Hi everyone, hope you're all ok...I'm feeling a little behind on blogging
but here goes.
Well last week I was living in London as I was doing the Musical Theatre
Audition Techniques Course at Arts Educational. Over my life I've got used to
the write up to courses being slightly exaggerated in relation to what the
course delivers so was completely amazed when this did exactly what it said on
the tin. I have to say it was, probably, the most useful, interesting and fun
thing I've ever done! I haven't done any other Musical Theatre course so I
haven't got anything to compare it to in that sense but in terms of life
experience it was definitely one of the best.
Well during the week (on the Wednesday) my mum came down and we went to see
A Chorus Line together before it closed. My main reason for picking the show
was because I love the song One and, thus, thought I'd love the show. I have to
say I was a little worried about the fact there was no interval due to the show
being set in real time. However, although I did get a tad restless toward the
end, this didn't really seem to bother me; the only really strange thing was
just getting up and walking out the theatre rather than having an ice cream in
the middle, if that makes sense.
The show itself was rather strange but very good. The plot centred around an
audition and the life stories of the auditionees so probably doesn't sound the
most exciting, however, it was fascinating and exiting with some great songs
thrown in there.
As I mentioned I went to go and see the show because of the song One so of
course I loved it when they performed it. The other songs were really good too
and all had little funny quirks, just like the characters who were singing
them. The other song I knew already was What I Did For Love; now I don't want
to spoil the show so I won't go into too much detail but I have to say I wasn't
expecting it to be sung in that sort of context...any of you who've seen A
Chorus Line will probably get what I mean and for those of you who haven't,
well, it's probably not what you think...knowing what the song is actually
about makes it so much more powerful to me now; it's a song anyone who wants to
be in showbiz or has succeeded will get.
Now onto the set...well what appears to be a rather bland black stage is
transformed into a classy performance space when the mirrors turn round and
actually create a beautiful space to perform. The addition of the mirrors adds
depth and another layer to the dances. For a set that is very minimalistic it
is, also, very beautiful.
And, finally, the actors...well they were just amazing and all round triple
threats. For the performance I went to there was quite a lot of understudies
(LucyJane Adcock was Cassie, Genevieve Nicole was Sheila, Alice Jane Murray was Judy, Harry Francis was Mike and Michael Steeldon was Mark), nevertheless there were all fantastic and you couldn't tell at
all.
Overall, I really enjoyed the show and am very pleased that I went. I would
urge you to go and see it before it closes as it was a one of a kind
show.
As usual, I'll leave you with a few photos from my trip.
The London Palladium
And finally, keep your eyes peeled as I'm jetting off to Washington and New
York this coming Monday so will be blogging (or perhaps vlogging) about some of
the theatre out there.
Other than that I'd love to hear your opinions by either commenting below or
tweeting me at @GreenGirlsRox.
Love
Kat
Xx
