In my usual thrifty living manner I organised a Saturday night out for us this last weekend. After working out the costs afterwards we had ultimately paid nearly half price at around £45 instead of £85 for the two of us. So what does £45 for two get you? A three course meal with alcoholic drink and a night out at the theatre.
Dance Sampled was showing at the Lowry theatre - my favourite theatre compared to the other ones in the area. The tickets should have cost £15 each but I paid just a £2 admin fee via a website that I have subscribed to. We use the website regularly and have seen films and shows through them for the last couple of years. My sister recently subscribed and got her first free film last week which she went to see with her husband.
We drove to the Lowry as it is not too long a journey, so parking cost £4 for the evening. I had received an email earlier in the week from Prezzo at Media City. They had a three course set meal with a variety of choices for £13 a head. There are a few restaurants to choose from at the Lowry and Media City. They are all high street chain restaurants but they are all okay if you want a cheap & cheerful meal. There is Pizza Express, Nando's, Cafe Rouge, Wagamama, CAU etc. So we usually eat at them in turn or depending on what vouchers or offers that I have been sent by them.
We both had a meatball starter, a chicken penne pasta dish and I then had the honeycomb cheescake and David had the chocolate fudge cake. I had a gin & elderflower drink and David had a small Peroni as he was driving. The bill came to £36.98 and we left a 10% tip so it was £41.
We walked the 5 minutes from Media City to the Lowry theatre and took our seats for the dance show. Each set showed a short film of the dancers and/or the choreographers introducing themselves and the piece beforehand. There was such a variety of dance genres - some were funny (they were meant to be), some unsettling (a bizarre modern piece) and one set ballet piece was so beautiful my eyes welled up. It was called Casanova and was portrayed by a male dancer with a female dancer playing his lover. The piece was beautifully choreographed and was breath taking.
I could tell it was not really David's "thing" but he sat through it without falling asleep. He has nodded off at the ballet before but at least he didn't snore!
We both had a meatball starter, a chicken penne pasta dish and I then had the honeycomb cheescake and David had the chocolate fudge cake. I had a gin & elderflower drink and David had a small Peroni as he was driving. The bill came to £36.98 and we left a 10% tip so it was £41.
We walked the 5 minutes from Media City to the Lowry theatre and took our seats for the dance show. Each set showed a short film of the dancers and/or the choreographers introducing themselves and the piece beforehand. There was such a variety of dance genres - some were funny (they were meant to be), some unsettling (a bizarre modern piece) and one set ballet piece was so beautiful my eyes welled up. It was called Casanova and was portrayed by a male dancer with a female dancer playing his lover. The piece was beautifully choreographed and was breath taking.
I could tell it was not really David's "thing" but he sat through it without falling asleep. He has nodded off at the ballet before but at least he didn't snore!
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