Anyone going to "His Dark Materials" plays in London?

[Neil Ward]

Tim said:
 
> Is anyone planning to go to the two part stage adaptation of Philip 
> Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy? It's on in December 2003 - 
> March 2004 at the National Theatre (on the South Bank of the Thames 
> in London).
> http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=6158

Yes, I'm going to see this in late January on two nights, spaced a 
week apart.  

I'm really looking forward to seeing Patricia Hodge play Mrs Coulter 
and Timothy Dalton as Lord Asriel, but I'm a bit worried that they'll 
make the daemons look like extras from "Cats" (as they're being 
played by people).  Apart from a large cast of actors, the production 
also involves puppets, video projection and computer graphics, so it 
promises to be spectacular.

Neil