Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!

I watched the preview performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and it was AMAZING.

The acting was perfect, the story was awesome, the effects just so cool...it made me believe that magic was real.

And I would tell you more but-

Must. Keep. The. Secrets.

♥

I love you

xxx

Billy Elliot the Musical!

Yesterday was awesome!

My friend was too sick to see Billy Elliot yesterday, so I took his place and ventured into the unknown of leaving the house on a Friday night. It was a last minute phone call from his mum (who I went with), but my decision was basically instantaneous:

"YES! Yes yes yes yes pleeeeeaaasseee!"

I've wanted to see it for years now, yet I could never find the time, or when I had a free weekend I would spend it watching something else or lazing away at home. I was so excited that I finally had the chance to see it :D

It was at the Victoria Palace Theatre, a pretty little theatre a short way from Victoria Station, thank goodness, for it was freezing outside. We went in and there were formally-dressed ladies and men chatting and sipping on bubbling drinks, standing under chandeliers and fancy lamps in the lobby.

And on the other hand, girls wearing leggings and baggy hoodies were pulling at their parents, who muttered about missing tickets and missing people (I'm not kidding, there was a woman who was frantically searching for a 'Claire'). It was like two worlds brought together, and it was kinda amazing.

The musical itself was wonderful. I love the cool ways they used the stage and all the trapdoors and sections of the set which could be pulled out. There was a round trapdoor that had a whole section underneath that could rotate upwards and extend into a raised platform, which was used so brilliantly and in the most clever ways. The art and drama style, with some scenes realistic, some abstract, was absolutely phenomenal!

I hardly use that word, so you'd better believe it!

And of course, the dancing was on fire. The boys especially...there's something so gorgeous and magical about boys who can dance. It may be because they're so passionate about it, as surely the ones who aren't would have dropped out early on from such a 'girly' activity. You can tell with any male dancer that they're truly in it for the fact that they love dancing.

I think I melted when the older Billy came on - did it get a bit hotter in here? That was probably my favourite part, when both younger Billy and older Billy danced together. It was perfect, they moved in sync with each other, gliding through the smoke and blue light. (Wow, just writing about this has me grinning and sighing to myself...)

I loved it so much. I'm now ashamed that I had not seen it sooner, and I'm so grateful that I got this chance (thank you, my ill friend) whilst it's still running. It was a great end to the weekdays, and I'm certainly going to channel this love for Billy Elliot in my next dance lesson!

♥

I love you

xxx

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

Hi there!

It was my birthday yesterday.

I went up to London - first to go see a Potted Sherlock theatre production, which was alright, and then to the V&A museum to see a Horst photographer exhibition. In between, some fancy Chinese in Chinatown. It was scrummy :)

Anyways, I said I was going to do that update yesterday, but I was too tired by the end of the day so...you know...I kinda just...well...

Left it.

So yeah!

It's Christmas tomorrow! SANTAAAAAAAA!

I'm excited :D

❤️

Love y'all, and goodbye!

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD!

Hey peepsicles! My oh my, I haven't called you that in ages!

I didn't do anything wondrously exciting today...but yesterday evening, I watched To Kill a Mockingbird with my school at an open-air theatre. If was amazing! I loved the style of it, how they started with chalk drawings and the way the actors used the spaces in the audience. Like for example when it first started, the actors were all spread out in the audience, and all of us unsuspecting spectators would find 'normal people' randomly standing up and saying a little passage from the book. It was awesome. And beautiful. It was a nice night out, so my friends and I just spread blankets over ourselves and enjoyed the play. The theatre itself was gorgeous, the outside mainly though. There were fairy lights draped all over the climbing plants growing up the metal frame of the theatre, and as it was in a park, there were trees and fresh air even though we were in the middle of London. The theatre was Regent's Park Open-Air Theatre I think, by the way. It's beautiful check it out ;)

However, we did have to stay there quite late, so we ended up getting back to school at around 11:30 pm...and I was just about falling asleep on the coach if it wasn't for all the other kids screeching every few seconds. Needless to say, I was exhausted when I arrived home and went straight to bed...which is why I didn't write up anything :/

I love y'all, and toodles my pips! Xxx

NOT JUST ANOTHER SEA DAY... (01/08/2014)

Hey, ya'll! What's crackin? Recently, I've been absolutely loving the song 'Skinny Love' by Birdy. Omg, it's like angel music! It literally gives me goosebumps all over it's so ahhhh... I've been listening to it on repeat for the last three days or so. I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!

As the title suggests, I spent the first day of August in the middle of the sea, pinching and punching myself. We had breakfast in the restaurant Verona, and then went straight down to the Playhouse to watch a Headliners Theatre Company interview, where the entertainment manager asked questions to some of the dancers and vocalists in the company. They talked about the auditions, life on board the ship, quick costume changes, and the other stuff which you guys probably don't even care about.

After that, my friend and I watched the film 'Robocop' which was on in one of the bars. I may or may not have cried just a little...it was quite a good film. I was expecting it to be one of those crappy films you can watch for on YouTube and no-one cares about them, but 'Robocop' is surprisingly good.

We then watched another film after lunch, 'Rio 2'. This was on the seascreen, so I could have been swimming or in the jacuzzi whilst watching it, but there were too many people so I didn't. 'Rio 2' is so cute. I haven't watched the first one yet and we missed the first ten minutes of it, so it was a little confusing at first, but I got really into it! I especially love the turtles! 'High five...'

After the film, I decided to go to the gym and burn off some fat I must have gained from the whole week of food binging. I did the usual - one mile on the treadmill and then a bit of rowing. I love how the rowing machine has that fish game where you have to eat fishes and try not be eaten by sharks, but I always end up just sitting there and only move my arms so...not the best workout :/

As that was our last day on the cruise, we had to start packing our stuff ready to leave bright and early in the morning, so we did that before dinner :(

Then after dinner, we watched the final theatre show in the Playhouse. It was truly sad, the theatre company is amazing and knowing that it might be the last time watching these little 'after-dinner' productions was depressing. That night's theme was Broadway and West End musicals, with the title of 'Curtains up!' This was another favourite night, there were musicals such as Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Joseph, Billy Elliot, and West Side Story. There were others I'm pretty sure, but I...I can't remember *guilty face*. Anyways, that was another amazing show, and also the last. It was very sad indeed.

And that's all folks!

I love y'all, and gooooodbye! Xxx