London Theatre Quiz Was Resounding Success
Published on Friday 25th September, 12.38pm, Written by Jonathan Dudley
We had our very first live theatre quiz this Wednesday and I think it’s fair to say that it went magnificently.
Mike, Kelly, Shanni, Victoria and I would like to say thank you to Browns, a venue we fully intend to use again, to Miss Leanne Jones, who was a jolly good sport (and unstoppable in the music round by all accounts) and to all of you who joined us for a brilliant night.
Team Gin won after a slightly controversial lightning round against the formidable Team Dainty Shelly and perhaps in protest, Quiz Saigon set their table on fire (it’s ok, it was only a little fire). Team Too Close To The Front turned out to be theatreland’s legendary sourpuss bloggers, West End Whingers. As I’m sure you can imagine, the presence of Andrew, Phil and entourage made your quizmaster’s public speaking debut somewhat daunting. However, with the aid of gin and a temperamental microphone I powered through.
So far we’ve raised a modest sum for The Actors’ Benevolent Fund. This will be topped up by the upcoming auction of a pair of ballet shoes worn and signed by senior principal dancer for the English National Ballet, Erina Takahashi.
The shoes will be appearing on eBay next week with a starting price of 1p. Whatever we raise from the shoes will go in the charity pot, please bid generously.
Once again, thank you to everyone who made it and we hope to see you all next time.
Just a slight amendment – it was Quiz Saigon who set the table on fire. We wouldn’t want our arsonistic (if that’s not a word already I am making it one) hijinx to be attributed to someone else.
Sorry about that, Juls. All fixed now.
Can’t wait for the next one having missed this the first time around.