Frozen - Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Well the films the same, it is Anna’s story and Elsa is a supporting role, she just ended up with the marquee song.

Well my return visit to this show was a real test of my patients. Think of the worst kind of panto audience and turn it up to 11. Never ending chatter (kids and adults) it was just a wall of noise around me. One group of women who split into two and constantly messaged each other on their phone, people with crying children who they refused to leave the auditorium with when asked and the usual rattle of sweets and crisp packets. 

Also, and this is more then likely a ‘my problem’ then anything else, two highly disabled people who would shriek loudly during songs, (I know they can’t help it) and I know how lucky I am to have an autistic brother who understands how live theatre works, but really I never understand why it’s considered acceptable, it’s just as distracting to cast and audience as an international disruption.

Also sat two rows behind me a group of toxic Rainbow Warriors complaining at full volume during half time how the show fails to correctly portray Elsa as the OUT character she truly is… 

Has anyone been to see a Thursday matinee of the show? I'd imagine it's quieter as most kids will be in school during term time, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole during school holidays though 😆

I saw Mary Poppins a few years back and the parents behind me had paid over £300 for tickets and treats and 1 kid fell asleep before the curtain went up and the other one was totally unimpressed.

First time I went was the day after press night and we had absolutely no issues. We were front stalls off to the side and had a mum with young daughters next to us but they were perfectly behaved throughout. Second time, last Wednesday, I was in the back of the stalls and surrounded by annoying kids who didn’t know how to behave. The family across the aisle from me had a toddler who screamed/cried out at one point and another who CRAWLED OUT OF HIS SEAT AND OUT INTO THE AISLE. Absolutely idiotic parents taking children so young. I think it really just depends on luck with who you’re sat near to be honest

I went to the 1st preview all pretty eell behaved apart from one child in front of .e who wanted to go on the stage to be with Elsa and threw a hissy fit when she couldn't. During the interval FOH moved them to the back and we had 4 adults in front.
2nd time which was a midweek show still lots of children but no tiny ones. When Anna turned to ice a little girl shouted out "oh no" and the whole section of the audience who heard it burst out laughing. Poor Anna mist have wondered what was going on.
As its a family musical I was prepped to expect some disturbance.
I'd actually prefer kids just enjoying themselves to drunk adults being idiots.

My post was from the Thursday matinee…

I walked past the theatre about an hour before tonight's performance & there were enough kids outside shrieking loudly to make me very glad that I wasn't & won't be going in!

Does anyone know Samantha Barks' Schedule? Does she do every show? Matinees?

Yeah she does, best way to keep track of any holidays she has is her Instagram, I think last Sunday or Monday she said on her stories that she'd be off for the Wednesday and Thursday performances last week.

Whaaaaaat? Back up! There’s a ‘Finding Nemo’ show at DLP? I loved ‘The Legend of the Lion King’ way back when. Get me back there!!! We went off it a bit when we went a few summers ago when it was 41 degrees. It was a little warm.

I went to Disneyland Paris once when it first opened. I hated it. And that was before it became the sophisticated scam that it’s become now. From what I can tell you pay an extortionate amount of money to stay in a very average hotel, then top whack for park tickets, then you’re expected to stand in queues for hours on end to experience a three minute ride OR pay yet again to jump the queue. Then you’ll pay silly money for overpriced junk food, and be encouraged to purchase overpriced tat at every opportunity. Hard pass!