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

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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!!