Wicked

Fans,

Short blog this week. On Saturday night we went to the musical "Wicked" - the untold story of The Wizard of Oz, in the Apollo Theatre. It was absolutely brilliant.

The fun began when we were picking up our tickets from the box office before the show and the woman next to us was complaining that the seats in the theatre were not big enough for her friend (who she described as "quite a big girl"). The guy in the box office said he was sorry but there was nothing he could do. The theatre was sold out and besides, all the seats are the same size. The woman was either really stupid or suspected the guy was lying. She argued that they would not enjoy the show now because her friend couldn't fit in the seats...we're not sure what the guy was supposed to do, other than remove a row of seats and install a couch for obese people...

Once we found our seats, which we thought were actually quite roomy as far as old style theatre seats go, we noticed the woman and her "big" friend just across the aisle from us. Big was an understatement. She wouldn't have fitted in two seats.

Anyway, the musical was fantastic. It is about what supposedly happened in The Wizard of Oz story before Dorothy showed up. Turns out the Wicked Witch of the West was the misunderstood hero, the Wicked Witch of the East was a paraplegic (before the house landed on her) and Dorothy was a murderous thief. It was a really good story, very funny, and the special effects were top class.

Earlier in the day, we had watched Arsenal on TV, as they got an unlucky draw against Birmingham. One of Arsenal's players, Eduardo da Silva, suffered the most gruesome injury we have ever seen after a horrendous tackle broke his leg and dislocated his ankle. For those of you who are not too squeamish, check out You Tube, type in "Eduardo injury"...Hopefully Eduardo makes a full recovery and can play again at some point!

Work is getting busier again for both of us and winter is on its way out. The days are noticeably longer and the weather has been very mild for the month of February. We are looking forward to Spring.