Idina Menzel

On Friday night I managed to get a ticket for Idina Menzels concert at the Apollo Theatre in the west end. I used to be a really big fan of hers when I loved Wicked so was quite excited. It was wayyyy better than I expected. Songs included 'The wizard and I', 'Take me or leave me' and of course 'Defying gravity'! As well as being a fantastic singer she was really funny and got a lot of giggles (Especially when she started the show by singing the first verse of the wizard and I twice!) She really connected with the audience and got 3 members of the audience down to sing "take me or leave me' and towards the end said thank you to the audience and sang 'For good' from wicked to us.

I also went to see Wicked the Friday before with Rachel Tucker as Elphaba and Gina Beck as Glinda, but I think I've got enough reviews of Wicked here already :p

xx

Looking forward - Olympic closing ceremony

The Olympic closing ceremony is tomorrow at 21.00 UK time (countdown starts at 19.30 on BBC1 for people in the UK) and I have to say I'm really excited to see it. I'm most looking forward to it all being a surprise this time as opposed to knowing exactly what was going on at the opening! I'll be looking out for all my fellow volunteers and friends still working on it. Don't forget to watch it and enjoy! :)

Olympic in ears

Just found this on the internet, this is basically what the some of the cast and crew heard through the in ear monitors. All of the cast had these and different groups of people had different people and instructions through the in ear monitors which the sound and comms team I was part of and another IEM team dealt with!

London 2012 Opening Ceremony-In Ear

Dress circle closing :(

I've just heard the news that dress circle, the theatre shop is closing. It's really sad to hear this especially since they obviously have a lot of support from theatre fans and professionals from the industry which was shown at the high turnout to the gala they had last time they thought they would have to close. They will still be trading from their website which is now in the links at the side of this blog so please support them. When you buy from them you know you are getting a good quality product from the shows.

Olympic Video!

This is  just a video I took of the opening ceremony last night, thought I would share!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdNiEsZec_o&feature=youtu.be

That's that over!

I hope you all enjoyed the opening ceremony of the Olympics, I have to say I's a lot better when you actually get to watch it! I'm very glad it's over, I haven't had the best time there and I'm very excited to go home for a few weeks. But I got to watch the end (after the parade) and took a few good photo's, some of which are below! I'm proud to have had a small part in it but am looking forward to watching the other ceremonies on the TV where I can just relax and enjoy the show without worrying whether I am doing something right or if I'm just getting in the way and hoping that everything goes to plan. My favourite part of the show was the industrial revolution. That was the first rehearsal I attended at the stadium and it was that point where everything seemed to fit together and make sense. I know there was a lot of sceptical people out there saying that the ceremony will be rubbish because it's just sheep and fields but I hope we proved them wrong and the world enjoyed it all!

Olympics

So... tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics! We had our last dress rehearsal yesterday and had some amazing comments from people so you should watch it. I know a lot of people are moaning about it but you shouldn't not watch it just to make a point! One day someone will ask me where I was and I can say I was there. So that's it! I will be relieved on Saturday when I have got through it (evil stage managers and all) and I can have a bit of a break.
So don't miss it!!

Yet again...

I haven't posted in a long time! I've been quite busy volunteering on the Olympics! Sounds exciting eh?  As a volunteer I have been given quite easy jobs which is okay but I love learning new things, however it's great being part of something so big that the world will see. We start dress rehearsals tomorrow and it will be my first day back for a couple of weeks as I've been ill. I'm sure it is all going to be a bit overwhelming seeing the whole thing put together at last! I'm quite excited for it now! However, at the moment I am sitting and home with a cup of tea trying to get my energy back for a very busy week and wondering if I handed all the paperwork I was supposed to for my assessments (oh well, it's too late now anyway!)

In June I did my first sound role on a show! It was actually two shows in rep, 'Promises Promises' and 'The Pajama Game' at the Royal Academy of Music. I really enjoyed it and learnt so much! I was allowed the day off for my birthday and I went to see West End Live at Trafalgar Square with my family. It was a good day out even though it got a bit rainy towards the end and I got to see all my favourite shows perform and also saw a few others that I haven't yet seen which I now want to!

One show I have been to see is the Mountview postgraduate musical theatre students 'The Match Girls' at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Seven Sisters. I really enjoyed it although the songs were a bit samey, but there were some funny bits to lighten the mood of what would otherwise be a very serious story. It finishes tomorrow (Saturday 21st) with a performance tonight at 7.30pm and one tomorrow matinee at 3pm so go and see it!

Sorry!

Sorry I haven't been on here for ages, I've been very busy at Mountview doing lots of work haha! I've seen a few shows since I was last on here. I saw The Railway Children which I think is now closed but I enjoyed how it was in an actual train station, I've seen Matilda twice and I would love to see it again it's so fantastic, the kids in it are actual stars and waking up at 5 in the morning is definately worth it to get £5 tickets (coming from me 'the non morning person' that really is quite something). The other day I saw We Will Rock You (for the fourth time!) and Phantom of The Opera all in the same day! I absolutely love We Will Rock You and it was fun to see the London production because the other three times I've seen it were on the tour. The London production has a bigger set and lots more lights which as a techie I loved! Phantom was good but I missed quite a lot of the action stage right because our seats really did have a restricted view. But other than that it was good and I loved the chandelier and how the Phantoms voice seems to come from all around the theatre and people got really confused!

Well thats quite a quick round up of whats I've been up to since I was last on here, because some of it seems so long ago I can't really remember it!

Lots of love xxx