The Little Mermaid

On Saturday night, after our early dinner, we went to see The Little Mermaid. We picked this show because, like 9 to 5, it was something we couldn't see in the West End.

We thoroughly enjoyed this show too, although slightly less so than 9 to 5, but possibly only because jet lag had begun to set in by half-way through the first act and we had trouble keeping our eyes open.

The story wasn't very sophisticated - it's a Disney film at the end of the day - but I'd read the book and seen the film and I wasn't expecting anything elaborate. What was elaborate, though, was the set - they used very cool effects to differentiate between underwater scenes and land scenes. They also put the mermaids and fish on roller blades (or maybe even Heelys?), so they would glide across the stage, looking much more like they were swimming than walking.

Another really good show. Plus we got a third off the face value of our tickets by buying them via nytix.com - a good website to be aware of if you're going to New York in the future. Beats queuing in the rain at the ticket office in Times Square...