New Years' Review

It's that time of year. Contemplation of the year that has gone by and speculation over what will happen in the new one. Always a time of great promise, something us fairies love. We were thinking back over some of our theatrical highlights this year, and thought it best to list them if only to ensure we spread our theatrical wings a bit further in the future. Not that we can complain, BUT we have noticed a tendency to stick to what we love, and revisit shows we love and adore, sometimes missing out on the chance to fall in love with something new. But hell, if you spend £50 on a ticket, you might as well know you're enjoyment is guaranteed!!!! So here it comes (not in chronological order)....

Our Theatrical Escapades for 2010!!!!!

Les Miserables, Queens Theatre, London (Approximately 3 times but we're not counting)
Les Miserables On Tour (Southampton and Barbican) x2
Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2
Apollo Victoria 80th Birthday Gala
Chess, On Tour (Southampton)
Wicked, Apollo Victoria, London x4
The Fantasticks, Duchess Theatre, London
Flashdance, Shaftesbury Theatre, London
Hairspray On Tour (Southampton)
Tapdogs, Novello Theatre, London
Mamma Mia, Prince of Wales Theatre, London (never again)
Love Never Dies, Adelphi Theatre, London x4
Phantom of the Opera, Her Majestys theatre, London x2
The Rivals, Theatre Royal, Haymarket (first half...)
Sweet Charity, Theatre Royal, Haymarket
Avenue Q, Gielgud, London x2 (and sadly missed)
West End Live, Leicester Square, London
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Palace Theatre, London
Passion, Donmar Warehouse, London
Rudolph - An affair Mayerling, Vienna (On DVD, granted, but after 2.5 hours of torture we lived it in real technicolour)
Oliver, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
We Will Rock You, The Dominion Theatre, London
Hair, Gielgud, London
Stomp, Ambassadors Theatre, London
Death of a Salesman, Gate Theatre, Dublin
The Crucible, Open Air Theatre, Regents Park, London

What this list tells us, now we see it in all it's glory, is that as much as we love a good tune, we need to see more straight theatre. Saying that, out of the three non-musical productions we saw we walked out of one. Not a good batting average (but they were free tickets and we did have lots of catching up to do) but we are willing to give them a go. Serious theatregoers that we are.

Plus we are habouring a not so secret plan to hit Broadway as only we can, and possibly even a european destination at some point, which would naturally include a theatrical interlude of some description, because we are like that. And we will be sharing the details with you when that happens, naturally.

Planned visits for 2011 thus far are:

Les Miserables
Jersey Boys
Avenue Q Tour (Brighton)
Chess Tour (Southend)
We will Rock You (only to see Lord Earl as Kashoggi)
Billy Elliot
Chicago
Lion King
Sweeney Todd (Chichester - hopefully...)
Love Story
Love Never Dies (bien sur)
Something, somewhere starring the lovely Drew Sarich - even if we have to go to the goddamn continent....
And loads on old BROAD.....WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!