Theatre

Went to see wicked at the weekend with Chloe. She really loved it. Unfortunately, put me in a room with the lights turned down and a bit stuffy, and roll out the ballads, and the old eyelids start going. Oops. Well, I don’t think I fell asleep - but the first half was a lot of setting up of the plot. Second half was great - some memorable numbers, and quite a clever tie-in of the original Oz story - think Rosencrantz & Guilderstern with a more recent reference and lots of green. Possibly one of those that would be better on a second viewing with more than four hours sleep the previous night. ...