Haha, well it would be v hard to top that report on last night's West End show from Pashulty but here you go...
I spotted most of the celebs including Kimberley who was sat about 5 rows in front of me at the front of the dress circle and was clapping and waving in support most enthusiastically, despite having one arm in plaster. I think she shares our adoration of the wonderful Pasha.
The show has really stepped up a gear from previous tours with great costumes and brill routines. My faves were the Jive to Great Balls of Fire (Pasha showing off his comic skills to great effect when his head disappeared up K's flouncy skirt as she was sat on his shoulders. He emerged looking adorably flustered.) The group Tango to Roxanne and the superbly romantic and moving Rumba to When I was Your Man were also excellent, as was the climactic Paso. Damn that man makes a fine matador.
The rest of the dancers were brill, and the performance is definitely improved by having an extra couple, but I can't say any more than that as I am afraid I only had eyes for a certain person....
The Q and A didn't yield much in the way of new or interesting info but was pretty funny nonetheless. When they were asked if they would appear on I'm a Celeb, Katya explained that Pasha doesn't really watch TV and so he wouldn't understand what it is. She then explained the concept of eating bugs in the Bushtucker trials to him. His reaction (in a comical and perplexed Russian fashion that had me in stitches) was simply - why?!
If he was stranded on a desert island and had to choose a book to take, he would take....water. He didn't really understand that concept either, as you can tell, but eventually volunteered that his fave book is a Russian one (afraid I didn't catch the title.) Katya would take the Kama Sutra
She got ticked off by Pasha for being naughty (cue lots of naughty thoughts on my part too. Ahem, sorry, I digress).
Pasha also explained that when he first moved to Britain he didn't understand that when the Brits say "are you alright?" they really mean "hello" and are not really asking how you are. Mike advised him to be careful with misunderstanding people when he gets to Newcastle as he could find himself getting punched (which I thought was a little unfair to the Geordies) but Pasha seemed to be listening to his advice
If Pasha could be anything but a dancer he would be a firefighter or a pilot and maybe fly the plane into space. Mike pointed out that the passengers would not be too happy if they were only expecting to go to Tenerife.
On the subject of costume malfunctions, we learned from Katya that Pasha's shirts are somehow attached to his pants in the manner of a onesie. He was overcome with embarrassment that this had been made public and as Katya and Mike began to tease him, he did that cute little eye-squinchy thing that basically makes my ovaries explode.
Indeed, most of the evening is a bit of a blur as I was rather overcome by it all but I can confirm that the audience went from being rather reserved and unenthusiastic at the beginning to delivering a standing O at the end. Congrats to all involved for a marvellous show!
Last edited by PashOnForPasha : 08-04-2014 at 19:56
Though if you have her figure... Glad you had a fab time Susie. Wonder what kind of state Pashulty is in then.
Just my luck !! Leathered Ian Waite was yummmmm … Why couldn’t I bump into him?? 
