Gramee found a 'Jones the Bootmaker' shop where we had previously got my favourite pair of boots from (amongst the collection already residing in my wardrobe!) Amazingly they had some great boots end of season in my size and Graeme found some brown Italian dress shoes he really liked. So carrying our booty (parden the pun) we wandered around for a couple of hours before going to the gorgeous Prince Edward theatre (opened in 1930) to see the production of Jersey Boys.
Yay we finally made it to a London West End show! Usually we have been newly arrived and jetlagged, so never get there but this time visiting at the end of the trip has been great.
The show follows the life of Frankie Valli and the four seasons.
I now remember that I was born in the wrong era cos I love those old songs, "Sherry, sherry ba-a by" and "Biiiig girls dont cry". We had bought our tickets from a box office yesterday and I dont know what the girl was talking about cos the only seats available according to her were 2 floors up but in the 2 row (for 24 quid each which was great), but there were heaps of empty seats down the bottom and the whole row in front of us- was great for us and we had an un-obstructed view ( I remembered what Anna had said about checking that out prior).
Came out after into the street absolutely teeming with people- where do they all come from? It is incredible here- apart form early morning there are just so many people in the streets, it is pumping.
Got a bus back to Lancaster gate- we got a free ride cos the card reader wasnt working. Nice cos you really chew through the money even on an oyster card!
Back to our 'local' for roast dinner and a couple of pints.
3 comments:
Gotta do a West End show at leats once in your lifetime!
It was an excellent experience for sure. Was surprised at how many 'F' words were in it as there was no rating that we saw- but we really enjoyed it
We have noticed how much such words are used in a lot of live theatre.
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