5th January 08

[soph83]

Went to see Avenue Q for the first time on Saturday.

I bought a SMALL programme and we went to find our seats. We were in Rows O & P and had great view of the stage.

To be honest, even having read so much about the show I didnt know what to expect, but it was much much better than I had imagined. Loved Daniel, loved his facial expressions, loved his moves, loved Princeton & Rod and loved the songs (couldnt possibly pick my fave song). Thought Mark was really good (Nicky is sooooo cute and Trekkie is hilarious!). In fact all the cast were brilliant - didnt think Christmas Eve was too screechy. Daniel looked so happy and comfortable on stage and like he was loving every minute, I definitely think he has found his "Purpose"! (sorry!)

Dont wanna give too much away but there were three empty seats nearest to the aisle next to me and if I had moved to the aisle seat I may have been involved in the "collection" - Shall remember that for next time.

We headed to the stage door and waited and waited. Several other cast members came out including Mark Goldthrop who signed our programmes and Brian Delroy said he would try and find Daniel for us but came back later and said that he couldnt find him. Anyway, I know there's not much time between shows so he was probably having something to eat.

Would highly recommend it and if I could I would see it once a week because I dont think I could get sick of it. Am looking forward to seeing it again in very soon.

[soph83]

Poor Daniel is off sick at the moment.

[Jenno]

Aaaaw no

[soph83]

I think he's better now. Bless him!

[Danni]

I also went to see Ave Q on the 5th January (matinee). I know I said that I wouldn't see it again until the summer, but I went to see Potted Potter that day which was only 1 hour long and decided might as well see Ave Q. I've now seen AVe Q 7 times.

No one was off sick so I was lucky to see all the new cast in action

Daniel surprised me. He was excellent. I'd go as far as saying that he was on a par with Jon and considering he had only been doing the show for a month, he will get even better. His voices of Princeton and Rod were spot on.

The show though is not the same without Simon and Julie. I didn't like Rebecca's Kate/Lucy. She didn't have the comic timings that Julie had. Mark was good but didn't have the same charisma as Simon.

After the show I went to the stage door and Chris Thatcher said hi. I spoke to Delroy who said he was really tired and looking forward to a day off on Sunday. Daniel didn'' come out eventhough there was a large group of Daniel Kittens waiting (since meeting the kittens after the show, I'm now a member of the Daniel Kittens Forum). Jenno - I am now a Daniel convert