My theatrical adventures of 2018 started last night with an unplanned visit to see The Band at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. I'll blog about the show itself in another post but for now I just want to share the bigger adventure that resulted from this last minute visit.
To be honest, I wasn't that interested in seeing the show. I didn't follow the tv programme to find the band that appear in the show and, although I LOVED Take That as a teenager, it just hadn't grabbed me for some reason. But then, the opportunity to acquire a pair of tickets for Tuesday night came my way and I thought why not give it a go. The problem was this ticket opportunity didn't arise until Monday so finding someone to go with proved impossible at such short notice. I very nearly gave it a miss myself but instead I decided to go it alone.
How gutted would I have been had I not grabbed that opportunity, because none other than Take That themselves appeared for the encore! Now, I know they've been doing this at quite a few venues and, looking back at social media now, there were some not so subtle hints that they might turn up in Cardiff, but to me it was a complete surprise. As Mark Owen appeared on that stage my inner teenager freaked out a little bit, and by the time he was joined by Gary Barlow and Howard Donald teenaged Onion was freaking out quite a lot! I'd never seen them live so to have them appear unexpectedly in front of me was quite a moment. To be honest, I can't even tell you what the first song they did was! Luckily I got my brain back together for Never Forget and Shine. Okay, I might not have been screaming the loudest or dancing and waving my arms the most - I was on my own after all - but I was one happy Onion!
So grab those moments, go on the adventures, even if you're on your own. You never know, Take That might appear!
