Crazy for You!

Saturday 15th October

Today we decided to do a show, so we headed off to Leicester Square which looked a mess as they are doing major renovations around the area. We had heard there were half price ticket places there. What we hadn’t heard was that there are about 20 of them! We eventually purchased some tickets at TKTS as this was said to be one of the legitimate ones, then we wandered down past Coventry Garden (which has been in existence since 1670 and was started by Charles II issuing a grant to the 4th Earl of Bedford) and in the direction of the Novello Theatre. I was amazed at the number of theatres in the area. We had a directional map that covered probably a square mile of London and there were approximately 50 theatres in this local area, all of which had current shows. We continued to wander through Covent Garden and explore the surrounding streets, then had lunch in a little cafe near the theatre.

We saw the show Crazy for You, which featured many of George Gershwin’s songs and we thoroughly enjoyed it as we knew them all. This was probably not to Shaun’s taste, but old folks like us enjoy musicals like these!! When we came out we were amazed at how busy the streets were. They were far worse than Christmas time in Melbourne. This is when you realise you are in a BIG city. The tube station was jam packed and it was a bit claustrophobic, but we were soon on the tube and in no time were back in Earls Court again. I’m glad however that we saw a matinee rather than an evening show as I’m sure we would have not enjoyed being out so late in surroundings we did not know.