Rozzi Rainbow

I wasn't sure where to post this but settled on here as it isn't exactly a musical or a play.

I had already planned to see Rock of Ages on Monday night at the Garrick so decided to go a bit earlier to see Potted Potter there as well. (By coincidence I ended up in nearly the same seat for both shows!) I'd seen it once already a few years ago when it came to my local theatre and absolutely loved it, it was hilarious. I thought they'd be performing with the RoA set behind them, but there didn't seem to be any sign that they shared the theatre with another show - they must be able to reset the stage easily enough between shows every day.

I loved the show just as much this time around. It is very silly (I'd compare it to Spamalot silly) which makes me surprised I like it so much because I don't normally like silly shows. But I am a big Harry Potter fan. The HP books are rushed through at a very fast pace, so I'd think anyone who didn't know much about them might struggle to enjoy this show.

The theatre looked almost full - there were only restricted view seats available in the stalls when I bought mine just before the show started (although the seat I had was hardly restricted at all) and the dress circle was sold out. A great show for adults and children

I am a bit late with posting this, but I went to see Bohemian Rhapsody last Saturday in Newcastle and it was brilliant It was a celebration of Queen music, so no storyline like WWRY. As a WWRY fan rather than a Queen fan (bit before my time) it took me a while to get into as it seemed like WWRY in the wrong order and without the script, but after a couple of songs I really got into it. The muscial arrangements seemed the same as WWRY with the male and female vocals, other than Rachel Wooding singing It's a Kind of Magic as a solo. She was amazing and stole the show for me. Other WWRY ex-cast in the show were Lucinda Shaw and Andrew Derbyshire (Sabrina Aloueche pulled out), and the rest of the cast were Jonathan Ansell, Simon Bowman, Duncan Heather (who after seeing him in this, I think would be fab in WWRY), Victoria Hamilton-Barritt and Erin Cornell. It was nice for me to hear Queen songs other than those in WWRY, including the original Radio GaGa lyrics, and the cast even got a well deserved standing ovation for Barcelona at the end of Act One! It's a shame it's not doing more of a UK tour (I think there are a couple more dates, but in the South) as I'd have liked to have seen it again.