The Lion King - The Emotional First Rehearsal into Broadway's Return

I think I’ve posted this before , but the sheer exuberance and emotion of it is worth seeing again.

I’ve done an extra night at work last night because the new covid variant has laid low a few staff. 

I’ve banked the shift so will take the time back when it suits me…I don’t mind.

It’s also been a fairly quiet night , so in between jobs , I’ve booked my sister 60th birthday treats

My sister doesn’t get to London at all often, so I’ve booked the things she would like.

The Beatrix Potter exhibition at the V&A, a boutique hotel, 

Kew Gardens and a good seat at The Lion King which means she sees the Elephant close up as it walks down the aisle.

There is something lovely experiencing something nice and new through another’s eyes 

Vicarious pleasure as they call it.

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Free

 Wading

In the river

Cool waters

Awaken the senses

Free the mind

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Milky Peaks

 Ok , big breaths

Imagine this.

In the small faded mountain/seaside Welsh town of Milky Peaks, Dewi ( Seiriol Davies) a hotel clerk comes out during the towns celebrations at being nominated as Best British Town of the year. His staunchly welsh Friend Mam ( Lisa Jên Brown) spends her time at salsa in an effort to forget her husband wants to leave her and faded, vomit stained drag Queen Pariah Carey ( Mathew Blake) dreams of better things  and wants to play the lead in the town’s production of My Fair Lady. 

Add to the mix a shadowy property tycoon ( Tanya Bridgeman) a drama coach with a murky past (Miriam O’Brien) and far right Judge of the competition who wants to set the town up to be  a centre of a new all white facist community(Sophie Winter) 

Are you with me so far? 

Now, picture costumes c/o StartlightExpress and Pricilla Queen of the Desert , frenetic musical numbers from the 1980s songs covering dogging, Welsh Folklore, echos of the Nazis in Cabaret , politics, gay culture, sexual identity, big business, racism, sexism, misogyny, and Britishness .

There is even a talking toilet wall and a Welsh dragon ( drag-on gettit ?) 

Blink and you will miss a pithy joke and an “ important” message….

It’s funny yet exhausting 

Witty but somewhat overwhelming. 

It’s a bit like drinking two litres of Coca-Cola after eating 4 chocolate eclairs

I drove home in silence 

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