Went to see Chris in the End of Longing on Friday. I was very tempted to see it because Matthew Perry was in it so with Chris being in it, it tipped the decision. I was in the stalls on the far right hand side near the front so I had a great view of the bar. (I chose that seat before I even knew it was the best place to see the bar). It was a mixture of him wiping the bar, taking stock of the imaginary wall of drinks, pretending to talk to someone behind the bar (off stage) and when people would talk to him, either nodding or pointing his hand in the air
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The play was better than I thought it was going to be, some dark bits but generally amusing.
Sat directly behind me were 6-8 of Chris's friends and a couple of rows ahead of me was Pippa and someone people in the row behind kept referencing as Dan ('Go sit with Dan, Pippa'). Wondered who on Earth he was, although he seemed familiar. After a while the penny dropped that it was Dan O'Connell. At half time bought Pippa and Dan a drink, they were both extremely nice, they gave me some play merchandise that they had spare.
Went down to the bar area after the play to try and meet them all, spoke to Pippa for a bit again, Chris and the rest of the cast were going to be a while so I left as I didn't want to hang around awkwardly. Also saw Gav who wasn't too impressed when I recalled him as being the Coco Pops Monkey guy...