Theatre trip

[Guest guest]

Last night we went to see Return to the Forbidden Planet. I'd seen it

in London a few years back and enjoyed it. We are sort of season

ticket holders to a theatre in Hornchurch about an hour's drive away

and have been going with 2 other couples on & off for about 6 years.

The tickets work out £7 each per show (rather than £14) if you book to

see all the (3 or 4) shows in a season.

The show was great. All members of the resident theatre group sing,

dance, act and play a minimum of 3 musical instruments. It was the

first night, so there were a few hiccups, which just added to the

enjoyment. For those that haven't seen it, it's a musical with loads

of 50's songs set in a science-fiction style spaceship based loosely

on Shakespear's Tempest. Bit tricky to describe.

I always prefer the muscials, so I'm hoping the next two will not be

disappointing (The Glass Menagerie and The Woman who Cooked her

Husband).

In fact I've just visited their website to see about booking tickets

for my parents and come across one of the comedy acts that they have

on www.queens-theatre.co.uk/Comedy.html called Puppetry of the Penis.

And yes, it seems as if it is just as it sounds! How bizarre.

Todman

Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5)

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