Sherlock Holmes and 1st Baker Street Review

Sherlock Holmes and 1st Baker Street was a fun show! The Rose Theater is located 2001 Farnam Street, Main Stage. 

If you would like to go tickets are $18 general admission
Call 402-345-4849 or purchase online at rosetheater.org. Discount ticket vouchers are available at all area Hy-Vee stores for $14 each. Reservations are required.

The show is 75 minutes without an intermission. 

We went to a showing where we couldn't take pictures. I took a few outside, before the show and after the show.

Mica was super excited about this one. The show is for ages 8 and up. It fit more his age group, although Isaak who is 7 1/2 liked the show as well.

Mica pretending to be Sherlock Holmes (his idea, not mine):

About Sherlock Holmes and 1st Baker Street:

Sherlock Holmes is the world’s most brilliant detective. Nothing escapes the highly observant eye or his astonishing brain. But a group of street- smart youths and their clever leader, Wiggins, challenge Mr. Holmes to see past their delinquent reputations and value their unique skills. Rediscover the beloved sleuth in this new twist on the exciting detective stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and solve the mystery of how Sherlock’s famed network of London spy-kids, the Baker Street Irregulars, came to be!

If you love the books, or movies, then you'll love this play!

Waiting for the show to start:

The Rose Theater is great! They entertain before and after the show. They have great handouts for the kids that's called Beyond the Curtain. My boys always read through it, and ask me questions before the show starts. Mica knows all the character's real names by the time the show is over.

Before the show they had The Rose Brigade sing and dace to songs from The Lion King. Isaak liked this part so much, that when they were done he was asking why they didn't finish it? Ha

The Set Design:

It was a series of buildings. Above they had  clouds that moved. Having an art background I'm always interested in the stage.

Cast and Crew:

Sherlock Holmes/Old Gentleman ...........Scott Pace
Dr. Watson .............................................Michael Wilhelm
Ms. Hudson/Merryweather/
Landlady/Mrs. Oakshott .........................Sonia Keffer
Spaulding/Catherine/Londoner ..............Sarah Gibson
Hope/Mrs. Sawyer/Ross/Baker/
Horner/Breckinridge ..............................Nik Whitcomb
Constable/Lestrade/Wilson/Ryder .........Matthew Pyle
Wiggins ..................................................Caulene Hudson
Toby/Tough #1 .......................................Matthew Kischer**/Harrison Maw*
George/Tough #2 ...................................Aaron Beckman**/Wayne Hudson*
Anna/Tough #3/Mary .............................Kandace Mack**/Brooke Vogel*
Lucy/Tough #4 .......................................Ananya Amarnath**/Emma Dougherty*
Oliver......................................................Ethan Stowell**/Jude Glaser*

* Blue Cast - 11/6, 11/7 (2 pm), 11/8, 11/14 (2 pm)
** Red Cast - 11/7 (5 pm), 11/13, 11/14 (5 pm), 11/15, 11/20, 11/21, 11/22

Artistic Credits:

Director ..................................................Kevin Ehrhart
Playwright ..............................................Brian Guehring
Costume Designer ..................................Erin Bragg
Production Stage Manager .....................Ashleigh-Dawn Kriegh-Fleming
Fight Choreographer ..............................Kevin Barratt
Lighting & Sound Designer ...................Kyle L. Toth
Assistant Lighting Designer ...................Laura Renae Hensley
Set/Projections Designer ........................Brad Carlson

The next set of photos belong to The Rose Theater.

This play was written By Brian Guehing. It took him awhile to put it all together. He based his character and stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes has to solve a mystery. A homeless girl got in his way of solving the mystery at first. Then he found out he needed her to help him. She could pull at people's heart strings, when he couldn't. They made a great team. In the end the girl knew what clues to look for when solving a crime. 

They always end with a question and answer time, or kids can take their program up for an autograph. 

 

My boys sat through the play really well. I could see younger kids not getting into this one. That's why they have ages for their plays and musicals. They have other plays for younger kids. This one along with A Wrinkle in Time were Mica's favorites. It's because they both made him think. Isaak liked Tarzan the most. Travis and I liked A Christmas Story the most. The Rose certainly has something for everyone! 

 

Disclaimer: I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free in exchange for a review. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Deserted in the Desert

Ok so we weren't deserted in the desert. I just thought that sounded like a good title. Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has a neat desert. Beneath the desert is their Kingdoms of the Night exhibit. I'll take you through that that in another post. Both the Desert Dome and Kingdoms of the Night cost $31.5 million dollars to construct. It's the world's largest desert exhibit. It opened in 2002.

The first time I went into the desert I swore it was hot and dry. Now it's not so much. As soon as you walk in it's sunny though. It doesn't matter what time of year it is. It's just pretty, and it feels like you're in the desert.

At first there isn't a lot of animals you see. Some birds, but mostly plants and rocks. After you walk a little ways in there's some neat looking animals.

The creature above (I don't remember its name) hangs out with Meerkats. One day that we went they were up, and active, while the other day the Meerkats were sleeping.

There are turtles that swim below them.

As we walked a little further along, ducks greeted us. Look close on the 2nd picture they have the color teal by their tail feathers.

Ordinary just got more interesting. 

Birds are here and there. 
 

A Road Runner stopped just long enough for me to take its picture.

 

A Vulture just perched looking kind of freaky.

 

The Wallabies like to hide. I've been there where they were playing a jumping tag. They move quick. This time one was just observing what was going on below.

Plants are everywhere. All different types of plants. There are animals that eat cacti.

Prickly Pears are the only type of cactus that grow in Nebraska naturally. 

The Bob Cat posed for us. I wouldn't want to get too close to it though.

The fox was chillin'.

The Coati is a member of the racoon family.

There are water areas, and spots you go under to see snakes, and other creatures. The lighting isn't very good to take photos in those areas.

These look like ground hogs, but I don't think they are.

You can't leave the desert without seeing a Warthog.

The one thing I wished they had would be Burros. They're so cute. Maybe it's just too small to have them there. Otherwise we love the desert!

Out of the Box Saturday

It's all about me discovering something that is different. I don't want to post things that you and I have more than likely heard before. I want to find something different. I'll cover something sing | songy one week, and artsy | fartsy the next.

I'm in love with Matt Corby. Not really. But I do love his voice. He can hit high notes and low ones to. Oh...he's hawt to. How do we not know his name like crazy in the US is beyond me.

Source

He's an Australian singer-songwriter that works mostly independently. 

Souls A'Fire

Brother

 *There's a bad word in this song.

Check out Matt Corby's website.
Visit his facebook page.
Visit his twitter page.
Subscribe to his YouTube channel.

Random Tid Bits

1. I'm having trouble getting into the Christmas buying spirit. I think it's because it's been so warm. I'll have to look in the closet to see what I have already. I tend to buy year round. I know I have some bigger gifts, and smaller ones to. I did buy Santa paper. Our Santa paper has Santa on it.
   
   I bought Isaak this gold fingernail trimmer for his stocking. It's the little things you know. He loves gold. Mica will have one that says, "Smarty Pants" on it. Smarty is his nickname from Grandpa, so it works for him.
   
   
   

   

   Source

2. I did muster up enough Christmas spirit to make my own wrapping paper. Except for Santa paper. Santa paper comes with Santa on it. I'm pretty sure the boys have never picked up on this; they've never mentioned any about it. Back to me making my own paper: There are these Star Wars snowfake templates that you can download for free here. Since we mainly have boys in our family I made a bunch of them, scanned them, and colored them in Photoshop. I repeated them as a pattern.





Source


It's a little hard to see because the images are on such a big sheet of paper. Here they are:





Tie Interceptor



C3PO



R2D2



Stormtrooper

 
There's a bunch of different Star Wars snowflakes. I repeated them to make wrapping paper, and printed them on 11x17 paper. I added gift tags that say, "May the force be with you this Christmas!" Each pattern is a different color to match the kid in our families favorite color.
 

3. Travis was looking for his pants. Like 4 pairs. He was getting irritated, and blaming me for his pants being awol, since I do the laundry. Of course this was on a morning where we were running late. Finally it dawned on me that I gave one of the boys a stack of his pants to hand to him to put away. Isaak swore he gave him the stack. Isaak handed him a stack of boxers. It was Mica that was told to hand Travis his stack of pants. Mica put them in his locker with his own pants. How he had room is beyond me. I'm just glad he found them. 


4. Travis likes to sleep like this:
   
   
   
    
   No I'm not the most pleasant person to sleep with. I have been known to grind my teeth, snore, and talk, but I've been better since I've gotten a mouth guard. He's slept this way since he was in middle school.
    
   His roommate (one of our good friends) sleeps this way to. He says it's like sleeping in your own personal tent. I have to wash 2 pillowcases instead of 1 when I do laundry. 


5. Me: "Mica put your pants in the hamper they are dirty." Me the next day: "Mica why do you have your dirty pants on?" Mica: "I didn't know they were dirty."
    
   Me: "Isaak: why are all these pants in your hamper?" Isaak, "Because I didn't want to put them in my drawer."
    
   This happens all the time!