Monday 18th I went to see my first west end theatre show. It wasn't your conventional production, it was a hip hop dance show peformed with a fairy tale backdrop. I really enjoyed it. A good introduction to the London theatre. I found a picture of a few of the performers. Some of their moves were pretty incredible.Sadly during the week I managed to develop a nasty cold so my bank holiday weekend was mainly spent in bed (bank holiday is the uk term for a public holiday). I did get out for one day to check out the National Portrait Gallery. It's a very cool art gallery filled with paintings of famous people, that way it had a two-fold appeal, the paintings & artists themselves and the subjects of the paintings.
The ground floor was full of current British personalities which was interesting but my favourite by far was the top floor's Tudor collection. Paintings of King Henry VIII, his wives and Queen Elizabeth along with full writeups on each person and their place in history. It was incredibly interesting. There was also a great section on the Jacobite uprising in Scotland which I had learned a bit about in my favourite book series. Who would have thought I was such a history geek?! :)
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