The Band Musical | July 2018 ♡

For my birthday at the beginning of the year I was given tickets to see The Band musical, a brand new musical featuring the music by Take That. If you know me, you know Im literally the biggest Take That fan! Ive been to every tour since their reunion and to me are amazing. 

Take That also have a very special place in my heart as they were my mam's favourite. Going to their shows with her were my ultimate happy place. She adored them and seeing the boys or their songs live just takes me right back.

The show uses all the songs and lyrics by Take That but is not a story about the life of Take That. It was written by Tim Rice and the current production is directed by Kim Gavin & Jack Ryder. The band in the musical is portrayed by Five to Five, a band that was put together on the BBC talent show contest Let It Shine. AJ Bentley, Curtis T.Johns, Nick Carsberg, Sario Solomon and Yazdan Qafouri were fantastic in the show. They sang and danced their hearts out to every number and their energy was unreal. Would love to see the boys doing their own thing in the future too. 

The show was absolutely amazing and the cast were sensational. The story begins in 1992 and follows five young best friends Claire, Heather, Rachel, Zoe and Debbie who are all obsessed with The Band. After seeing them in concert they swear to be friends forever. However after a sudden tragedy they lose touch and part ways. 25 years later, Rachel wins tickets to see The Band and so begins the journey of the girls reuniting. Its such an emotional, powerful show of friendship and love and the Take That songs fit perfectly into a beautifully thought storyline.
I laughed out loud at so may bits, the characters are truly brilliant and the friendship is so real and true to life. The cast were all wonderful and brought such energy and fun to the show.

The show is currently on a wee break but continues in September at the Cliffs Pavillion in Southend. I shall list the tour below if you want to see if its coming to a theatre near to you as it runs right through until early 2019. If you are a fan of Take That its an absolute must see. It was a night full singing your heart out, laughing, tearing up and dancing to all of my favourite Take That songs, even some surprise gems thrown in the mix. I so hope it tours close to me again, I would love to see it one more time. Also, fingers crossed for a Take That tour next year, I can feel it coming!

Hope your all having a lovely day,
Amy

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A Day at Wimbledon | July 2018 ♡

So I had the amazing opportunity this year to attend Wimbledon. Its always been a dream of mine to go and I jumped at the chance. Bruce is a huge Tennis fan and Im very lucky that I now have family who work at Wimbledon and got the chance to see everything that goes on. Going into Wimbledon at first, it quite honestly took my breath away. The place is sheer perfection, like Disney, every detail is thought of. The flowers that lined the buildings and courts were stunning and the staff were the nicest people, the first person I met at the gate who searched my bag said 'I love your dress, hope you have the loveliest day,'. That made my day! The sun was shining down which was a bonus. I do apologise in advance for the lack of photos, I spent most of my time just taking it all in.

We hit up the Pimms hut first, placed on Murray's Mound. Although expensive I wanted to have a pimms as I feel thats such a Wimbledon thing to do. Ended up have several as they were soooo good! Isn't the flower wall stunning!

Then it was off to Centre Court, I felt like such an important person! The first game we saw was Muguruza who is unfortunately now out but what a game. The second of the day, I couldn't believe my luck, was Nadal. What an experience that was. The game was really exciting, Nadal literally owned it. I secretly spent a lot of my time trying to work out who was in the royal box, Im still not sure who was there unfortunately. I did spot Cliff Richard sitting just next to the box, looked like he was loving life. Centre Court is massive and the atmosphere in there is electric, I can't begin to imagine what its like to be at the finals, thats my next aim. So happy I got to see Nadal, he's a dream.

For the rest of the day we cruised around looking at the Wimbledon store, getting some food (theres loads of choice) and meeting some friends and family who work at Wimbledon. Whilst chilling with a Pimms on the hill we saw on the big screen that resale tickets were being sold for some of the courts and we managed to bag ourselves two tickets to the Sharapova against Diatchcenko game.  We sat in the sun for the rest of the evening watching what turned into a brilliant game. Diatchcenko was playing so well but I really thought Sharapova would sail through so when she lost we were shocked! It was a great game to see.

As the sun set over Wimbledon I can't tell you how sad I was to leave. What a place and what an experience. Wimbledon is like a little world, a little bubble that everyone needs to experience. Bruce and I spent the rest of the night up in Wimbledon Village which is full of shops, bars, cafe's and  takeaways and is another place that is lovely to spend a day just wandering. 

If you ever get the opportunity to go don't even hesitate before you answer yes, its such a great day. I so hope I can return soon and spend a few days there rather than just one, theres so much to see. 

Hope your having a lovely day, 

Amy






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