Legally Blonde

I wish I had taken my aerobics crowd to see LEGALLY BLONDE.
They would have LOVED it.

This fantastic show is on tour and so is only on for a week, and Husb and I enjoyed it so much that, given the chance, I would have rounded up the girls and got them on a bus to the Liverpool Empire and we'd have seen it again. It was fabulous. Lively, bright and cheerful and predominantly pink, the show is the worthy winner of Best New Musical (2011 Olivier Award) and Best New Musical (Whatsonstage.com Awards) "Smart, sassy and spectacular" to quote the Daily Telegraph... We loved it.

The show is based on the film starring Reese Witherspoon (oh and the novel by Amanda Brown) and the story centres around Elle Woods, a gorgeous blonde college girl who heads for Harvard Law School in an attempt to win back her boyfriend, Warner, who has just "dumped" her for someone more serious. How the show directors made the court scenes so vibrant, musical and hilarious was pure genius, the lad sat next to Husb was on the end of his seat all night with the biggest smile on his face, he couldn't get enough of it!

If the truth be known, Husb coudn't get enough of it either... let's face it ...it was like GLEE for grown-ups, set in Harvard not high school!

Personally I just LOVED the skipping scene with fitness guru Brooke who would later appear in court, I don't know HOW they managed to sing while they were skipping so furiously.... good aerobics girlies!

Faye Brookes played Elle. Liz McClarnon, ex Atomic Kitten and celebrity Masterchef 2008 starred as her hairdresser friend, and Neil Toon from Hollyoaks played Warner.



HARVARD UNIVERSITY FACTS (just a few random ones...!)

(Chris.. how do I do bullet points?)

It is the oldest uni in the USA, founded in 1636

It was named after John Harvard, an Englishman who bequeathed his library of 400 books and £779 (half his wealth)

In its first year there were 9 students with 1 tutor. Today there are 18,000 students, 6,000 academic staff and 10,000 support staff.

It is the richest university in the world.

Harvard's motto is VERITAS meaning "truth" and its official colour is Crimson.(The famous college newspaper is called The Harvard Crimson.)

Cub visited Harvard