As a thank you for taking her to various places (and as a treat for both of us), a friend bought tickets for “Singin’ in the Rain” at the local theatre. Neither of us had been to the theatre for years, but we thought this might be fun.
We arrived early so we could pick up the previously ordered/paid for tickets and my friend could have a drink. We sat at the table outside as it was a very mild evening. We gave ourselves time to use the loo and then went to find our seats – on an aisle of the third row. We noted the plastic ponchos over the front row seats and didn’t really worry until we found that no-one was in the seats in front of us!
There was a bit of time to look at the programme before it started.
The performance was great, right from the start – fun, full of energy, amazing to watch. The performers could all sing, dance, act and play an instrument – and then they moved all the props, too. Some of them were also tap dancing (in parts) and doing somersaults and such like, too. It could make one tired just watching – how did they do it every night and with matinees, too? They must have been really fit.
Have you ever seen someone dancing while carrying around a double bass? Well, the girl who played it was doing so and I am sure the instrument was as big as her. They sang all the traditional numbers to illustrate the story – very light hearted and amusing.
There was real rain in the appropriate number, with the actor ending up very wet the first time, but they had umbrellas and macs the second time. He made sure that his dancing splashed the water around, too – hence the ponchos. He did just manage to get us on the third row both times they sang it – but not very much. I can see why they provided the ponchos, though!
There was the usual interval – drink for my friend, ice-cream for me. One of my friends from my school days volunteers at the Playhouse and she was the chief usher the night we went and helped my friend carry her drink back to her seat. She also sold me my ice-cream.
So was it worth going? Yes, definitely – one of the best evening entertainments I have seen. It was great to see my friend enjoying it too. Other people who went on different nights enjoyed it equally and many said it was the best thing they had seen at the Playhouse for ages. We obviously made the right choice to go, but anything we choose to go to in future is likely to be a disappointment!