We went to the Melbourne High School/MacRobertson Girls High joint production of the West Side Story last night. It was in MHS in South Yarra and it was a cold and rainy day so travelling there (by train) in itself was a bit of a mini adventure. It was all worth it though.

It was so much more professionally done and enjoyable than I thought it would be. So glad to be so wrong. The production was very good and the performers all gave their 110% – you could see it in their faces. It was also the final performance so the energy and commitment was all the more impressive.

Since the cost of 3 tickets was the same as a family package which was 2 adults and 2 kids, we took along a friend’s kid. Olivia enjoyed it too, except she forgot her glasses, so that was a bit of a shame. Thankfully her “power” wasnt that high so I hope she did get to see most of the performance. We even stopped at Macca’s for a bite, as we missed dinner after attending a mate’s son’s birthday party in the afternoon..

It was a great night and to top it off, when we got back at nearly 12am, the FA Cup between Portsmouth and Cardiff City was just about to kick off. It wasnt a classic final by any means but Cup Final is always fun. Crawled into bed at 2am last night…