Last night for Susan's birthday, a massive group of us (including some random friends of friends who didn't even know Susan) went out for dinner and then went to see the Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre. For those of you who don't know, the musical is basically the Disney Lion King movie acted out on stage.
We met at Bella Italia Covent Garden. Bella Italia is a massive Italian restaurant chain, and we'd seen them everywhere so we thought we might try. In the morning we were just in Susan's room chatting about it, and we thought we'd see if there was a student discount, so we googled and found studentbeans.com which gave us 50% off the bill. I had the special of the day, which was penne with ham, mushroom and peas in a cream sauce. With the voucher, dinner (including the service charge) came up to 3.50. I LOVE being a student sometimes.
For the show we got 25 pound tickets right up the back, but the upper circle was pretty well tiered, and so there were no problems whatsoever with people's heads. Totally worth it.
The music was surprisingly untight. Some of the singing was good, but how the music came together was less than spectacular. Especially the chorus. But I guess it's not a performance known for its music.
But the costumes were SO GOOD! They were pretty creative, except for Timon which was just a puppet, moved around by a guy dressed in green. Why green, I don't know. But I loved the baby elephant and the rhino especially, so cute! You had to use your imagination a little bit obviously, but it was really well done.
Happy Birthday Susan!
We met at Bella Italia Covent Garden. Bella Italia is a massive Italian restaurant chain, and we'd seen them everywhere so we thought we might try. In the morning we were just in Susan's room chatting about it, and we thought we'd see if there was a student discount, so we googled and found studentbeans.com which gave us 50% off the bill. I had the special of the day, which was penne with ham, mushroom and peas in a cream sauce. With the voucher, dinner (including the service charge) came up to 3.50. I LOVE being a student sometimes.
For the show we got 25 pound tickets right up the back, but the upper circle was pretty well tiered, and so there were no problems whatsoever with people's heads. Totally worth it.
The music was surprisingly untight. Some of the singing was good, but how the music came together was less than spectacular. Especially the chorus. But I guess it's not a performance known for its music.
But the costumes were SO GOOD! They were pretty creative, except for Timon which was just a puppet, moved around by a guy dressed in green. Why green, I don't know. But I loved the baby elephant and the rhino especially, so cute! You had to use your imagination a little bit obviously, but it was really well done.
Happy Birthday Susan!
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