Hayley Westenra and Jonathan Ansell teamed up for The Valentines Tour
Hayley Westenra and Jonathan Ansell Concert
Palladium Theatre
15.02.2009
The Valentines Tour
At about 7pm I found myself in the Palladium Theatre. I do not really have many preferences regarding venues, but this place gets its stamp of approval from me for simply having more than three cubicles in the toilets – I think it had about twenty! In an unprecedented event in London, I was able to go into the Ladies, straight to the toilet, straight to a sink, and walk back out again. I was shocked to the core. Men will probably not understand how amazing that is, but take it from me: it is amazing.
Enough about the toilets though. But really. A sincere highlight to the evening. That’s the PAL-LA-DI-UM TH-EA-TRE, with the fantastic toilet facilities, ladies. You must go and see with your own eyes!
Going into the main theatre, I was called over by the blue jumpers (otherwise known as the Hayley Westenra International team, HWI for short). These people are extremely scary people that remember every single concert date, exactly every single person that was there, exactly what you look like though they have only seen you for two seconds in their entire lives and seem to remember every single word you have ever written on their forums. Truly frightening. I was introduced to what seemed like a score of people, all names blazing (which I promptly forgot, no matter how much I tried to remember). It was a genuine treat to see Roger (big boss man of HWI) again, and to talk to Richard properly. There were many I had a good conversation with, but their names slipped through the sieve that is my brain, I am ashamed to say. Ashamed. Continue reading
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