”Ladies and Gentlemen, we apologise for the late starting of the performance — this is due to unprecedented queues at the box office”, rang-out the announcement over the loud speakers 25minutes after curtain-up had been and gone. In truth, it was more like wholesale crush and confusion in the London Coliseum’s foyer, but what’s a little hyperbole between friends on the press night for an already super-hyped, exotic foreign import?
The Mongol Khan at the London Coliseum. Photo Katja Ogrin