Christmas Spectacular

We planned to visit Andrew & Brigitte again before Christmas. Siobhan had her work Christmas party on the Friday night, and so we left bright and early Saturday morning for Kings Lynn. We spent another relaxing weekend with Andrew & Brigitte and the highlight was them taking us to the Christmas Spectacular at a little place called Thursford. It started out as one guy with a collection of traction engines that he opened up to the public, and has developed into something easily as good as the West End shows in London.  It has developed quite a reputation and busloads of spectators come in from all across the country.  We had been told by Andrew and Brigitte that it sells out months in advance, but last-minute cancellations make last-minute tickets possible.  They had managed to get four tickets but we were all seated in different parts of the hall.

The whole place is decorated to maximum effect, and the variety show went for 3 hours (including a 30 minute intermission). They had about 30 dancing girls, about 40 singers, and orchestra and a guy playing the Wurlitzer. The show was a mixture of dance routines of various types – ballet, tap, can-can and more modern, and the music was a mixture of Christmas carols, rock & roll and classical.  The whole event is truly a spectacular cabaret-type event despite its Christmas theme.  We were just delighted by it all, and so pleased we had been able to get tickets.

After the show was over we wandered about the hall a little as they really have gone overboard with the decorations.  We only have a few photos but hope they show something of the atmosphere.  We had got tickets to the Sunday matinee show, and went indoors during daylight.  On exiting into winter darkness we saw that the Christmas decorations even extended to lighting up most of the trees in the grounds.  

It was another wonderful (although brief) weekend in Norfolk, but sadly we had work the next day and so had to drive straight home after the show.