Item 7: Vegemite Tales (and the Neighbours Stars That Were)

Location: The Venue Theatre, Leicester Place, London

Yes alright, Blair was one of my favourites during the first season that aired of Big Brother in Australia.

The “Vegemite Tales” news was all over Monday’s free weekly TNT magazine. The final curtain was closing on the play, and I jumped at the chance to get close to some home-grown action. Not only was I going to see Blair McDonough but also the guy who played Tad (Jonathon Dutton), in Neighbours in London!

At a play that was scripted to draw on the very experience of a working holiday in a busy London share-house, the audience was a crowd of Aussies coming together for a dose of home (and away).

Filled with the typical stories all too familiar to a young settler, not to mention the Aussie colloquialisms intertwined with the British jargon we tend to adopt throughout our extended stay, there were laughs galore during the show. It was a lovely cause, giving our Neighbours stars headline names on the bill.

Lest it be said, had the scenes not pulled the backpacker heart-strings and resonated so closely with my temporary relocation to London, this experience would have been a little less fulfilling. In the end, it’s good to know that at least our stars can go home and tell Rove or Bert, back in Oz, they made it big in a West End Pantomime.

Item 7: Vegemite Tales? Check!