I did

About a quarter to two.

Josie did and he said yes

Glad he said he liked it

Thanks for the timing, that's the same as it was in March. Wish he hadn't got there so much earlier on Monday

Will you be there before the matinee on Sat???

we get into Charing Cross about that time so if you see me ..my hubby and a suitcase ..I should get out of our way as we will be rushing towards the SD and we wouldn't want to knock you over

Yes, I will be You are in for such a treat in the front row Tracie and Judali

See you on Saturday

Pleased you all had a great time. Haven't had much time to look in but wanted to see how you got on. Great it seems.

I've not long been in from tonights show - it was brilliant! I saw Lewis in January and he has definteky got better since then - acting was great and the singing too!

Re Lady - you were right about the front row being a bit...erm....breezy!!! Nice view of the loincloth

That was not my quote When I said you're in for a treat in the front row, I meant you can see how well he acts the part, not that you can look up the loin cloth

Glad you enjoyed it I agree he's even better than in March, a real star now

glad you had a good time ...Tracie and I are in the front row ....sounds interesting

Sorry Jean....I've just found the quote and it was 'lovin-lewis' that said (and this is a direct quote )

ahhh, its worse in the west end to be honest, they are alot more 'breezy' especially sitting on front row with lewis thrusting, yah get a right eye full lol


Either way - I enjoyed front row seats......and you can read into that what you will

Thursday 8th May

I'll try not to make this too waffly....but I am liable to gush a bit so just skip the boring bits if you like!!

As you may have read I was supposed to be buying the Upper Circle tickets....but my finger just slipped a bit when I was buying them and I seemed to end up with front row stalls oh dear, what a shame!! I kept it a secret from my daughters (this hobby would be so much cheaper if they weren't fans as well - costs 3 times what it would do - and of course there's no concession prices in WE shows, in the Mobile Jo performances I pay child prices!) Anyway...I digress...

We live about 40 minutes train ride away from Charing Cross so very easy journey for us....I got in from work, got changed and hurried the girls along a bit and we set off for Charing Cross. Grabbed a quick bite to eat then set out to make sure we knew exactly where the stage door was ...no problem finding that!
So, back round to the front and in we went. We collected the tickets from the box office and then after a quick trip to the ladies the girls asked where the stairs to the Upper Circle were. Cue me standing there with a big grin on my face... and I owned up that I had bought front row stalls instead!! They couldn't believe it...especially Laura - the younger one, who is a massive Lewis fan as well....Alex the older one does like Lewis but is a really big Keith fan primarily.
So we headed in and made our way to the front of the stalls!! Woo hoo! We were right in the middle as well...just one other couple there - mother and daughter I think (the daughter was celebrating her 18th birthday we found out later, and she matched me and Laura for screams at various key points in the show!) A few other people joined us in the front row - but there were about 8 seats free one side and 2 free on the other....we were surprised at that as pretty much every other seat looked to have been taken - certainly in the stalls. As it turned out, the 2 seats belonged to a couple who came in about 15 minutes late....and the 8 seats belonged to a big party who got there in the interval!! They missed CED!!!

Anyway, we fidgeted and wriggled until the conductor popped up in front of us and the show started! Well, what can I say? It was more wonderful than ever - Lewis has come on so much since we saw him in January...his voice seems stronger, acting was superb..and his body (ok, ok I won't go there)
Jenna as narrator was excellent (although I would like to see Chris B as narrator personally) and the brothers were so funny. We had quite a lot of eye contact with the brothers...partly because we were so close to the stage that our faces were more lit up than further back in the stalls I guess.
CED was very moving - I felt really quite choked up especially as I kept thinking it would be the last time I saw Lewis as Joseph .
(I wish they could secure the bars a bit better - it's a bit offputting when they are wobbling about!) Another funny bit was when Lewis slammed the golden cup down and a chunk of it broke off!!!

Pharoah was good again, but being up close you can see that he's ripped his trousers on the seam in the past and they've been badly sewn up!! I have to say that I prefer Mobile Jo's pharoah - Wayne. Just a personal thing...and I'm looking forward to seeing Antony as pharoah as well. Sorry - digressing again...
And the mega mix....wow! My favourite bit...
So the mega mix started - the best bit...I always get really sore hands at this stage from clapping! I didn't get up and I dance I'm afraid (first time ever that I haven't) because I was aware that we had 2 young children behind us that wouldn't be able to see....and no one else was up ....and Alex begged me not to embarrass her by getting up!! LOL!

By this stage Lewis was looking at us directly quite a lot as well (nothing to do with our screams I'm sure!!) and we got a couple of waves as the curtain went down. I was gutted that it was all over....but now for the sprint to the stage door....

We pushed past the other people in the row and headed for the bar area where you can take the short cut straight to the stage door area and planted ourselves along with about 4 other people right near the front. Not that it put other people off pushing straight past us!

After about 10 minutes or so quite a lot of people had joined us and we'd been pushed back a bit, but the cast started coming out slowly. Every time the door opened there was a gasp...but no Lewis. Eventually it got to about 10.15 and I was really twitchy.

The last time I'd stood at a stage door was in Southend after mobile Jo, and Chris B (who we were waiting for) never did come out....so we waited until after the second show....and he didn't come out then either - he'd escaped out the front door

I started to get really worried....quite a lot of people had gone -including one quite large and noisy group.... when finally the door opened and out he came! He looked lovely...black jacket, 3/4 length trousers, flip flops and sunglasses on his head. He signed some autographs, got some pictures taken and then Laura got her chance to ask him to sign her photo of her with him after the dream on concert, which he did. I then took a photo of them and bravely asked if I could have a picture too - I've never been brave enough to ask anyone before )
He posed for a couple more pics then went back inside ...I stupidly went completely dumb and didn't say anything I wanted to say...what an idiot! I'll have to meet him again so that I can say something...even if it's something stupid! LOL!

The photo of us is good - but because Laura took it and she's much shorter - it's focussing on my double chin a bit - LOL!!! Never mind - he had his arm round me for a bit.....golly, I really need to get a grip I'm easily old enough to be his mother!! Nope don't want to think like that!! LOL!

Anyway, the evening was all over so we floated back down the road to Charing Cross....and I'm still floating on cloud 9 now!!

That's a lovely review Alison You obviously enjoyed every second

Can't believe tomorrow will be the last time I see Lewis as Joseph it will be sad to say goodbye

Aw, thanks Jean. In one way I don't want Lewis to stop covering Lee's holidays - then we might be able to see him again in the WE...but in another way I'd like him to get a role/show of his own!

Alison ...that is a great review

can someone post on Lewis' site that I'll see everyone tomorrow ...I've had trouble getting in there all day ...managed at about 5 ish for the first time ...we went out at 6.30 and now I can't get back on it

anyway ...see you all tomorrow ...it's going to be great

Looking forward to seeing Lewis with you tomorrow Scarlet. I can't believe either that it will be the 2nd and last time that I will have seen him play the role. I loved going to see him in March - thought he was fantastic and I am excited about tomorrow but also sad as well. I hope he gets to go onto to play some more fantastic roles - he is a great young talent and deserves every opportunity to shine. The fact that he is also extremely handsome is neither here nor there !! I am hoping to see him in his shorts tomorrow (like Scarlet and my sister did on Wednesday) !! good night all love Mazza xxxx

ooops...really should watch what i say!

anyways! glad you had a fab time LFA, and of course being front row is just great lol

No, of course not

Looking forward to seeing him with you later Mazza

It's going to be great, if a little emotional but at least we've had the opportunity to see him play this role thanks to ALW

Hope everyone going today has a great time

safe journey everyone ...see you there

and to you Judy, see you later

Enjoy , everyone.

Safe journey everyone

Have a fantabulous time, I really wish I could go, looking forard to your reports and photos!

Virtual Party on the lewisbradleyofficial.com forum right now! Come and join in the fun! We've got champagne to celebrate Lewis' last (that we know of) performance as Joseph, we've got Pringles and peanuts and sweets and everything

small consolation for those of us who aren't there

He was fantastic in the matinee Gave it everything He has improved so much in the time he's played the role, and you'd never think he was only 18

It was nice to speak to him before the show and to speak to his granddad yet again after the show

Am sure Tracie and Judy loved the front row

Hannah I will be joining you in the party on the forum in a min xx

got back late yesterday afternoon ....haven't had time to do much so will do a report later

...absolutely brilliant

Hi there - well what can I say - Lewis was absoluately fantastic. He really has grown into the role and I feel very lucky that thanks to ALW, I was able to see him play the role of Joseph. The multicoloured coat looked wonderful on him. I only hope that he now goes on to even bigger and better things.

Scarlet it was lovely to go to the show with you on Saturday. Lewis looked gorgeous in his red t-shirt and cut down jeans and it was great of him to take the time to stop and chat to everyone waiting for him outside the SD, before he went in to get ready. It was a little bit of a scrum when he came out after the show but we still got to see him and Scarlet took lots of pictures which I am looking forward to seeing.

By the way the Scary baker was back !!

Wish I had had the chance to chat with Lewis's granddad but I left that to Scarlet - I think he would have been upset if he hadn't spoken to her !

I think I had mixed feelings on Saturday - part of me was really sad that this was going to be the last time I would see Lewis play Joseph but the other part is excited for him as I am sure he will get his chance to play other things and hopefully it will be a role that he can make his own and which he won't be unfairly compared to anyone else.

I think he is superb
Love Mazza xxx