Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music

Singalonga Sound of Music is a great night out. I've actually been to this on a few occasions, in Richmond Theatre, Prince Charles Cinema and The Cliffs Pavilion in Southend. All of them were brilliant. You can't go far wrong, seeing as it's basically just showing the film on a big screen and putting the words up for the songs, so that everyone can join in. The most fun comes in the form of the additional entertainment. There's usually a drag queen who introduces the goody bag, which includes various items to wave during the film and they also encourage everyone to shout out certain things for certain characters / scenes. ...

“At a matinee screening of The Sound of Music Julie Andrews is about to declare her feelings for Captain Von Trapp. But a nun suddenly interrupts the silence of the audience. "Go on Julie. Slip him the tongue," she shouts from the back of the darkened, slightly seedy cinema in London's Soho. The pair of Nazis sitting either side of her burst into bouts of camp hysterics. As does the rest of the audience dressed mainly in crumpled lederhosen fashioned from old curtains. Seconds later the entire auditorium is on its feet singing "Cliiiiimb EVV-ryyy MOUN-tain!" at the top of its collective voice.” Sadly this wasn’t me, but ...