(pictures from the UK tour website)
Having spent the day in Oxford with the boys and Lizzie, Grant drove Jon and I up to Malvern. We arrived about 6pm in time for a chat with ma before eating dinner. She mentioned that Rocky Horror Show was on at the theatre in Malvern. I was excited and disappointed at the same time - it was a musical I had heard a lot about, but sad that it was the last night it was in Malvern. But... Mum said there was a 9pm performance - something I had never heard of at Malvern before. Fortunately we persuaded the boys that they wanted to go and we went after dinner.
I knew that it was the kinda show where audience shout out, and Mum reminded us as we were getting close that people often dress up, but I wasn't sure what the differenes were between the stage show and film. But boy was it exciting in the theatre!! and boy did we feel underdressed - or should that be overdressed. The audience were definitely as much of an attraction as the show. Such a wide ranging spectrum of the audience going to town in their outfits. My personal favourite was the man walking towards me in the foyer in the interval. He looked to be in his 60s and I thought he had dressed up for the trip to the theatre as I saw him in shirt and DJ but then as some people moved and I looked down I saw all he had on his bottom half were fishnets!!
We got tickets in the last row of the circle and all the few remaining ones seemed to sell out by the time it started. It was fun although I wasn't always sure quite what was going on, particularly what the audience were calling out! People's costumes began to make more sense as the show went on, and it was fun again at the interval working out who people were dressed as. I was delighted by the very accurate portrayal of Rocky - we thought James would happily try to pull that off! There was also a guy in a good representation of Janet.
I was pleased that everyone was up off their seat as soon as the Time Warp number started and I did my best to join in though my company slightly prohibited me ;-) It also ended with a good on your feet encore!! The start of the second half was definitely more shockingly risque, but the atmosphere and the rock music made up for it for me!
At the end I was keen to think about going again and dressing up. It's coming to Oxford in June and although I often and am happy to go to the theatre by myself, I didn't feel this would be one of the possibilities. Delighted to find that a good friend from school is willing to go with me and even dress up - can't wait!!
So, maybe I'm a sheep for loving the all enjoying and participating nature of the experience more than the show itself - but never mind... Let's Do The Timewarp Agaaaain!
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