Comedy of Errors No not a belated Addicks match report, but some Shakespeare. I have talked about Navy Pier a number of times on this blog. To be honest in the evening it can be slightly trashy but if you are in the city for more than a few days, I wouldn't hesistate to tell you to take a stroll up and down the length of this 3,300ft landing place, which has had many iterations since its opening in 1916.

The pier also as I found out last night holds a bit of a secret. Chicago's Shakespeare Theatre is tucked away a bit more than halfway down and inside, the 510-seat courtyard arena is magnificent. Under the artistic directorship of the controversial Barbara Gaines, the Shakespheare company began life in the Red Lion Pub in Lincoln Park, reputed to be the most haunted pub in Chicago. There is a very English pub within the theatre too, but the only spirits we saw came in a bottle.

Last night's performance was a story-within-a-story and backstage antics abounded when a very eccentric and funny group of actors gathered at Shepperton Studios' movie set in the midst of the 1940 London blitz to film Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, and superb it was too. The show runs until end of June, and we picked up tickets for $27 each.  ¶ 21:29