Mary Poppins

Last night we went to Mary Poppins at the Edinburgh Playhouse. We bought the tickets away back in January. Hadn't planned to be working on Thursday or have his party then. But things happened. So about 4.30pm we arrived at the bus stop and by 4.45pm we were fed up that when a taxi reversed out of a driveway and stuck it's light on we jumped in.

We headed to Frankie and Benny's for dinner, where service was very slow due to the busy restaurant. Our starters arrived before the drinks did. We'd all finished our main courses and we sat for ages waiting on the table being cleared as I'd spied the puddings and was wanting to order one. Just before they cleared the table an announcement went through the centre "Please prepare to evacuated if required too!" That started both kids off panicking about having to leave in a hurry. But our server said it happened regularly but nothing every came of it. We ordered puddings and with in about 10 seconds the fire alarms went off and the manager told the servers to clear their sections and head to the assembly point. 45 minutes to the show at this point and it was pouring with rain. What amazed me was all the people in Lloyds Bar sitting enjoying their food and watching us all leave. What was that all about. 3 fire engines arrived by the time we got outside.

So we headed to the playhouse and got in early and bought some sweets and popcorn. Then headed for a drink before heading to our seats. We got an end of an aisle and were up and down like yoyo's. But the show started and was just fantastic. Murray fell asleep in the second half but the rest of us loved it. Mary Poppins flying over us too was just fantastic.

It doesn't follow the film but is still very good and closer to the original story in the book. There are a few different songs and Mary Poppins isn't as nice as in the film but at the end of the day still gets the job done. Was well worth the £42.50 per ticket.

We then had to wait ages on a taxi too. But home and in to bed!