I saw Heathers at the West End!!!

This was a super quick decision. With Hamilton, we bought the tickets fifteen months before seeing it. With Heathers... it was more like a month. Heathers is currently playing at the Royal Haymarket Theatre in the West End but it's only showing for a really short run (September-November). So, there was no time like the present and, as I became obsessed with this musical over the summer, it was now or never.
I was particularly excited to see this version of Heathers because Carrie Hope Fletcher is playing the lead and I'm a huge fan of her YouTube channel. She posts tonnes of vlogs of her and the cast backstage and behind the scenes which meant I was a fan of all of the cast before even seeing them live.
I will be doing a completely separate review of the West End Heathers similar to what I did with both my Hamilton 'Vlog' and Review, so stay tuned for that (because I have a lot of opinions on some of the songs they added and some of the songs they cut).
It's also been announced that there's going to be a Heathers West End Soundtrack which is awesome because then I'll have a CD will all the cast I got to see live which will be such a special thing to keep and remember this performance by.

We started the day with a good ol' train journey. Honestly, I don't mind the super long journey to get to London, especially for West End shows, because it builds the anticipation so much until I'm just full of energy and excitement. Plus, me and mum can never fail to have a good chat (and take a flurry of photos).
I didn't cosplay exactly for Heathers but I wore Heather Chandler red as well as having the scrunchie that is the iconic symbol for both the movie and musical. I also had Heathers inspired nails because that's just how dedicated I am. I had the three colours of the Heathers as well as a blue nail for Veronica and a black nail for JD.

When we got to London, we pretty much did the same kind of thing as we did with Hamilton. Firstly, we set off to find the Royal Haymarket Theatre because it's always a good idea to know where you're going so you don't end up rushing later.
Also, it's good to find it first because you have all the photo opportunity. Closer to the time of the show, it gets super busy and it's harder to get the good photos. So, we went there first and took lots of pictures outside which was a lot of fun.

At this point, we had a good three hours until the show actually started so we wandered around London for a while, going into various shops and walking straight out again because the prices!!! We eventually went into Pizza Express for food. And, ironically, we didn't even have pizza. My mum had lasagne and I had a lovely bolognese.

Once we were officially stuffed, we had a bit of time to kill so just found somewhere to sit and relaxed for a bit.

And then it was time. We headed over to the theatre again in time for the doors opening and it wasn't long before we went in! We got to our seats and they were amazing! It was actually a pretty small theatre but we were sat in the front row of the royal circle which just had the best view possible.

And then, the show! It was absolutely stunning. Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica was the best thing ever and I even prefer her to the original. The entire show was amazing and it still hasn't really sunken in that I've seen it live.
After the show, we had a while to wait for the next train so we went to get a drink from Costa (classic hot chocolate for me) and then we went home! The train journey back always feels a lot longer and, as we went on a weekday this time, the evening rush was ridiculous.

Overall, it was an amazing day and I'm so so grateful I got to go see it. It still baffles me that I've seen Carrie Hope Fletcher live and I think Heathers is such an underrated musical that everybody needs to see. Honestly, every time anyone asks me what I went to see and I reply with Heathers, they have no ideas what I'm talking about. And that is a crime, my friend. A crime!

Thanks for reading! Feel free to comment your thoughts. Stay amazing!
Chloe