Avenue Q

Posted on 2007/05/13 11:35:18 (May 2007).

[Friday 11th May]
As a bit of a treat to thank us for all our hard work, the big boss had declared an "offsite" this afternoon. The main team in the US went off to spend the afternoon in a park somewhere, whereas we decided to have a few drinks and go and watch a show.

So we set out at around 1PM, went for a pub lunch at a nice old pub near the office (the Albert on Victoria Street), and then meandered our way to the theatre (near Leicester Square) by way of a couple of other interesting historic pubs I had been reading about recently - namely The Two Chairmen and The Ship and Shovel.

For the main event we went to see Avenue Q. I think this is actually the first time I've ever been to a West End show, and thankfully it was a comedy, as I don't think I'd be able to take a genuine musical seriously. It was actually pretty good, and made me think I really ought to get around to seeing Spamalot

Following this we rounded the evening off with a tour of a few more charming old pubs, including The Lamb and Flag, The Lyceum Tavern, The George and finally, of course, The Cittie of Yorke.

Glad you enjoyed Avenue Q. My claim to fame: My brother trains and monitors the puppeteers during the run of the show to make sure they keep to a set standard.

Posted by Mad Mumsie at 2007/05/14 09:28:48.

Play in the park - versus - Pub crawl... Yep, I think you got the better deal here John!! :)

Posted by Nigel at 2007/05/14 09:48:45.

Aha! I had sat there wondering if Rob's uncle may have had something to do with the production. I actually thought the puppeteering was very good, by performers who I presumed to be from a more conventional musical / acting background...

I particularly enjoyed the "bad idea bears" (presumably a parody of the care bears?), who appeared by magic every now and again and persuaded the characters to drink irresponsibly. Genius.

Posted by John at 2007/05/14 11:25:21.

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