Blood Brothers

It's not only the Queen who get's to celebrate this year as both my dear friend Emily and I approach a landmark age, we decided that we would celebrate like never before and from January 2012 have vowed to do something, no matter how small, together to celebrate the beginning of our "coughs and splutters" year! So we have thus far had dinner at La Caprice, been to 3 concerts and seen two West End Shows. So considering we only promised one event per month, we are one ahead at present! How will we top Steps and Ghost the Musical? I'm sure we will find a way. It was during an outing to see the London Gay Men's Chorus performance at Saint Giles in the Field, and as we were passing the theater on Charring Cross Road, I mentioned, I had never seen Blood Brothers and didn't Emily say that it was one of her faveourite musicals? That was all it took and the next week, thanks to Lastminute.com we had booked it for a late May. My friend Katrina joined me while Emily's friend Bridgette joined her and after a light meal and a quick drink in a local pub we made our way to the theatre. What a pity, the Upper Circle was closed, as was the Royal Circle, meaning we had been upgraded to the 6th row of the Stalls (Lucky Bitches)! We were dead centre and had a perfect view of the stage and cast, taking our seats moments before the lights went down. Not knowing the story or music I was pleasantly surprised at a fun musical score that you found yourself strangely singing along to and characters that you couldn't help feel an affection towards. I was warned that the second act could be somewhat tear worthy and was, as such, loaded with some Kleenex just in-case. While I may have spotted a few tears in the audience, it was actually a joyful evening and spent in the best of company. 5 Months down on our celebrations Emily, only 19 months more to go! It's almost like an advent Calendar!