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