The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

[smallhobbit]

On Wednesday I went up to London to meet the daughter, because she'd suggested a theatre trip to celebrate my birthday.  She also suggested going shopping, which generally means she encourages me to buy something I wouldn't have planned on buying otherwise.  So, apart from her Christmas present, I ended up with a dark green hoodie with Pooh Bear on the front!

We took our shopping to our hotel and then returned to central London to have a meal - which, strangely enough, I also ended up paying for!.  After which we went to the Gillian Lynne theatre (previously the New London Theatre) for the performance.

The story was changed slightly from the original book, although the basic details remained the same.  The animal costumes were impressive and there was a lot of singing and dancing.  However, although entertaining enough, I wasn't really gripped by the performance, and looking at some of the reviews I wasn't alone in this.  For me, the best was the huge puppet of Aslan the lion, but there was also an actor playing Aslan so that lost some of the power.  And sadly, the lion didn't come on at the curtain call.

However, it was a pleasant way to spend the evening, and I bought the t-shirt because it's a really brightly coloured lion's head.

It was lovely to meet up with the daughter and have time to chat with her, catching up with all our news, and we both had a good time.

Comments

[corvidology]

Happy belated birthday! ♥

Sounds like you managed to have a good time despite the lacklustre performance.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :)

Yes, I did. The individual actors were good, but the production failed to hit a 'spark' for me.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Sounds like a good tim! I am glad you got to spend time with your daughter. I'm sure you look fetching in your green hoodie.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - it was a lovely time. Not sure about fetching, but my hoodie is warm and fun!

[adafrog]

Glad you had a good time. :)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[dariaw]

Sounds like a nice time!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[smallhobbit]

Thank you and thank you for the good wishes 😀

[rusty_armour]

I'm sorry that the production didn't quite measure up but at least you were able to spend the day with your daughter. I'm glad you both had the opportunity to catch up and have a nice time together.

[smallhobbit]

I suspect it would never have been my first choice of performance, but my daughter enjoyed it, and we did have a good time with each other, so it was all worthwhile.