Ladies and gentleman boys and girls welcome to London now this is live usual caveat with
live video it will be very unstable compared to pre recorded videos also today its pretty
windy the sound might be a bit a bit bad there is helicopters overhead there is quite a few
events going on here I'am going to head down to Trafalgar Square I'll show you an event
I'll share an event that is on there today with you the beauty of these live videos is
i can share time sensitive things with you so if your in town this weekend today or tomorrow
come and check that event out its called West End live I'll go and show you it I'am not
going to go in the queues are massive I've already been making a film all about some
other stuff so we will go down there and I'll show you that I'am going to go via Chinatown
otherwise this would be a very short film just walking straight through there you've
got the Swiss clock here Swiss clock there those are Swiss town cantons Swiss clock there
when it goes off on the hour I've made films here before in Leicester Square it really
goes on I never really paid attention to it before I made a film about it it goes on for
ages M&M world there used to be a Swiss the whole building now the W hotel above it used
to be a Swiss centre and the Swiss clock the Swiss town signs are left over from that I
hope you can here me with the helicopters buskers I say it at the start of every live
video that the quality won't be as good as pre recorded either the stability of the footage
the network coverage or the sound or everything and I like the concept of live the idea of
live in the future its going to be phenomenal the technology is not quite there to but it
will get there I mean even I've got an iPhone 5 I could get a better phone you could get
a 4k phone with image stabilisation but even the network coverage here in London I've got
a 1080p phone the iPhone 5 is 1080p the stabilisation is rubbish but the network won't even allow
me to upload 1080p its going up at 240 so even if you get the latest phone there is
you know there is a few things at play but it will get better and when it does it will
be great but for now all I can really use it for is time sensitive things like this
just to share with you quickly and behind the scenes so today I'am out filming other
stuff so this is stuff you wouldn't otherwise get to see so it has its uses now even though
its not perfect just up here is Chinatown but yeah even though I say the same thing
at the start of every video people still on the because these stay on the internet people
still complain about the quality later they watch it but they don't listen to what anyone
is saying so I prefer the good old days of the internet when you had to get an internet
service provider a router and a PC and then get all three connected it was kind of like
an entrance exam to the internet today you get an iPhone 5 and give it to a kid with
learning difficulties all they've got to do is press three buttons safari google YouTube
and then they are here they are not even allowed to use sharp scissors and they can get access
to this the key point is maybe we need an entrance exam to the internet the smell is
phenomenal smells like rice noodles lets check out the cakes in the Kowloon you can just
about make out the cream cakes through the mist this Chinatown Chinatown's around the
world always look a lot more atmospheric at night but definitely worth checking out if
you want some Chinese baked goods the supermarkets down here are pretty cool as well OK this
event I'am going to tell you about in is happening in Trafalgar Square is called West End live
obviously London is full of theatres and I guess global theatre shows many of the shows
that are here are some of the best in world and there on stages around the world its not
London hosts the shows but it can't take credit all the credit them so yeah some of the best
theatre shows in the world people come to London from all around the UK from all around
the world to watch theatre shows and today and tomorrow every June in fact late in June
they hold an event called West End Live and you get some of the best shows will take to
the stage and do a number 10 or 15 minutes and they yeah I think today it runs ran from
11 and finishes at 6 so you get back to back theatre for 7 hours tomorrow it runs from
12 until 5 so 5 hours of back to back theatre so if your a theatre fan its great its free
to get in but the queues get here early if your coming tomorrow the queues are massive
obviously and when it fills up it fills up it its one in one out which it probably is
right now I got here about 11 O'clock this morning to get some footage I only needed
a very small amount of footage and for another video its just a feature in another video
I'am not making a video all about it and the queues were already pretty impressive check
out actually I'll give you a leaving shot of Chinatown there used to be a pagoda here
they've been redeveloping this end of it its going to be central cross its called shops
and restaurants this was all little Chinese stores and there was a pagoda there and its
all gone in this redevelopment big stores big shops on the other side progress I guess
but yeah check out Chinatown that's the shot they only put the lanterns up for twice a
year for Chinese New Year and mid Autumn festival mooncake festival I think its only twice a
year it might be more frequently let me know if you know but they are the only two occasions
I know about Jen cafe here on the corner great dumplings in there let me show you dumpling
manufacturing live there great they are right if we head down here head down to Trafalgar
Square and I'll show you this event West End live yeah what was I saying about West End
Live yeah get here early if your coming tomorrow the queues are massive but because its free
your not allowed to bring alcohol that's another key point I think they've probably got food
and drink for sale in there probably I'am guessing a huge police presence here today
you the way things are here at the minute you get a pat down going for a pee at the
moment OK Charing Cross road when I was a kid there was a art school just up there a
big are school its now its now a Foyles book shop believe it or not and when that was there
this whole street was book stores antique book stores and quite a lot of musical instrument
stores that's kind of been condensed up into one street now Denmark Street they've bulldozed
the street above it for Thames link much to many peoples annoyance but if we head down
here you've got Leicester Square tube here we'll come straight down to Trafalgar Square
another entrance to Leicester Square there I've basically walked in a big circle OK I've
crossed the road Trafalgar Square is on that side of the road but from when I was here
earlier you can kind of see the event from this side of the street from that side of
the street its just queues and queues of people trying to get in to the event you can there
are some grass verges outside the National gallery where people have found a little viewing
point trough the crowds through the boarding to the screens they've got big screens up
there as well OK there is another entrance to Leicester Square just there if keep saying
Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square this frequently at some point I'am going to mix
the two up but yeah there is another entrance if we had have walked straight across Leicester
Square gardens where I started where they are working on the fountains in the middle
at the moment but if we had just walked straight across Leicester Square gardens around the
fountain we would have come out there you can just about make out the gardens through
there just down here is Trafalgar Square its just this gallery that separates the two squares
so that there OK I can hear screaming but I can just about see the stage but we I don't
know whether you will be able to hear it or not but you should be able to hear a little
bit of the theatre it probably sounds it probably sounds pretty good on the big stage here with
the PA system blasting it out across Trafalgar Square might even sound better than in some
of the little vintage theatres some of those theatres are pretty old buildings OK there
is there's entrances either side at the North end of the square here and exits at the bottom
but as you can see from the sea of people check out the sea of people queuing to get
in I'll probably be able to give you a little glimpse from over the road here OK that is
the main stage there fountains main stage screens OK right because of all the people
and all the phones the other limitation of this and all the broadcasting equipment there
this will be terrible it really whacks out the the live broadcasts on YouTube if you
surround yourself with people it just can't hack it and there is a lot of people in there
and probably a lot of broadcasting equipment but yeah if your in town later today definitely
tomorrow I think tomorrow its open until 6 today and tomorrow until 12 until 5 get in
the queue early you'll be able to see the line up on their on their website West End
Live but yeah basically I think today there is about 35 performances and tomorrow about
25 all 10 or 15 minutes long and they will probably do their their best number most popular
number from the show right I'am here where am I where is here Charing Cross station I'am
going to call it a day there a quick walk around central London an idea for something
to do and very bad internet connection so until next time I hope you enjoyed this little
trip so Toodles!