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Last night, Brie and I were treated to the fiftieth anniversary production of West Side Story, at the very hospitable hands of the marketing boys and girls at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh.

The show was as you’d expect. Crowd-pleasing songs (though have you ever noticed that all the ones you like are stuffed into the first half with a pauce selection of curious discordant numbers and reprises peppering the second half), a polished and portable set (touring production), a cracking little orchestra, the most gorgeously voiced man as lead boy, Tony and a most suitably sweet girl as Maria.

But punctuated by ample refreshment breaks, poor Brie stood patiently through me talking wildly about my favourite subject all night. The experience was topped off with a chance to meet the cast in the bar, post-show.

I always get a bit star-struck in these instances so managed to choke out a ‘great show’ and then fell silent. The actors stared back expectantly. Emma said encouragingly that we worked for the agency that made the IRN-BRU ads. The actors stared back expectantly. And then luckily, as is often the way in these slightly awkward encounters, little knots of conversation distracted little groups of people and the Them And Us moment of awkwardness passed. I would be hopeless in Hollywood.

Anyway, I would thoroughly recommend a corporate hospitality package for anyone who has starry eyes and enjoys a night at the theatre. As this night had icing on top.