x . . w e s t . . e n d . . x: 25th August 2007 .:. Mary Poppins

Martynas came round to our house at 10:30 and we checked to make sure when the train was coming and what time we needed to be where. We had a little bit of time left so Martynas played some games on the computer while I gathered my stuff. I grabbed 2 minirolls, 2 quavers and a bottle of water and the rest of my stuff. Mum dropped us off at the train station. We bought travelcards and then went to the cash machine, then to the little corner shop which isnt actually a corner shop, just a shop next to the train station. We got some fruit pastilles and then went back to the train station and got into the front carriage of the train. We talked about random things on the train, and then Martynas told us about when he went to Disney Land and he was on a ride with his dad, he fell through the ring and his dad fell backwards with the whole ring thing they were sitting in. It was hilarious and I couldn't stop laughing. Then we pointed out the Gherkin Building in central London, Tower Bridge, the Squashed Gherkin and the London Eye which I called the Millenium Spinny Eye Thingy. We complained about the slowness of the train because it said it would be "Fast to Waterloo East" but it was slow. We got off at Charing Cross and then got on the underground to Leicester Square.
We walked from Leicester Square to Dress Circle which I saw first and pointed out the three big Wicked posters in the window - one of Dianne Pilkington [Glinda], Kerry Ellis [Elphaba] and Oliver Tompsett [Fiyero] and then I pushed some man out of the way because he was blocking Kerry's poster and was talking about her and then I started talking about her and walked into Dress Circle. I was amazed because it was really cool. Walked over to the Programmes and went through the Wicked one, saw Helen Dallimore and screamed "DALLIMORE!" and then got a Mary Poppins brochure. Then me and Martynas went downstairs and looked at everything, I decided I want everything on the rack because it was all Wicked t-shirts and hoodies, then walked over to the mugs, Martynas got a Mary Poppins one. Then we looked at posters and I got a big Wicked Gershwin one and we asked for another Mary Poppins brochure because I took the last one from the rack. We went to pay and I got a Wicked Postcard, the last one infact and the man told me a story about going to Wandsworth Cinema and getting the last Wicked postcard.
We went to Cafe Nero where I had a fruit salad and Martynas and Dad had a panini thing and Dad got a Caramelate and Martynas got an Iced Vanilla Frappe thing which was tasty.
Then walked to the theatre, on the way I saw Monty Python's Spamalot theatre and then saw Mary Poppins theatre, 'YAY!'
Discussed with Dad where to meet us, at some small stump thing near a cafe and then me and Martynas walked around the theatre wandering where the Stage Door was, we saw one but I didn't think it's the one so we just went to the theatre and went inside. I went toilet and then I bought a 'Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious' T-Shirt, where the girls working at the counter asked me about my big envelope and I explained that I went to Dress Circle and got a big Wicked poster and a Brochure.
Then I bought a Cast Programme and looked at the board which says who is on and was happy Scarlett was on because she's cool =D
They finally started letting people in so we lined up by accident in the queue for the stalls and then I pointed out we should go to the bit where it says Grand Circle because that is where we are sitting. So we went through and then Martynas went toilet. We went to our seats to check out the view which was good, we were at the very back of the theatre but dead center so it was excelent. Martynas asked the guy selling programmes how long the show was and if I could take photos before the show starts.
So I took a few photos of the stage and our view, then one of Martynas and one of me, and one of both of us.
Then we just talked for a bit before the show began and then the show!

Chim Chim Cher-ee

I like this song it was interesting, a nice calm start to the musical introducing Mr George Banks, Mrs Winifred Banks and Jane and Michael Banks. Bert the Chimney Sweep is cool!

Cherry Tree Lane

Like this song too, it's a lovely house actually. Can't remember much of it, just remember it's about Cherry Tree Lane and the house they live in.

The Perfect Nanny

I loved this song, Jane and Michael make up an advertisment for a nanny. It's hilarious! Jane is singing it at first and then she's like "No Warts! and Michael says "I put that one in!" that got some laughs especially from me! I love the advert they made up it's in the brochure actually and I agree with what they say, a nanny should always follow that description!

Practically Perfect

I love this song! Mary Poppins is just getting everything out of her bag, they probably have a trapdoor elevator so she can get the stuff because it definatley doesn't fit in her bag! She had a hat stand, lampstand, a plant and a cloth which she held with Jane and then they let it drop and there was a bed. The song itself is amazing I love the lyrics! "I'm practically perfect, that's my forte" and the children are mocking her.

Jolly Holiday

This song has amazing dancing! The song is good too. I love the fact that Mary Poppins can get the statues to come to life and make them talk and stuff, and the statue of Queen Victoria too, which starts dancing with them too! Loved this song, went something like "When your holding hands with Mary you feel like royalty" Well it was something like that I don't remember, I can remember the dancing though because it was so good!

Being Mrs Banks

This song is obviously sung my Mrs Banks, glad she's got her own song because she's an interesting character. It's about herself and her life and her feelings and how it is like being married to Mr Banks.

A Spoonful Of Sugar

Woohoo this song rocked! Mrs Brill has to go and see Mrs Banks so Robertson Ay is left in charge, but Jane and Michael decide they should make the icing for Mrs Banks tea party cake. Then Robertson Ay comes over and tries to help them, and then everything gets messed up and it all breaks. Mrs Banks comes in and nearly faints, Robertson Ay actually faints, Mary Poppins comes with Mrs Banks and then tells her that she will tidy up with the kids. And Mary can tidy up with just a click of her fingers and it is all okay again. The song is cool too. Mary is giving the kids medicine and they think it's disgusting but Mary is singing "Just a spoonfull of sugar helps the medicine go down" and they become better and Robertson Ay recovers!

Precision and Order

This song is weird, Mr Banks is at the bank refusing this deal for a German or something about a factory, then Mary and Jane and Michael come and this man is like "Kids are the most important thing" but Mr Banks is angry anyway because they interupted his work. Oh the scenery is good because the walls and doors of the bank entrance are slanted backwards so that it looks taller on stage and you can see the ceiling, really cool. Oh yeah the man gives Jane and Michael a sixpence each and tells them to spend it wisely.

A Man Has Dreams

Can't remember this song to be honest, something about Mr Banks being upset about his job or something because he gets suspended without pay from work.

Feed The Birds

Ah the poor woman selling bags for a tuppence which have bird food. She manages to convince Michael to buy a bag but Mary pays for it instead because shes kind. Jane isnt convinced so doesnt buy a bag of bird food.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

This song was my favourite it is absolutley amazing! I now know where this word originated, I knew it was Mary Poppins but I know the full story now. They go to this shop which Mr Banks used to go to when he was little and meet Mrs Corry and Mary asks for some letters and Mrs Corry gives her the last set and Jane picks 7 letters, Michael picks 7 letters and Mary Poppins picks one. They try make words out of them and then Mary goes "Of course, we can use each letter more than once" and she's like "Super...cali...fragil...istic...expi...alidocious!" and then they burst into song and dance, more wonderful than I have ever seen! I don't know how they manage to remember to spell this word and remember how to say it backwards but they are really truly fantastic! The dancing and singing was wonderful we clapped alot and Martynas gave them a 'Woo!' Go see Mary Poppins it is fantastic!

Temper, Temper

Mary Poppins has to leave because that's the agreement and every good Nanny takes a leave on a Wednesday night. Jane and Michael are angry because their father isn't being nice to them and get angry and then their toys become alive! It's freaky the bunny rabbit was scary and they all sing and stuff and dance and then it comes back to normal...scary!

Chim Chim Cheree Reprise

Mary Poppins goes up to the roof and talks to Bert, and then she leaves which is quite sad because she was amazing. She flies away =[

Brimestone and Treacle

Evil woman, Miss Andrew is! The Holy Terror! That was funny, Mr Banks sees her and rushes out. Then Miss Andrew goes to the kids [after they disobey her] "Do you know who I am!" and Jane and Michael are like "The Holy Terror!" and she sings this song about medicine which is made of Brimestone and Treacle and the kids are forced to drink it.

Lets Go Fly A Kite

I liked this song with the kites. Looked cool with all the different colored kites and stuff. Then the polieceman came and was flying a kite aswell.

Good For Nothing

Don't remember this song actually...might have been something about the fact he's lost his job or maybe it's when the family heirloom vase smashes and he remembers that's where he hid the gingerbread stars and he couldn't find them and now he has. I don't know.

Being Mrs Banks Reprise

I loved this reprise of the song because now she has other feeling about her life, and it just sounded better in general.

Brimestone and Treacle Part 2

This is when Mary Poppins comes back everyones like "Yay! WOO!" and all started clapping because this time she flies on and we were all happy. Then they go back to Jane and Michaels house and Mary Poppins frees the bird which Miss Andrews was keeping in a cage. Miss Andrews is angry at the children, see's Mary Poppins and stops. Then Mary does some magic which forces Miss Andrew to drink the whole bottle of Brimestone and Treacle medicine thingy, then this cage appears and Miss Andrew is forced into it and it taken away in it down a trapdoor. Good.

Practically Perfect Reprise

The kids mean it this time because they missed Mary and are glad that she is back.

Step In Time

The dancing in this is absolutley amazing, and the song too. Second favourite song in the show. Dancing is spectacular, go see Mary Poppins! You can hear the tapping of the feet and clicking it's like their wearing tap shoes or something, and it's all synchronised and nothing goes wrong. Oh my gosh it was amazing to watch this it was all together and brilliant and orderly and nothing goes wrong, this got a big clap too which it deserved. Oh yeah Bert climbs up the wall singing and then walks across the ceiling of the stage singing which must be hard because it's hard to sing upside down on a harness!

Anything Can Happen

Loved this song, because it is so true. Mr Banks gets his job back and stuff like that and he realises he can be a better person. They go into dance and it is spectacular once again because it's night time and then Mary gets her umbrella out and then puts it down and becomes big and lights up and she stands on it with Jane and Michael, wow this song was absolutley amazing, third favourite!!

A Shooting Star

This song was wanderfull too, so many cool effects! We had stars on the stage, stars all around the auditorium, and Mary Poppins flew again, this time over the right hand side over the stalls!

It was amazing, alot of cheers for that and big smiles from Mary Poppins!

Oh yeah the reason she was flying this time was because she was leaving, the chain had broken and it was time for Mary to leave. She gave Michael her telescope and didn't give Jane anything, but when they had gotten home Jane found Mary's chain and a note which said it was for Jane.

Then at the end of this they all took their bows and I have never clapped for so long, then they sang a mix of songs and danced and we kept clapping it was so amazing! Mary got the most claps obviously and Bert got quite alot of claps too =D When Miss Andrew came on everyone was booing her it was funny. Never clapped so much except for 14th July and lots of cheering!!
We followed a crowd of people out of the theatre and I asked one of the theatre workers where the Stage Door is and she thought I said station so we followed a group of people who looked like they might go to Stage Door and we found it, it was the Stage Door which I didn't think was Stage Door!

We waited a bit and I got out my camera and brochure and pen and put away my glasses. Some woman came out and I didn't know her but some people were talking to her, then someone else came out and the woman told the people she was talking to that it's Scarlett and so this woman is a life saver because I so would not have realised Scarlett if she hadn't said so!

We got our programmes signed and Martynas forgot to ask for a picture but I didn't. Scarlett liked my camera and told me that she wanted one and nearly stole my pen but I took it before the photo was taken. Scarlett looked really surprised that I wanted a picture with her but she was really niced and wanted to make sure the picture had taken.
Then Bert came out but Martynas didn't realise him because Martynas is an udder. Bert walked straight past us, he was awesome and Martynas had really wanted to meet him!

Then we met my dad at the stump thing and went back to Dress Circle and I took a photo of the posters in the window, then we went on the tube where it was very hot and sweaty. Then we waited for our train.

The train was hilarious. We were talking about past jobs and my dad was like "When your mum worked at Halkin Hotel she kicked Ronan Keatings knickers" and Martynas was like "Ronan Keating wore knickers? I thought he's a man?" and then we started laughing because I mentioned Borat's green thing which he wore and it was just hilarious because Martynas couldn't stop laughing and then I mentioned that theres this site where you can dress up people and Borat was on it and I dressed him up in that green thing which he wore and it was just plain hilarious!

Okay, picture time!

Martynas and Me on the train to Charing Cross

Martynas and Me being Jungle-Like

The view from the very back row, dead center of the auditorium. You could see everything from here...the view was so much better in real life the picturesort of makes it look tiny.