Musical of the Month: Let's Go Fly a Kite!

Hi everyone, hope you've had a good, theatrical February and are ready for all the joys that March will bring you. I realise that I've still got my blog of The Duckhouse to write but thought I better do February's Musical of the Month first as we're nearly at the end. 

Being truly honest, this month I've been raving about three shows but I've blogged about two of them before, Book of Mormon (first blog and second blog) and Witches of Eastwick. The other show that I've had a bit of an obsession with is Mary Poppins. I re-found my liking for this show after seeing the film Saving Mr Banks at the end of January; if you didn't catch it at the cinema I really recommend that you buy it when it comes out on DVD. Anyway seeing the film made me decide to pop my Mary Poppins musical CD in my car CD Player and I've loved re-listening to the songs.

The CD had always used to be the CD my family listened to when we went to see my friend, Megan, in Kent. My favourite song then used to be 'Brimstone and Treacle (Part 2)', however, nowadays I'm in love with, 'Let's Go Fly a Kite'. This is partly because it's such a great song but, also, because the part of Saving Mr Banks that went to this song was so beautiful and happy it would capture anyone's heart. The other song I really love is, 'Being Mrs Banks' which is really sweet, romantic and, to me, embodies what the story is really about.

As for the show itself, I saw it ages ago, when I first started getting into musicals, when I was about 11 or 12. I remember the plot being a bit of a shock at the start as it was quite different to the film and a lot more scary, nevertheless, once I relaxed into it, it was a really great show. From what I can remember the set was amazing and the cast were brilliant and, overall, it was such a beautifully, sweet show that was suitable for all the family; I really wish it would come back or at least tour. 

Anyway, that's enough for now; did any of you see Mary Poppins when it was in the West End and what are your opinions on the musical?
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Hope you have a good March.

Love you all

Kat

xx