Baptist Church, Kings Heath (Saturday).
