Today started off with a nice and early wake up call: 6 am. We planned to meet up at 6:30 to go wait in line for 5 of the 16, 5 pound Matilda the Musical (one the hottest shows) tickets released each day. Unfortunately, none of the other girls' alarms went off, so I had to go and wake them up. We didn't leave until 7 and didn't get in line until 7:30. When we got there, 9 other people were already there, so we ran in line and two other people came in line right behind us. Talk about a relief! We all found a nice recess to huddle up in, and settled in for the next 2 and half hours.
The girls did their readings while I prepared my Relief Society lesson for tomorrow. When they finally opened the box office we grabbed our seats and headed to Cafe Nero (kind of like Starbucks) to unfreeze. Then Sierra and I headed to towards Borough Market.
Along the way we found a Benefit Cosmetics store, got our make up done, found a random alley way with every color of building you could want (and lots of herbal supplement stores), and finally found Borough.
Oh, Borough! Talk about a food lover's dream!!! Every kind of pastry, cheese, jam, wrap, exotic hot dog, sandwich, and dessert you could ever want is found in Borough Market. I had a delicious falafel, Sierra had this beef skewered hot dog thing, and we shared a raspberry tart. Amazing! I'll definitely be going back.
Then Sierra and I headed back to the center for a power nap. When I woke up I made a quick stop to H&M (found an amazing dress) and headed back to the center to grab some food before Matilda.
We were late leaving for the show (thought we could make it in 30 min), so we had to sprint to the tube, hurry and get on, make one transfer, run out of the tube station, and sprint our way to the show. After a few shouts of "why did we do this?!" and "I hate us!" we made it to the theater with 5 min to spare ;)And it most definitely was worth it!
Matilda is possibly the best show I've ever seen! I had never seen the movie and my mind was absolutely blown. It's mostly a kid cast and the dance numbers they were doing were above and beyond some of the NappyTabbs numbers I've seen. And the staging was so cool!!!
Before I left, Brandt's sister, Mari, had told me about how she and her friends went back stage to meet the cast after they saw Peter Pan. She got pictures with them and ended up going to dinner with them, she said it was so much fun. We were all so excited about the play that we booked it out of the theater to go meet the cast at the stage door (I was expecting a photo or two, but just to clear I did not plan on taking an 8 year old out to dinner). When we walked up there was a crowd of people around, so we figured that we weren't the only ones who wanted pics with the leads and kids... turns out that group of people were all of the actors' parents. As families started leaving, we felt more and more creepy... turns out meeting 30 year olds who play 8 year olds is a lot different than just meeting 8 year olds.
Hilarious!
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