We Will Rock You (Again!)

The We Will Rock You tour was at the Birmingham Hippodrome and since my dad absolutely loved it last time we went again. I was really excited (and also dreading it a bit because last time my dad was singing and dancing along, which is just about the most embarrasing thing he could do). The scenery was fantastic again. They have big screens that they use instead of backdrops. Some of the cast were better than last time, but some of them from the first time were unbeatable! The killer queen from last time (she had been in X factor) was incredible and Alex Gaumond was a really good Galileo. This time we had the understudy for Galileo and he had a great voice but his acting wasn't as good. Scaramouche was the best, she was such a brilliant singer! One of the reasons I wanted to go was because Jenny Douglas was playing Meat and she was one of the girls that I wanted to win Over the Rainbow but I think Georgia Hagen was a better Meat when i saw her.





The only bad bit was the fact that my dad was singing and dancing along again and the finale was so long my arms hurt from clapping ;)

Hairspray and the Secret Garden!

Hiyaa! Just realised I didn't review Hairspray! Don't really remember much now except it was incredibly funny and worth watching. The story is a little different from the film version but it goes along the same lines and I actually like the stage version better because it's a bit more realistic! Brian Conley and Les Dennis were really funny during their song together and had the whole audience laughing.



The Secret Garden was on at the Birmingham Rep (which is an amazing theatre, unfortunatly it's closing for two years). All the cast had amazing voices but some of the actors playing the children were not child like at all. The story does not really lend itself to musical theatre, at most points it seemed like they thought 'we haven't had a song for a while, lets put one in now', 'The Cabbage Song' being one of these moments. However I don't think you could fail with a story such as this one and the staging was very clever. It may sound like this is a good show for young children but there were lots of kids getting restless during some of the songs and quieter moments.

Upcoming Shows :)

I feel like i'm neglecting you but I haven't been to see any shows in ages so I haven't had anything to write about! Just thought i'd tell you about the shows i've got tickets for :) Tomorrow i'm going to see a concert at Warwick Arts Centre which i'm not really looking forward too but then..... i'm FINALLY going to see The 39 Steps at The Criterion Theatre! It's a play performed by 4 actors (including DIANNE PILKINGTON!!!!) and i'll hopefully get to meet some of my fellow Team Pilkington members :D On 5th November i'm going to see Hairspray tour at The Birmingham Hippodrome (we've had the tickets for like a year XD) and the other day I booked tickets for The Secret Garden at the Birmingham Rep. We also booked to see the We Will Rock You tour again because my dad loved it so much last time, although it's in about a years time! So yeah, thats all :) Bye xx

Les Miserables UK Tour

On Wednesday 7th April I went to see the UK tour of Les Mis at the Birmingham Hippodrome. I was so excited because I had grown up with the music but had never seen the show before. I was not disappointed! Jean-Valjean played by John Owen-James was absolutly amazing and I loved his 'Bring Him Home'. Another person who stood out was Rosalind James who played Eponine who just seemed perfect for the role. The only person who wasn't brilliant was Madelena Alberto as Fantine because her voice didn't sound very strong but hey she's better than me XD I loved it so much even at the interval I said I wanted to see it again! My favourite part was when they were in the sewers where the backdrop kept changing to show them walking from different angles. It's a bit hard to explain but basically it was like a screen so there were moving imges on it! Thats all for now!