I got to the theatre about 6:50. I looked at the thingy where it says who is on just to check. And I see Helen, so I go 'yay!' and then I see Shona and I go 'What? Oh no, I wanted Kerry!' so I text Joy and ask her. Joy said that Martin said that Kerry was upset and wasn't coming in. So then I was really upset because I really wanted Kerry to be here for Helen and so I could meet her...but no such luck. Then I tried to be positive and thought 'Well at least I get to see Shona before she leaves...'
I went to the Ozdust Boutique and looked at everything. Then I asked if they have the big poster and the vocals book but Joel said 'No, try the Dress Circle or online' so I buy a Keychain and an I Love Oz T-Shirt instead.
I go back to my seat and get out my glasses and get excited because I could finally see properly unlike last time. My aunt came and sat down and I told her that it was a good thing that she had gone to the loo just then because there is a Defying Gravity loo run. She thinks I mean that people fly over to the toilet during the song...I'm like 'Uhh no'
And then...the SHOW!!! YAY!
No One Mourns The Wicked
The lights go down and the audience start clapping wildly until the monkeys come on. We have the cool monkey dance and then the curtain is lifted and we see the cast...my aunt tries to say something about costumes and I go 'SHHH!'. We have the 'Good news! She's dead!' bit and then as soon as they go 'Look! It's Glinda!' and we see Helen the whole auditorium bursts into loud applause. Helen waves around to the audience and the Ozians, when it goes quiet again she starts 'Fellow Ozians' and I get really happy because I love her voice so much. Then 'Exactly how dead is she?'...gets whacked by the streamer and there is some laughter around the auditorium. Helen explains and the 'Innuendo, Outuendo' gets some more laughs. Then the song starts again and we have the CJ 'No one crrries they wont return' growls. Everything goes really well. We have Frex come one, the kiss, and he goes. Nicky wipes the kiss off with a disgusted face and yet more laughs. Young Wizard is at the door and he teases her with the elixir before he goes. Then she gets a bulge and we have the baby bit. I'm not sure if they've done this before, but they didn't do it when I went last time, but just before we see baby Elphaba they turn the bed around so Antelope and Frex are at the front. We see the green baby, again a few laughs. Bed goes away and we continue with the song. Absolutley awesome as usual.
Dear Old Shiz
Glinda starts to leave and then we have the 'Glinda! Is it true you where her friend?' bit. Helen says her line, looks up, whistles and does the finger 'bubble down!' thing. Laughs. She explains that they were both really young. Elphaba runs on and there is applause for Shona. Helen looks at Shona as Shona grins and looks up. Helen then decides she should go off stage to get changes and the song starts. I loved the cases on faces bit, and apparently so did the person next to me, who said to her boyfriend 'I should do that with my breifcase when I see that horrible woman at work'. Then Helen comes on with her 'Ooooold' bit, but shes singing before we can see her on her luggage but she comes on anyway with a smile while still singing so all is well. We have the 'zzzzzz' and some laughter from the audience. 'What, do I have something in my teeth?' Shona gets annoyed and she slams down her case on the floor in a more frustrated way than Kerry or Idina have done. Well thats what it seemed to me, there was a really loud bang. She gets really 'in-your-face-im-green...deal-with-it!' and Frex comes on. Nessa is presented with the shoes and Frex leaves. Elphaba clashes with everything. Susie comes on in her Morrible ways. She greets everyone with 'Welcome! I am the Head Shizstress at Shiz University' and we have the 'Oh, what a tragically beautiful girl!' then Elphaba taps her and Morrible screams. 'I'm the other daughter, Elphaba. I'm beautifully tragic'. Glinda does her 'Prive Suite' and 'Essay' bit and the 'Oh youre so good!' bit makes people laugh with her little leg flick thingy. Elphaba and Glinda accidentally have to share a room and Helen is very appaled and upset.
The Wizard and I
Morrible starts wheeling Nessa off and Shona gets angry once again, slams her case down and does her powers. Nessa screams. Morrible is amazed, Helen looks confused and amazed at the same time. Morrible starts the song and we have the 'I didn't get what I want! I need to lay down...' Shenshen and Pfanee help her out by fanning her and helping her walk.Elphaba starts singing and I am amazed, Shona was really good. I had just remembered West End Live and Kerry's riffs and was somewhy expecting Shona to do them but I remembered she wouldnt as this was the actual show. When it gets to the 'And I'll stand there, with the Wizard' bit it is reeaally powerfull, green girl in spotlight singing her heart out made me feel really excited for some reason, but hey.
What Is This Feeling
This song made me laugh alot. And the audience too. Helen and Shona sound good together. Helen does 'My face is flushing' and she gets out a mirror from her bag, looks at herself and sees Elphaba, shuts it in a horrified way. Shona's 'your voice' was so funny, I loved it. 'Unadultarated Loathing' was really cool. We get to the 'You are just to good' bit and then Helen's 'Trrrrrryyyy' is absolutley awesome and she does a little scoopy thing with her body where she kind of bends her knees a bit and her arms go up like a wave. Helen dancing along with her school friends and Shona just on her own, annoyed that she has no friends. At the end, the 'Boo' was cool and then Helens 'AAH!' and she did a little jump thing and a really scared face. It was hilarious.
Something Bad
Martin got applause when he came on and everybody sits down on the benches. We have the 'Well, it seems the artichoke is steamed!' and we all laugh at this. The 'It's Galinda' was great. Then Martin goes 'Cccclinda' and shes just plain annoyed. The scene goes on well and then we see the board and the statement. Helen looks at Nadine as if to say 'Did you do that?' and then class is dismissed. Elphaba stays behind with Doc. D. and they have their song together. Oh the eating of the paper was funny hehe 'Here, do you want some of my lunch?' 'That's very kind of you;'. The 'Something Baaaaaaaad' had some confused laughter in the audience. Morrible comes on and Elphaba delivers 'It couldnt happen here...in Oz...'
Dancing Through Life
This was so awesome and funny. Helen runs to the corner of the stage, terrified, and you can just hear James going 'Why do you always seem to dissapear whenever I coome?' and he joins Glinda. They have their Munchkin talk. Shona nearly gets knocked over by Fiyero's cart and angrily picks up her books. The 'I dont care whoo this ezzzzzzz' was absolutley hilarious, I loved it so much. Glinda goes 'It's Fiyero Tiggular!' and Boq goes 'Yoour'e toouching mee!' which was very funny indeed. Helen goes over and does her 'Are you looking for something...or, someone?' and a small toss toss. History class bit was cool as usual. Fiyero starts the song. He chucks Boqs book and James looks terrified and he runs to go and get it. The whole song was really amazing, I loved it more than ever. As Glinda persuades Boq to take Nessa to the dance, Adam randomly swings around the statue to see what is happening. 'Ohh miss Nessaroze, I have soomething to aask yoou!' was very scottish. The hat bit was great! And the dance bit. When Elphaba comes on stage we all just stare at her. So she takes the hat off and everybody is watching her. She jams it back on her head like 'Nerr. My hat.' and she starts dancing. Helen feels awful and goes 'May I cut in?' She does her little dance bit and they start to dance together. It is a beautifull moment...beautifull.
Popular
The sharing secrets bit was hilarious. 'Fiyero and I...We're getting married'. 'He asked you already?' 'Oh he doesn't know yet!' was really casual. 'You, will, be' and Helens hip and arm movement-coordination was funny. Her prancing around on the 'laa laaa laaa laaaaa' was really funny. We get to the toss toss bit. They do it twice, then Helen sits down next to Shona and goes 'Like this!' and tosses her hair in Shonas face. Shona does it and pulls and extremely funny Helen-Pose-Imitation face. Pink looks good with green. The rest of the song goes really well. Oh. Helen looks in the mirror and goes 'Hello' it was funnaaay. As her bed goes on to allow the next act she is just giggling to herself and kicking her legs up in the air...
Elphie is doing her toss-tossing with her hair and Fiyero goes, 'Wow. It's just...you've been Galindafied' and tosses his own hair. Very funny indeed I tell you.The class scene was great. The Lion Cub scene was cute. 'No. I'm Very Self Absorbed and Deeply Shallow'.
I'm Not That Girl
This song is so cute. I could feel the meaning, not just through the words but because she sings it really meaningly. Lovely, cute and excellent. Elphaba is just standing there in the rain. Glinda makes out with Fiyero on the bridge and then they run off when they hear the thundery bit before it starts raining.
One Short Day
'I've been thinking' 'Yes I've heard' was really funny and Helen was just upset through this and she changes her name and then gets annoyed about it.This is when it really struck me that Helen is leaving. I knew this was her last show but somehow this song affected me so much. The green reflected in my glasses, it was really bright and I just loved this song so much!
A Sentimental Man
This was a short song but still cute. This was my first Nigel-Wizard and he was really good. The Grimmerie bit was awesome. 'Can I...touch it?' 'Noooo!' Elphie making the monkeys fly made me get really excited, I wanted to start flying.
Defying Gravity
THIS SONG IS SOO AMAZING I TELL YOU LISTEN TO IT NOWWWW
This song is so affective. Elphaba goes to put the broom in the place and Helen starts singing her bit. Shona does her bit and then we have the Morrible bit. I kind of wanted to go 'She's not evil!!!' Elphaba does her bit and it is really good, I loved it. When they sung together I was amazed. I couldnt move in my chair, I was just too amazed. There is a moment where it all could have been different and I just felt that. Helen's 'Get off me!' sounded as if she wanted to swear at the guards. Shona goes 'I'm the one you want. It's me. It's meeeee!' and we all start going 'wooo!' and cheering. We stop to hear her sing. AWESOME. I love this song so much!!! Shona was so powerfull and I loved it. It was perfect. The flying, the voice, the guards falling, the citizens, Elphaba, Glinda, loving it all. The last 'Oooh' got a riff from Shona which was brilliant. We all start cheering and clapping really loudly. Lights go off, still cheering but then you see a mob of women trying to get to the loo.
Thank Goodness
I loved this song alot! I'm not sure if this is usual, but Helen seemed to be very upset in this song, more upset than last time I went. While Fiyero and Glinda have their little talking thing going on the ensemble at the back just couldnt keep still, they kept moving and turning their heads. Helens voice goes really high and she finishes the song perfectly. I'm just sitting there wishing I could sing as high and as well as her and I think of Josie singing thank goodness on that you tube clip.
Wicked Witch of the East
Now this is Katie's scene, she owns it. As Elphaba wheeled the Wheelchair behind the wardrobe to get to the curtain bit, it gets kind of stuck so she has to take the wheelchair out of behind that wardrobe and forces it back through this time. Katies singing was amazing and I was just amazed at how much power she can put into such a short bit.
Wonderful
This was really funny. Nigel has a small growly thingy in his voice which made me think of how awesome it is. Elphaba looks extremely annoyed when he puts his hat on her broom. Great singing from them. Then the monkeys are set free which is awesome because it just is awesome, the dancing monkeys and flying monkeys.
I'm Not That Girl Reprise
Helen is so cute in this scene. That is all I can really say, except for great singing. She has feelings, see.
As Long As Your Mine
Great harmonising. Adam really seemed to enjoy stroking Shona's arms and getting up to her face. Aww, it was soo cute! I loved it! And then they have their long kiss. So the people next to me hug.Then we have the thunderstorm bit and Elphaba can see the house. We have the funny 'No-one lives there' 'So where do you live?' 'In the other castle.' I get upset because I feel upset that Nessa has to get squashed by a house. Imagine how much that would hurt...ow.
The cornfeild bit...oh yeah. You couldn't really hear Helen slapping Shona but you could hear Shona slapping Helen. Helen got applause on her wand twisting thing, the way she went into it was so funny; she kind of did a ferocious jump twist and then did the wand thing.
No Good Deed
So powerfull! So feelingable! So awesome! Shona is great. The power is so...there is no word for it. I was amazed once again. Great long note holding...I loved 'Fiyerroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!'Oh but 'Noh Goh Ded' lol
March of the Witch Hunters
Isn't it amazing how this is just thrown in your face! It's so angry and so amazing when it's live. However you do just want to go and accompany Helen in telling Morrible that it's all wrong and you want to shout 'SHES NOT EVIL!!!'
For Good
I loved the Auntie Em bit! 'Stealing a dead womans shoes, what where you thinking?' 'And you uncle, whathisname!' Then Helen comes on and does the 'You're out of control, they're only shoes!'The song once again touched me and made me cry. It's so cute but you don't want them to seperate so you cry. The tissues where in my bag so I ended up drying me eyes on my arms. Aww...Helen and Shona harmonized so well...it's so cute!And when Elphie melts I start to cry even more because you just want her to be there forever, with Glinda, because they deserve it. Helen's 'Prrrrrris-on' made me laugh...
Finale
Upsetting, cute, longing, making me think of Helen. You just want Elphaba to be able to tell Glinda that she is still alive and Fiyero is still here with them as a scarecrow.
The show ends and the applause it the loudest I have ever heard. People cheering, everybody is standing up and were all cheering for such a long time, Nigel tries a few times to get us quiet. He makes a little speech saying how good they are. He says that they do really well, warming up the audience for when he comes on, and keeping us interested till he comes on again. Funny. Then Helen, Adam and Martin recieve their flowers and the show is over.And that was Dalli's last time on the stage =[
STAGE DOOR
Right, I had never been stage dooring before, so this was my first time, and I was so excited but so nervous, I was like 'OMIGAWD what am I going to say??' even though I talk about how amazing they all are so much, it's odd isn't it but I did manage to speak!
This was awesome! We waited such a long time but it was worth it. Helen was taking pictures of us standing waiting from her dressing room and waving to us all, we could just see her blonde hair and her glittery face and her camera flashing.
Andy Mace came out, I didn't take a picture with him but my aunt took a pic of him anyway, he's signing someone's programme...not mine.
Nadine Cox came and I asked her to sign my programme and then asked for a pic, here it is.
Martin Ball came out and I was really happy because I had really wanted to meet him. He was really nice, as you can see he bent down, he was so much taller than me. Shame he's gone...he was awesome!
Katie Rowley Jones! She is so nice, I really like her, she's amazing, glad she stayed! I've seen her three times, twice in Wicked and once in Aladdin at New Wimbledon Theatre.
Shona White came out and I was so nervous and so excited, she's Elphaba and also it was her last show! She was Stand By for Elphaba, but Kerry wasn't on this day. She's really nice too, her neck was still a little bit green. We have similar necklaces, I wander if she noticed that?
Me and CJ [that's Cassidy Janson for those un-knowers out there] She is really cool =D
Me and Miriam Margolyes. She used to be Madam Morrible but left in April. She came to see the show and came out of Stage Door so I got a pic and she signed my Programme =D She's so small! =D
And then finally, at midnight, Helen Dallimore came out! I was so excited, so happy, so nervous and just generally over the moon. But upset that she was leaving because she is my favourite Glinda. I didn't know what to say to her! She's really nice =] Glad I stayed to meet her, she is my idol. She should win a Tony! =D I was over the moon to see her, to have her standing next to me and touching me, seriously, I could have done a Boq "You're touching me!"
Missing you Helen!!! xxx
Cast of 14th July
Glinda: Helen Dallimore xxx =]
Elphaba: Shona White
Doctor Dillamond: Martin Ball
Fiyero: Adam Garcia
Boq: James Gillan
Nessarose: Katie Rowley Jones
Wizard: Nigel Planer
Madam Morrible: Susie Blake
Oh yeah, before I finish this, my aunt took a picture of Adam, who wasn't taking pics with people. He looks quite funny haha.
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