I met Emer and Veronica at the Olympia Theater last night to go to see the phenomenal show
Girl from the North Country.
I wouldn't call it a musical. It's more of a drama that happens to have the music of Bob Dylan interspersed through it.
At the interval we decided to go out to the front foyer for a while as we were finding it a bit stuffy, a combination of an old theater, an approaching heatwave and our age!
As we were making our way down the stairs towards the foyer the front-of-house manager asked us
"Are you looking for something Ladies?"
We all replied in unison
"Yes, AIR!"
He then proceeded to tell us that the reason the front doors were closed was because the sign on the nearby Eddie Rockette's had gone on fire and the fire brigade was there to put it out. The doors were closed because of the fumes/ water. If we wanted we could go out the side door until the show resumed.
Emer then pointed out
"Hey Noeleen, didn't something happen the last time you went to a show?"
I then proceeded to tell them about my last outing to The Addams Family a few weeks ago in the Gaeity Theatre, when we were all evacuated as the fire alarm went off. It later turned out to have been caused by a prop on stage....or so they told us.
The manager looked at me dubiously and said.
"Ah here. Would you ever give us a ring the next time you're coming in, so that we can be prepared for you!"
Maybe it's not just a coincidence that I was there on both occasions.
Anyway we went back to take our seats for the second act which was equally as brilliant.
When we were heading home we had to pass by Eddie Rockettes and boy, did we get a shock. Far from just the sign going on fire, the whole building was gutted!
Maybe we should have been evacuated.
Anyway I'll let you all know when I am going to a show again....and you can avoid it, to be on the safe side.
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