Matilda!

Saturday was an adventure. So Sarah, Emily, Paul, Jace, Karley and I woke up early to try to get tickets for Matilda. This show has 8 tickets per show for 5 pounds. That is a ridiculously awesome price. However, it is really hard to get. The only restriction on the tickets is you have to be between 16-25. So we left the house at 7:30 and arrived at the theater at 8. Ticket sales start at 10. So we queued up and waited. We counted the people in line and total we made 14. However, that was because 3 of them had left to get coffee and breakfast. So there are 16 tickets available and counting all of us makes 17. So we are one too many people, but we figure that maybe someone will get disqualified or there is a not as expensive ticket so we decided to wait. About 15 minutes after we arrived a group of four walk up and just hang out close to the theater doors but they don't join the queue. So we just thought maybe they were just on a stroll and just stopped there or something. At like 9:15 we fix the queue (some of the groups were out of order and we weren't lined up in front of the main door). The group of four edges closer and someone says "Do you want to join the queue?" they responded with a "No, we are fine." 15 minutes before the doors open they forced their way into the queue behind the 1st group. We were so angry. Adding four people to the queue kicked out our entire group except 1 person. There were 2 girls in front of us who we had chatted with and they were just as incensed as we were. We sent Paul to go talk to these people because they were cutting in the queue and they were the rudest people I have ever experience. They were all up in everyone's face yelling, pointing fingers and telling us not to yell at them. They made EVERYONE in that line angry and they just did not care. At all. When the guy came to open the gate everyone started talking. The rude guy was like "I need to have a private conversation with you" and everyone was just incensed. Karley finally piped up and said "NO! They have been rude and aggressive this whole time. They need to leave!" Thankfully, the guy made the right decision. All of us agreed on the group who had been there since 6:40 so he let them in. As each group was allowed in he asked them who was behind them. Finally the two girls in front of us got in and they were very adamant that the group of 6 Americans were right behind them. So the six of us got in before the rude people! However, there were only 5 tickets left which is what we were expecting. Immediately Sarah said, "I could just not go, its ok, I'll come back another day". All of us were just not having that. There was a 60 pound ticket available and we all chipped in 10 pounds so she could go. So Matilda cost 15 pounds and it was such a moment of triumph. The rude people did not get tickets at all!

After getting the tickets Karley and I went to the London Museum to get a site visit done (homework). It is a great museum and had this funny section called the "Pleasure Garden" during the Victorian Era. Basically they had the outfits that were appropriate for wear in an garden with a movie projected on the walls. This movie showed how people interacted and used the garden in a social setting. It also had an exhibit of the Great Fire which had a lot of good info. Which is a silly statement because it is a museum. Then we headed back to the house to eat some lunch before the Matinee of Matilda. After lunch I did a quick run through Portobello Market looking to see if I could find a 1st edition Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone. I didn't find one but the Market is super cool...even though I flew through it. It is a great place for clothes, jewelry, silverware, and nicknacks but that just isn't what I was looking for. Then I went to see Matilda.

This show was soo cute! While it had the same storyline as the movie it felt like an entirely different production. Ms. Trunchbull is played by a guy but it works so perfectly. They don't make Matilda move as many objects with her eyes as they do in the movie but it doesn't really matter. They actually focus more on Matilda's "telepathic" abilities and she tells a story to the nice librarian. However, the story turns out to be a true story: Miss Jenny's story. This extra element is absolutely fantastic and it was just so much fun. It was totally worth the battle of trying to get the tickets. After the show Karley and I went to the Forbidden Planet where I bought a Tardis piggy bank and Sting as a letter opener! I am soo excited for them! The Tardis is currently sitting next to me with all of the left over Euro coins inside. It just makes me happy.

The stage for Matilda!

Sting!

Doctor! It's bigger on the inside!

Then upon our return we went and got Tazas for dinner. It was Karley's first time having the Shawarma that is so delicious!  We brought it back to the center and watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. It was a great relaxing way to end the evening! Love you all!