Show was excellent. Genie lots of fun. We definitely had the 'proper' genie, but we think that a number of the other parts were being taken by understudies (almost certainly Aladdin and Jasmine). Didn't detract from the show - perhaps they were just being given a run at the main roles before the show closes in a couple of weeks.
Thankfully the show wasn't even adversely effected by noisy people in the theatre. A combination of what seemed to be people coming to see the show for whom English wasn't their first language, and young children who were no doubt Disney fans, but perhaps not old enough to sit through West End show.
The whole enterprise was Nicky's treat, and as a very small token of thanks, Nicky is now the proud owner of a genie teddy!
A brief moment of concern that our return travel was going to be difficult, as there had been an enormous power cut and trains and other travel had been disrupted, but we got away with it, and our Ebbsfleet line was fine.
As for Saturday, Nicky went to London for the day with Carolyn, and champagne and cocktail-ed it around the city. Jake and I played tennis at his new club. I considered it a significant achievement to take five games from him over the course of two sets.
