Walking into a West End theatre is an experience. It’s like stepping into a pre-Instagram world of velvet, gold leaf, and the faint smell of decades-old popcorn. You find your seat, which is always either too close to someone’s loudly unwrapping a hard candy or directly behind a person with an aggressively tall hairdo.
Then the lights go down, and everything clicks. For two hours, you forget about your real-life problems—the rent, the weird noise your car is making, the email you haven’t replied to. You’re completely absorbed in someone else’s drama, which is a glorious escape. It’s like a group therapy session, but with more jazz hands and sequins.
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“That actor’s voice is insane,” you whisper to your partner during the interval. You both nod, pretending you know the technical term for “the really high note that gave you goosebumps.” Then you queue for an overpriced interval drink that tastes like fizzy water with a grudge.
