My Saturday

Christin had to return to Florida tomorrow and so John and I met up with her in London for the last time. However, before we did that, we went to the London Dungeon, having got up fairly early to ensure we got there before it opened at 10am, and so to avoid lengthy queues. The last time both of us visited the dungeon was when we were kids, and it's changed a bit since then. Instead of just making your own way around the place, you are escorted in groups into each section. It is now divided into different subject matters such as Sweeney Todd, Great Fire of London, Courtroom, Gallows, Jack the Ripper, and much more. In the Courtroom, the banter by the guide was very funny and John got ushered up to the stand to be sentenced for indecent behaviour with a horse! In the gallows, they put you into seats which rise up into the air, stop level with hangmans' nooses and then drop you suddenly back down to the ground (much like a theme park ride but on a smaller scale). It was a lot of fun and passed a couple of hours.



We then called Christin to meet us outside the Dominion Theatre in Tottenham Court Road. The tube was hell. Someone had thrown themselves under a train and there was limited service. Also there was no service at all on the Circle Line due to maintenance work and so the carriages were all crammed - faces pressed up against the windows! The heat is a killer down there. I just can't imagine doing that every day in rush hour.

Anyway, we eventually met up and then looked for somewhere nearby to have lunch. Just around the corner was a decent looking pub and unbelievably and very appropriately for me as a Spurs fan, it was called The Tottenham! Poor Christin was full of germs and didn't look at all well. She should have been resting instead of being out with us.

Once we'd fed our faces, we made our way back to the theatre for the matinee performance of We Will Rock You. This was the second time John and I had seen it but Christin's first. The show was absolutely brilliant once again. I could see it over and over again; the music is fantastic (obviously being all Queen songs), and there are some very funny moments. The girl who plays Scaramoosh is particularly funny and the guy who plays the lead (Galileo Figaro) has a great voice - it's not easy performing Queen songs well but he pulls it off superbly. The atmosphere at the end of the show would take a lot of beating with the audience standing, clapping and singing along. There are many encores and of course ends with Bohemian Rhapsody. The only gripe I have is that my fave Queen song 'Don't Stop Me Now' is not performed in its entirity - only the first few bars half way through the show. You really come out of there buzzing - if you haven't seen it yet, DO IT!