It’s not just all pantos at Christmas!
December 17, 2008
Well the pantos are up and running and we have covered quite a few this year, but thats not all we have been doing.
We set off very early on Friday December 5th to travel from Newcastle to London to join over 600 guests who descended on the London Hippodrome, home of La Clique, in the heart of the West End for the star-studded launch of the ninth annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards.
We assisted with the sponsorship table and chatted with many of the celebrity guests, before returning North later the same day.
The following week we travelled back to London to attend this year’s Royal Variety Performance, which is on TV tonight (Dec 17th) at 7.30. Back at the Palladium for the first time in several years, the show was performed unusually on a Thursday (the first time in the 21 shows that I have attended where the show has not been on a Monday). Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were there to see the host of stars, which included Cliff with the Shadows together for the first time in twenty years as well as the likes of Duffy and John Barrowman along with the casts of Zorro and The Lion King. Josh Groban with the choir Only Men Aloud, Kerry Ellis and Take That were the real stars on the night. Hit comedy wise was comic Rhod Gilbert who not only had the audience in stitches but the Royal Box was rocking with laughter. Technical problems stopped the show on numerous occasions but by the time the edited version hits the TV I am sure it will be one of the best shows for many a year.
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It was my first visit to the Palladium for the RVP. Technical hitches galore, it was very embarrassing, Someone must have lost the knob to the volume control, I had to put fingers in ears seveal times as the noise level was unbearableI I lost count of the numerous times comedian Ian Reece had to step in and save the evening. You got it absolutely right! Rhod Gilbert was hilarious, a prize act which their HRH’s appreciated.
I agree with your choice of who were the stars of the evening - Especially Josh Groban and Only Men Aloud Choir who were brilliant, the only ones who didn’t need the volume turned up, their voices were enough and Anthem is a very beautiful emotive song to listen to. Thank you for your honest review.