Vote for Les Misérables in the 2012 Olivier Audience Award!

Its the time of the year again when theatre joins fores for the Olivier Awards. Les Miserables is among Wicked, Jersey Boys and Billy Elliot in the shortlist for the audiences favourite show. Les Miserables should win this award as it has remained popular with audiences for the last 25 years. Plus Ramin Karimloo is playing Jean Valjean. So if you have a spare minute vote for Les Mis to win here!

Love Never Dies

I was absolutely gutted that I never got to see Love Never Dies in the West End. However, it has just been released on DVD and I am going to buy my copy as soon as possible. It has stormed the UK film dvd charts so maybe thats an insentive for Andrew Lloyd Webber to rethink his decision of taking it off the West End...we can hope!

Where My Love For Musicals Began...

Ever since I remember I have always been surrounded by musicals, in particular 'My Fair Lady.' It was always on when I was little and I grew up knowing the songs. So, for my 12th birthday my parents took me to see the musical on stage at The Drury Lane Theatre; I fell in love again with the music and story. After seeing this musical I went away and began singing lessons, I wanted to be able to sing 'I Could Have Danced All Night.' This became possible and I sang this song for my Grade 5 and received a distinction. After doing this I wanted to study for a career in musical theatre!

This musical is a collaborative musical with songs such as 'Your Song' by Elton John and 'Roxanne' by The Police. The story consists of flash backs from the perspective of Christian and follows the love affair of himself and Satine (a dancer from the Moulin Rouge) They try to conquer every obstacle in their way to be together but there are some twists and turns throughout. I won't spoil it for you.
It would be an amazing show on the West End and would be so popular due to the success of the film in 2001. The film features a complex set however you could have the main elephant house centre stage with the actors working around it. The classic windmill in the distance could be shown as a projection to symbolise the location of the musical. If I had the funds to put it on in the future this would be my first project.

The Phantom Of The Opera

...is my favourite musical of all time! EVER!
For my 18th birthday my parents paid for me to go and see 'The Phantom Of The Opera' on the West End! It was truly magical. The staging, the music, the costume, the song lyrics were all beautiful! I couldn't fault it. It's honestly my favourite musical.

I went to see it when John Owen Jones and Sofia Escobar played The Phantom and Christine and I was amazed at their talent. It made me want to get up and be in the show myself and I hope one day I will be!

At this point in the musical The Phantom has written his own Opera for the company to perform and has given the lead role to Christine. He himself is performing in it, he has just killed the lead male backstage and emerged in a black cloak covering his face. He is trying to capture his moment with Christine as he has fallen in love with her. Without Christine knowing she is singing about her undying passion for The Phantom (she thinks its part of her role but The Phantom is under the cloak) She realises that The Phantom is under the cloak when he becomes very touchy feely with her within his role. She takes off the cloak hood to reveal the mask and then he breaks into the classic 'All I Ask Of You' which bought me to tears and then she pulls of his mask to reveal his true self!
Its an amazing moment in the show as you see The Phantom's love for Christine but you also see how scared Christine is of the Phantom when she realises who is under the cloak but she does care for him when he sings the reprise of 'All I Ask Of You.' I believe she takes off the mask to see who The Phantom really is as she herself has fallen in love with him at this point! A touching moment indeed.
Its just amazing :)!!!!