The King of Lions or The Lion King????????

After a good meal and a lie down, Gillian and I recovered from our little adventure at the clothes market. When we were lounging around on the bunks, in our room, we met Yama. A Chinese born girl, living in Korea, dating a Malaysian- Australian...Got it? Don't worry it took me a bit too.
Anyway, she asked me if I wanted to join her that evening, at the theatre, to see the King of Lions. MMmmm. I was tempted but I wanted to clarify that it was in English and the cost of the tickets. Well, Yes, it was English and as for the cost of the tickets, well, that would be determined by the scalper out the front of the theatre. The ones we would be buy the tickets from. The ones Scalping the tickets from out the front. MMMmmm. This is illegal at home and I was a bit concerned about it's legality here. Yama informed me that this was normal practice out the front of theatres in China. Apparently, business people are given the tickets, then resell them out the front of the theatre for a nice profit!
Good. Something that benefits both. Cheap tickets for us and a nice profit for some rich business executive! (Note the sarcasm)
Anyway, I was willing to give it a go. Even if it meant a night in lock up, explaining my situation to my consulate. So, all dolled up, Yama and I headed towards the theatre, only stopping for a hearty meal at a local get up. All expenses paid by Yama's absent boyfriend.
Out the front of the Shanghai Royal Theatre (a very posh looking building) I let Yama work her magic and finer skills of the Chinese language, to secure us VIP seats to The Lion King. The actual Lion King. The successful production that has toured the world. Here I was thinking I was seeing something I had never heard of! Lost in translation I guess. All for the price of about 50 bucks! Couldn't ask for better really.
It was amazing and low and behold, the Chinese were well behaved. Yama was like sitting next to a kid. In fact the whole theatre was like a bunch of kids. Enthusiastic about all that they saw on stage......
Maybe Chins isn't so bad after all?