I thought it was utterly sublime and it was in my head for weeks. Not only is there breathtaking music, exquisite production design and a monkey musical box, but the story is agonisingly beautiful. My eight-year-old self had just identified why The Phantom of the Opera touches so many hearts across the world every year. The only words I managed to stutter out were “but he’s good and bad, good and evil”. I don’t remember the performance itself, but what I do recall is sitting in the dress circle, the house lights coming up and the audience filing out with slightly troubled faces as they passed a sobbing child. I was eight and my parents took me to see The Phantom of the Opera for a Saturday matinee. Last week I was reminded of my first theatre memory. “Close your eyes and let the music set you free” – The Phantom of the Opera
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