Sat in my usual spot, second row right under the Time Dragon!
Lisa-Anne Wood was playing Glinda and she's fantastic, I'd not seen her before but I really loved everything about her performance. I never understand it when they hide away the better actors as the standby and I always appreciate getting to see them in the role - I hate when people complain about having to see a standby, it's a treat! Laura Pick is Elphaba now, she's been the standby Elphaba for years but Nikki Bentley had to suddenly drop out which is a huge shame as I think she's my favourite Elphaba I've ever seen and I hope she's OK. I'd seen Laura before when she covered for Alice Fearn so knew I was in good hands, and I'm so happy for her that she's the principal now as she's worked so long and hard at the role. Unfortunately I’m still really underwhelmed with Fiyero which is a shame, he's one of my favourite characters so it always hits me hard. There's a new Boq and I really liked him too, although it does bother me that Boq is the only character that they regularly cast black actors for when Fiyero is canonically an Indigenous person of colour and always played by a white guy. It would be so refreshing to see him correctly cast just once! Overall I really loved it though! I nearly cried at the end as it was just so perfect, and on my way home I couldn't help but wonder that, if my dreams end up coming true, whether this could be the last time I see it in London?
They had some new merch, so of course I had to get it. I particularly liked the shirt as it’s a line Mika samples in one of his records, so for me it’s like both of my interests in one!
