The 'Big-uns'

This post shall be about the big shows I have been to see: some on the west-end and some elsewhere- enjoy:




The Sound Of Music:
I do believe that I was 8 when I went to see this as a birthday present. It was at the Palladium on the west end and was very inspirational for me. Starring in it was Connie Fisher: winner of the BBC show 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?', and having watched it from the start and voting for Connie at least once every week, you imagine my excitement. I don't remember much about the show apart from the fact that the set was incredible and it was from then on, my ambition to be one of the Von Trapp children one day. Like many of my West-end dreams-  have not quite achieved it yet. 
For me, the most exciting part occurred after the show, when we went to the stage door to meet the actors and actresses. I was literally bouncing along the tube train after I had my picture taken with Connie and got Connie, Captain Von Trapp, Mother Superior, Fredrick and Liesl's autographs. It is something I shall never forget and I seriously recommend this show to everyone!


Joseph and his Technicolor Dream-Coat,
This I do know the year of: 2009. I went with my primary school during our residential to London It was very exciting to go with my school friends and It's funny when we look back and realize we were probably too young to be drooling over Gareth Gates topless, who starred in the production. It was a great show and I set myself a dream yet again to be just one of the children in it. I was disappointed not to go to the stage-door to get his autograph, which had now become the norm for me.


My Fair Lady
I think this was the first big show i went to see. It was at the Theater Royal in Plymouth and I loved it. I loved the musical number: 'I'm getting married in the morning' and 'Get me to the Church on time'. I loved the romance in it and I distinctly remember the use of a gramophone- by which I was fascinated. I wish I remembered more about it but I think I was only about years  old.


Billy Elliot
My family and I went to see Billy Elliot in 2008 at the Victoria Palace Theater in London, just before heading off to Canada on holiday. The reason we went was because a Friend of Matt's from School was starring in it: Josh Fedrick (type him into YouTube-there are some videos about him and he was also the Billy Elliot who danced with Bruce Forsyth on his birthday tribute (BBC)). The whole thing was absolutely amazing and i realize now how much of the humour in it went over my head. As usual with big shows- we went to the stage door and I loved seeing peoples faces as they had been waiting for ages and Josh just casually walks up to us and starts talking to us.


Wicked
What can I say about wicked, apart from the fact that it was just astonishingly, beautifully amazing, I'm not sure what I can say. I think it has to be one of my favourite things I have seen so far. Another of my dreams sprang up in 2011 when I went to see it for my birthday present like Sound of Music, I will be Elphaba one day. The production starred Rachel Tucker as Elphaba and Louise Dearman as Glinda the Good-witch. 




Okay so now i have done that we can get on to the proper reviews that I know everyone's been waiting for- hehe :P
See ya soon
Katie
xxx