Watch Room on the Broom at the Lyric Theatre in London
As a blogger, I get offered some fantastic opportunities. However, there are times when either time or distance – or both! – count against me. What I am able to do though is treat other members of my family instead.
When the chance came up to watch Room on the Broom at the Lyric Theatre in London with a tea party and meet the cast afterwards, and I wasn’t able to go, I offered it to my sister, Davina, and my 3 and a half year old nephew instead. I am very pleased to say that she has written up her experience and I am sharing it below for you.
“A truly magificent broom”
Friday 30th November. Not just a visit to the theatre, but a visit to the Lyric Theatre in the beautiful city of London for some well needed one on one time with my son Henry, aged 3 and a half.
We’ve been reading and watching Room on The Broom since Henry was 18 months old, so when we were offered the chance to watch the musical adaptation by Tall Stories, live on stage, with a yowl and a growl and a croak and a shriek we said YES!!!
The excitement started at the train station, Henry loves trains and hasn’t been on one for a long time. The ticket clerk helped make it extra special by giving him his very own VIP ticket with a smiley face on the front which he held tightly in his hands for the entire journey. We played eye spy the whole way to Waterloo and once we arrived made our way down to the tube. We hopped onto the Bakerloo line to Piccadilly Circus and the look of amazement and wonder on Henry’s little face when we came back out above ground was priceless.
We arrived at the Lyric, collected our tickets and made our way to our seats in the third row of the stalls. The theatre is an intimate 19th century venue with many original features and really set the mood. From the minute the show started, Henry was absolutely spellbound and so was I! The four cast members who played multiple roles between them were excellent and really captured the magic of this wonderfully written story by Julia Donaldson. The set was simple but effective and the use of puppets for the dog, the bird and the frog were very well executed. Henry danced along to the music, joined in whenever he could and excitedly anticipated the arrival of the dragon.
A thoroughly enjoyable hour, with plenty of laughs and a witty dialogue, this was the perfect show to introduce Henry to the West End!
