On Monday I took a rather impromtu trip to London to see Wicked again, despite having only been a little over two weeks ago. What can I say, I love it and can't get enough! I knew I wanted to go again, but I'm due to have major surgery on my dominant arm this coming Friday so didn't expect to be able to take myself on such a trip until mid November at the soonest. London is a four hour drive away and it's quite physically demanding to drive for 8 hours there and back in one day. But I realised that I had Monday free, and couldn't think of a better way to spend it and I'm so glad I did!
It was a different cast than what I saw last - previously I saw the standby for Elphaba, and this time I saw the standby for Glinda. Personally I prefered this show - Alice Fearn is phenominal as Elphaba, and I personally prefered the standby Maria Coyne as Glinda.
I also added a few bits to my collection - I wanted this dress on my last visit, I find that too often merchandise strictly caters to the tshirt and hoodie wearing crowd of which I'm neither so I really liked the fact that they offer something a bit different. It's much nicer quality than I expected too, and fully lined so it won't cling to everything despite being made of jersey.
One of the best things about the theatre for me personally is how I'm always immediately inspired for illustration ideas as soon as I leave - intermission is always spent frantically drawing thumbnails on my phone and making notes trying to remember. Although it was a bit bittersweet this visit as I have 6 ideas planned out and I'm not sure how many I'm going to get to actually draw before Friday. I'll give it my best shot, as I hope even if I can only finish the lineart hopefully colouring it on my iPad won't be too strenuous on my arm.
I really won't be able to next go any sooner than mid-November now, and I'm going to save up and try and do two shows in one day as I'd like to see my other favourite show Les Mis too. It should give me something to look forward to throughout my recovery!
