Two Brilliant Minds

In case I forgot to mention it, seeing 12 plays in 3 weeks was my not my brilliant idea but rather the brilliant idea of the UC Berkeley Extension Travel With Scholars program. The course is called: Inside The London Theatre Scene and as you can tell from my blog is it an amazing opportunity to immerse yourself in London Theatre.

The picture above is of our two fantastic lecturer/theatre critics: Matt Wolf and Mark Shenton. They led our discussions and interviewed our guests as well as giving us background information on the plays we were seeing.
Matt writes for the International Herald Tribune and Bloomberg News Service as well as teaching for NYU in London, writing books and making Television appearances and probably 10 other jobs that I don't know about! He has been reviewing plays for over 20 years and has an amazing command of knowledge about the theatre.
Mark is very prolific as well. He writes for The Sunday Express, Theatregoer magazine, the BBC, is a contributing editor for Whatsonstage.com and writes a daily blog for The Stage.He is both a great interviewer and a very enthusiastic theatre aficionado, always willing to answer questions.

On the last day of class we voted for our favorites and Matt and Mark announced the Berkeley Awards. The link above to the International Herald Tribune lists the results at the end of Matt's column.