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Birthday: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Nov. 1st, 2015 07:24 pmFirsty, thank you to all of you who sent me birthday wishes yesterday. I'm sorry not to have got round to replying yet - I read everything on my phone yesterday, so didn't reply since it takes an age for me to compose anything on my phone and I also wanted to ensure I saved some battery until I got home - but I did appreciate every one and will reply soonish.
I did have a lovely day, with some excellent presents. SM bought me the latest Dorling Kindersley Sherlock Holmes book (I sent him the link and reminded him three times to order it) which has amongst other pages interesting articles on all the ACD canon stories. My mother gave me a new jumper, which is Fair Isle style and bright and cheerful and my daughter sent me some slippers (I told her I needed some new ones).
I had wanted to see Charlie & the Chocolate Factory for my birthday, and, since some of my friends were happy to go too, we met up for lunch beforehand. And they gave me more presents. I now have more chocolate than Charlie, some cider, and a bag and key ring featuring Inspector Stanley Hopkins (my friends know me so well!).
One of my friends was unwell and therefore had to drop out a couple of days before, so I told the daughter there was a spare ticket. She sorted out her travel and came down to join us, which was really nice. And she paid for my lunch and bought me a C&tCF t-shirt and golden ticket key ring. Yay!
As for the musical: I wanted to go because Jonathan Slinger took over as Willy Wonka a few months ago and I was keen to see him in the part. He was excellent. The reviews said he was a slightly darker Wonka, which was right. One of my friends, who'd seen it last year, said Slinger was a better Wonka. The staging is great, with the glass elevator at the end done very effectively. The rest of the cast were fine, but the music itself didn't generally grab me. I liked "It's simply second nature" and "Enter a world of pure imagination", probably because the ideas of creativity for its own sake rather than for monetary reasons appeal.
After which, the daughter got a train back and the rest of us went to the pub.
I did have a lovely day, with some excellent presents. SM bought me the latest Dorling Kindersley Sherlock Holmes book (I sent him the link and reminded him three times to order it) which has amongst other pages interesting articles on all the ACD canon stories. My mother gave me a new jumper, which is Fair Isle style and bright and cheerful and my daughter sent me some slippers (I told her I needed some new ones).
I had wanted to see Charlie & the Chocolate Factory for my birthday, and, since some of my friends were happy to go too, we met up for lunch beforehand. And they gave me more presents. I now have more chocolate than Charlie, some cider, and a bag and key ring featuring Inspector Stanley Hopkins (my friends know me so well!).
One of my friends was unwell and therefore had to drop out a couple of days before, so I told the daughter there was a spare ticket. She sorted out her travel and came down to join us, which was really nice. And she paid for my lunch and bought me a C&tCF t-shirt and golden ticket key ring. Yay!
As for the musical: I wanted to go because Jonathan Slinger took over as Willy Wonka a few months ago and I was keen to see him in the part. He was excellent. The reviews said he was a slightly darker Wonka, which was right. One of my friends, who'd seen it last year, said Slinger was a better Wonka. The staging is great, with the glass elevator at the end done very effectively. The rest of the cast were fine, but the music itself didn't generally grab me. I liked "It's simply second nature" and "Enter a world of pure imagination", probably because the ideas of creativity for its own sake rather than for monetary reasons appeal.
After which, the daughter got a train back and the rest of us went to the pub.
