The King and I

     On the 12^th of April 2012, my friend and I went to see The King and I at the Theatre royal Plymouth. The show involved singing, dancing and acting and I had seen things like the storyline before (The Sound of Music) but I had never seen Oriental Ballet in such a form as this. We went with the ANLO scheme so we did not have to pay anything.

     Although the start was slow and a bit boring, I found that I really enjoyed the whole thing. Especially the play within it- The little Cabin of Uncle Tom (I think). The dancing was beautiful, as were the costumes. I thought that the balance between humour and seriousness was just right. The role and performance by the children was especially astonishing given the ages of some of the children, it was very well practised and executed. I learnt from it that you never turn your back on the King of Siam- or any monarch for that matter.

I definitely wouldn't list it highly in my favourite things I have been to see because of the fact that the standard was not as high as many others and I didn't feel it was as well polished as previous things. The theater was as good as usual and I felt that the award they have received for the most welcoming theater was well deserved. The video here shows a sort of trailer for the tour we went to see long with comments by other people at the performance in Edinburgh.