The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show


I have to admit that when I first watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show as a movie I found it very strange and only actually watched it because one of my friends insisted that I had to. I did find all of the songs catchy though and promptly downloaded them all to sing along to.

A few months later one of my friends found performances in Blackpool so a few of us made plans to spend a few days together there. On the Friday morning we all met up at the train station and traveled to a B&B in Blackpool. I shared a room with a girl friend and three guy friends went in another room.

We spent the afternoon getting all dressed up in our Rocky Horror costumes because as anyone that knows Rocky Horror knows, when you go to watch the stage performance you look strange if you DON'T dress up. I love dressing up in fancy dress things so this was a real blast.

We went to the afternoon viewing at the theatre and it was fantastic. Part of the fun of this show other than everyone being fully decked out in costumes is that there is always a lot of audience interaction. There's certain parts that even the actors weren't expecting so they would crack up a bit. Everyone sings along to the songs and the whole atmosphere is amazing a fun. You could not go there and not enjoy yourself because everyone is so full of energy and life. 

After the show we went back to our rooms to change into regular clothes before going along the beach and on a couple of rides on the pier. When it started to get a little late two of us decided to go and see if we could catch any of the actors on their way out of the theatre after their evening performance. We got lucky because they started coming out as soon as we got there. We got pictures with most all of the actors and our other friends joined us. 

The next morning we all got up and had breakfast before packing up and heading off the Blackpool Pleasure Beach. No matter how many times I go to that place I will never get bored of it. We spent all day going on the rides and taking pictures so by the end of the day we were completely knackered out and ready to head back home.