Big Adventures, Little World

Grease was the word tonight as we went out to theatre to see Grease: The Musical (just in case you hadn’t worked that out yet). It was showing at the Piccadilly Theatre and we had managed to get tickets for dinner and the show. For 20 quid, who could say no! So we made our way into Piccadilly Circus where the restaurant was close by to the theatre. The restaurant was called Tiger Tiger and was really quite cool from our first impressions. It was setup so that it turns into a night club at night with music playing and cocktails being served. We got shown to our table and then it wasn’t too long before we ordered, and were also informed of Happy Hour which was all drinks for half price. How could we say no to buying cocktails AND a bottle of wine?

Our starters didn’t take too long to come out at all. Elese had breaded Camembert cheese with cranberry sauce which was quite tasty indeed, while I had Herb and Spice crumbed chicken fillets with a corn chip salad. It was interesting and the chicken tasted a bit like KFC so it was great! Next up was our mains. We had both gone for the steak, which cost an extra fiver, but was definitely worth it. It was quite nice and juicy and cooked just how we wanted it. I hate when my steak is cooked differently than how I want it. We sat there finishing our wine before it was about that time to make our way to the theatre.

Once in the theatre it wasn’t too long before the show started and it was pretty good to start with as they came out and performed the Grease theme song. It was quite a small theatre and the band playing all the music was above the stage so you could them all playing, unlike for Priscilla where they were in front of the stage. (You could probably have seen them if you had decent tickets though). After the opening song they were into the storyline which is always interesting to watch when a musical has been adapted from a movie. The accents were a bit disappointing with the guy who played Danny sounding more like Elvis, and trying to act like the Fonz. Other than that though we had a lot of fun as they performed all the Grease favourites like Summer Nights, You’re the One That I Want, Beauty School Dropout, and of course Greased Lightning! There was all the other songs as well and they finished it off with We Go Together for a great finale of singing and dancing. All in all we had a good time and it was a lot of fun to watch.

Grease The Musical