'Wicked' is a new broadway musical, which presents the unheard story of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good, characters from the classic Wizard of Oz. The Wicked Witch has been known as the antagonist in the orginal story. The Wizard of Oz was about Dorothy, a sweet innocent Kansas girl. Dorothy, by a twist of fate, is transported by a hurricane into the land of Oz. The house she travelled in accidentally crushed a lady known as the Wicked Witch of the East and was subsequently hailed as a hero by people of Oz. As all she wanted was to return home to Kansas, Glinda the Good Witch instructs her to go on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, who she says will help Dorothy go home. The WIcked Witch of the West was the evil witch who tries to stop Dorothy from meeting the Wizard of Oz. In the musical, we see the Wicked Witch of the West as a misunderstood individual, who from young was bullied and ostracized because of her emerald green skin. We see how her good intentions were misconstrued and her kind acts condemned by opponents, as full of malice. We see how people can be easily swayed by authority to see a good person as bad, possibly because of the person looking so different from them. Dawn and I caught the matinee. We bought cornish pasties and had them in the theatre. :> then had ice-cream at interval. We were mesmerized by the well-though story-line, witty lines and beautiful songs. The voices were so powerful, every emotion they were trying to express resonated in our hearts. It was absolutely fantastic. :>
Dawn and I then went for a pub meal. :p We had a walk along Oxford street and had some fun in Hamleys the toy shop. Really exciting... they were selling Harry potter wands, demonstrating making snow from magic powder, toys everywhere. It was fun!!
I went to meet up with Despina, who was hosting a house party themed E-vil. You either had to dress up as someone who's name began with E, or be someone evil. I unfortunately was totally rubbish and did not dress up for the occasion. I did have a very good time catching up with De, from the 'E'ighties, Charlotte, who was 'E'nvironmentally friendly, and chatting with Edward Scissorhand, an Energy drink, and Exit sign, and a few Egyptians. A pretty interesting experience indeed :p
The next day, Dawn and I had a ramble around London Bridge area and went to the Tate Modern for a bit. We then went to meet up with a few of my friends... Watson, from Primary school, Therese from Sheffield Uni and Jiamin from my RGS days.
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