Listen to Tuesday: London's West End

When in London, one of my favourite things to do is to go to the theatre and listen to music. Live shows - musicals most of all, but also operas, concerts of every kind, and those are things which London has in abundance.

Around every corner in London are advertisements for the latest new show that's opening on the West End, or for concerts that are happening this weekend.



For all of £5, under-25s can catch Tim Minchin's musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda. 16 student rush tickets are set aside each show and sold the morning-of, and queues for tickets begin from 7AM when the box office opens at 10AM.

Naturally, I was one of the crazy ones who stood for 1.5h in the cold London morning to snag cheap tickets!





The kids in Matilda are nothing short of impressive - it's easy for a lot of things to go wrong when a cast is comprised largely of tweens, but these kids have powerful singing voices and dancing shoes to match! Despite complicated music and routines, these kids nail them every time.

The impressive talent of children was most certainly the star of this show.



I also had the chance to watch Singin' in the Rain before it closed on the West End. The title song even included real water coming from the top of the stage - and for once I was glad not to be sitting in the first few rows of the theatre, when water was being splashed onto those at the front!





Tell me - what are your favourite shows playing on the West End?