Entertainment was listening to the radio, playing my 7" singles or LP's and every now and again a visit to the local bioscope, which I think we called the 'bughouse'.
While at Wits University I went to see the performance of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' starring Bruce Millar, Alvon Collison and Richard Loring at the Great Hall. Only word to describe how I felt was enthralled, my first live show and first musical.
Each time we travel I make sure to book a show. Over the years we have seen wonderful musicals in London, New York and here at home - the ones I remember were Phantom of the Opera; Cats; Billy Elliot; Queen; Les Mis (although I fell asleep); A Chorus Line; The Lion King; Hairspray; Starlight Express; Evita; Jesus Christ Superstar; Godspell and my latest favourite Kinky Boots on Broadway, last July for my birthday.
During our second trip to Europe in 1982, also a holiday and business trip for Fred, I booked my first London show at the Victoria Theatre, which starred Liz Taylor in The Little Foxes. I have the postcard I wrote to Mom and Dad that I had booked tickets for the Friday, I have the program, the tickets, but I need to make a confession, I have absolutely no clue what the play was about, it has not stuck as a remarkable experience at all.
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| A night at the Victoria Theatre, Friday 23rd April 1982 |
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