Oh, no you're not!!!
Yes, I was at that happiest of shows today - the Panto.
It was Aladdin this year.
First Half
Peking, China, 1600 hours. Boy (Aladdin), son of Laundry owner(Widow Twankey), meets princess in disguise (Princess Jade in, well, disguise). Gets arrested by guards. His friend (Elvis O' Toole) and him tricked into entering magic cave by Azafara (Boo-baddie) and his Genie slave (i-pod). Elvis gets trapped in Lamp, but Aladdin finds treasure and makes his family and friends rich.
Second Half
Aladdin returns to palace with magic lamp and magic ring containing i-pod that Boo-baddie gave him, and asks for Jade's hand in marraige. Emperor gives consent. Boo-baddie arrives, steals lamp and magicks whole palace off to his secret lair. Just as he is forcing Jade to drink a love potion, Aladdin arrives. They have a lightsabre fight which Our Hero wins, of course, and puts everything right, even freeing Elvis from the lamp and trapping Boo-baddie instead.
All acompanied by the usual political jokes, slapstick gags, oh-no-it's-nots, tell-me-if-you-see-hims, musical numbers, Billy Barry kids and drag acts (the widow Twankey is a case in point, being played by a middle-aged man in a dress.)
I was there with my school, actually - the outing is always open to first years (so I went that year), and sometimes to second years (so I went that year too), and then they couldn't break the tradition (so I went this year). I personally love it. Yes, I am just a big child. Got a problem with that?
I had my piano concert this evening too. It went pretty well. The turnout wasn't great, but I played okay and I suppose that's what matters really.
Now I just have to get my homework done before the oh-so-wonderful Attenborough comes on TV to dazzle us with the latest episode of Life in the Undergrowth.
It was Aladdin this year.
First Half
Peking, China, 1600 hours. Boy (Aladdin), son of Laundry owner(Widow Twankey), meets princess in disguise (Princess Jade in, well, disguise). Gets arrested by guards. His friend (Elvis O' Toole) and him tricked into entering magic cave by Azafara (Boo-baddie) and his Genie slave (i-pod). Elvis gets trapped in Lamp, but Aladdin finds treasure and makes his family and friends rich.
Second Half
Aladdin returns to palace with magic lamp and magic ring containing i-pod that Boo-baddie gave him, and asks for Jade's hand in marraige. Emperor gives consent. Boo-baddie arrives, steals lamp and magicks whole palace off to his secret lair. Just as he is forcing Jade to drink a love potion, Aladdin arrives. They have a lightsabre fight which Our Hero wins, of course, and puts everything right, even freeing Elvis from the lamp and trapping Boo-baddie instead.
All acompanied by the usual political jokes, slapstick gags, oh-no-it's-nots, tell-me-if-you-see-hims, musical numbers, Billy Barry kids and drag acts (the widow Twankey is a case in point, being played by a middle-aged man in a dress.)
I was there with my school, actually - the outing is always open to first years (so I went that year), and sometimes to second years (so I went that year too), and then they couldn't break the tradition (so I went this year). I personally love it. Yes, I am just a big child. Got a problem with that?
I had my piano concert this evening too. It went pretty well. The turnout wasn't great, but I played okay and I suppose that's what matters really.
Now I just have to get my homework done before the oh-so-wonderful Attenborough comes on TV to dazzle us with the latest episode of Life in the Undergrowth.