My TD

I met my TD yesterday. His name is Trevor Sargent and that is him over on the left. He is the head of the Green Party in Ireland and has been since 2001. And get this, when Bush visited Ireland a while back, he totally drafted a warrant for a citizens arrest against Bush. I just know we will get along. He seems really nice. I will be working with him and a guy named Gerry who is the chief of staff/speechwriter for the Greens. I have a project that I am working on but can't post details like that online. Don't wanna get deported for treason or anything. I will start actually getting into the work on Tuesday. My TDs constituency is North Dublin so he is around more than the TDs who have farther away counties. I am really excited about getting started on this phase of my trip.
We went to the Peacock theatre the other night which is the black box of the big state theatre (Abbey) and we saw Hamlet. It was really good. The language was original, but of course they cut it because the play is like 5 hours long if you don't. They updated the setting and costumes and the like. There was a really cool use of spinning panels for the scenery and projecting onto the white walls for effects. The actors were really good. But Shakespearian English in an Irish accent is like a whole new level of complicated. So that was really fun. And the best part is, you can get theatre tickets to big professional shows for like €15 which is so much cheaper than the states. We are going to 2 more shows while we are here for sure, we already got our tickets. One is a one man show that won a bunch of Tonys on Broadway and the other is a Laramie Project-style show about the inquiries into Bloody Sunday. So that should be fabulous as well.