OK, so I am going to get completely out of synch now because I still plan on regaling the rest of the stories from last week. However I am now going to come forward to last night.
Technically I am still on holiday. But there was a meeting in London today that I really needed to attend. So, to keep life simple, I decided on a family trip to London. And we all set off yesterday afternoon. In the morning I had managed to get tickets for the Mary Poppins musical. We got to our hotel about 1500 hrs. Time was already ticking on so we soon set off for Covent Garden. We watched some street entertainers, which I always really enjoy. Then we started walking to the theatre for Mary Poppins. It was going to be a late night so "A" needed to eat. However she kept saying she wasn't hungry. I explaned that we couldn't go to the show if she didn't eat. We offered italian, sandwiches, chinese, everything. But to little avail. I finally had to cave in and offer McFranchise which she happily agreed to (it had been mentioned by accident earlier in the day and I believe was firmly rooted in her mind). I did explain that next time she could starve and I wasn't taking her to a Mc again.
We got to the theatre in time. We were in the Dress Circle (I prefer the stalls but the tickets were sparse). Actually it was quite nice because the Circle bar has a balcony so we could have a drink outside (and with no-one smoking). Then we went in. I was worried that this would go on too long. It was starting at her bed time so it was going to be a long night. About three quarters of the way through the first half "A" did flag a bit and say she was tired but then the music gained momentum again. At the interval "A" wouldn't dream of going so we got to see it all.
The classic moment was when Bert walks up the side of the stage. "A"s mouth dropped. She didn't blink for minutes. She was stunned. Then Bert gets to the top and walks upside down along the top. Even more confounding. Until he stops mid-way. Spot light directly on him. And "A" suddenly says "Oh, ropes". She had spent a long time explaining to me before the show about backstage as she knows all about it from her show so it was good to see that there are still some mysteries.
Technically I am still on holiday. But there was a meeting in London today that I really needed to attend. So, to keep life simple, I decided on a family trip to London. And we all set off yesterday afternoon. In the morning I had managed to get tickets for the Mary Poppins musical. We got to our hotel about 1500 hrs. Time was already ticking on so we soon set off for Covent Garden. We watched some street entertainers, which I always really enjoy. Then we started walking to the theatre for Mary Poppins. It was going to be a late night so "A" needed to eat. However she kept saying she wasn't hungry. I explaned that we couldn't go to the show if she didn't eat. We offered italian, sandwiches, chinese, everything. But to little avail. I finally had to cave in and offer McFranchise which she happily agreed to (it had been mentioned by accident earlier in the day and I believe was firmly rooted in her mind). I did explain that next time she could starve and I wasn't taking her to a Mc again.
We got to the theatre in time. We were in the Dress Circle (I prefer the stalls but the tickets were sparse). Actually it was quite nice because the Circle bar has a balcony so we could have a drink outside (and with no-one smoking). Then we went in. I was worried that this would go on too long. It was starting at her bed time so it was going to be a long night. About three quarters of the way through the first half "A" did flag a bit and say she was tired but then the music gained momentum again. At the interval "A" wouldn't dream of going so we got to see it all.
The classic moment was when Bert walks up the side of the stage. "A"s mouth dropped. She didn't blink for minutes. She was stunned. Then Bert gets to the top and walks upside down along the top. Even more confounding. Until he stops mid-way. Spot light directly on him. And "A" suddenly says "Oh, ropes". She had spent a long time explaining to me before the show about backstage as she knows all about it from her show so it was good to see that there are still some mysteries.
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