2007. I have made the mistake of going to a matinee performance and my heart sinks before an absurd word has been spoken. I find myself sitting in front of a group of maybe 20 kids with Down Syndrome. I don't even know any theatre going adults who admit to liking Theatre of the Absurd and who on earth could possibly have thought these kids would be an exception.

Oh. But oh. Geoffrey Rush is something special. He had the entire audience eating from the palm of his hand and the kids behind me were riveted throughout. I've never seen anybody enjoy theatre as much as they did this day.

The play, translated by Geoffrey Rush and Neil Armfield, had never been produced in Australia before. Hard to understand why as it is easy going stuff as Theatre of the Absurd goes. The audience was there to see Geoffrey - I imagine plenty of them had never been in a theatre. They were not to be disappointed. Exit the King is a one person show where the rest of the case is no more than accoutrements. Sorry, Susan Sarandon, you're gorgeous and you get some good lines, but still.

I wonder if he did this when it was on Broadway: at some point he spluttered a drink of water all over a lady in the front row. By way of apology he waggled his finger at her and said 'That's what you get for being overexcited and booking your seat too early.' Audience goes wild. How clever, I think to myself. Ah, I find out from Felicity, who is wealthy enough to see it twice. He does that every night.
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Loved it!: This book made me think: am I the king that lives his life and doesn't care what happens? When I am just about to die, will I be regretting just like this king does? Am I living my life to its full extent? Some good philosophical questions are raised in the book. I recommend you to read it.