Sunday, 28 October, 2018 – OK but Cold
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After Julie’s late arrival, she is up early to go to the shos for the usual roll, Salmon and water. I have a piece of toast with Ham and melted cheese.
There has been discussion about going to see a matinee today. Tanika has a sore throat and decides she will stay in bed. Julie goes out again and buys the ticket in Covent Garden.
Ryan said that Jack Black, as Dewey Finn, was absolutely tremendous. At one stage this was the highest grossing musical of all time.
Any way, in this musical play, co-written and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the music / songs have all been rewritten.
The show is at 3:00 PM but Julie insists that we get away at 1:45. The trip involves a walk to the station, Earls Court, and a train for several stops to Covent Garden. Ryan and Julie guide us to the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
Ryan has not eaten so goes out for some food, dumplings we understand. We go up to our seats, which is a long climb of a lot of stairs. We purchase a very expensive small glass of wine and take them to the seats. It is a smallish theatre and we have seats near the back and to the side but they are OK.
Eventually Ryan shows up. Shortly after the show commences with the voice of Andrew Lloyd Webber saying he is always asked if the (10 yo) kids are really playing those musical instruments. The answer “definitely”. And they are damn good.
As the show begins, we are told that no photos were to be taken. So I obeyed that but towards the end, the character playing Dewey Finn, the Jack Black part, told the audience that now was the time to take some photos.
After the show ends, we take the long walk down the stairs, which I hate. It is even worse as we are going to the street, another 4 or 5 flights. As we walk to the station, we go quite the wrong way. Eventually, we follow the crowd to the station. Our detour may have been a good thing as it enables the crowd to thin out a bit.
Convent Garden station is not as bad as it used to be, with 4 elevators up where there used to be just one. The train is very crowded but I get a seat, the others are happy to stand. When we get to Earls Court, Tanika is waiting for us to join us for dinner. We decide to go to our old favourite Thai place that I photographed the entrance the other day. Gary and I first went to this restaurant 10 years ago.
It takes a while to get our order taken but then service moves relatively quickly after that. The place was quite full but starts clearing out quickly shortly after.
We walk back to the apartment. The end of a long and eventful day. We leave London for the long trip back home tomorrow.