We enquired about tickets to The Phantom Of the Opera, and were told no chance. No standing room, nothing. We decided to try anyway. On our way walking to the theatre we saw a protest march of about 20 Muslims with signs in Arabic and all chanting Ala Akba - which means God is great, and is the call to prayer and what suicide bombers shout before they blow. Freedom of speech I suppose. We met a very nice box office man at the theatre. There were tickets for $5 standing, that were sold out, and $15 for students, and there were tickets. So we went for it, a little apprehensive about spending so much money, but it was worth it. The BEST I have EVER seen, and I have seen a lot of theatre. Total performance, every aspect perfect. I wish I was still involved in theatre, and it makes me want to never get married, and just devote myself to theatre. The costumes, music, emotional acting, everything, spot on. The production was in German, but it didn't matter, I basically know the story, and the songs are well known. We had front row seats which are normally not the best place to sit but this gave us a great view of the falling chandelier, crashing and swinging over the audience's heads. Because of copyrights, all of the show - set, costume music etc has to be the same where ever it is performed. We went home on cloud 9 speechless. We gushed about it in the hostel common room, but it all went over their heads - low flying intellect. The seats we were in would have cost $87. We are still thinking of changing our money to Marks, because of the Dollar dropping.
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