Hello everyone!
Well, it's been a while since I've been on here, nearly a whole moth to be exact! I have missed blogging.
University has been pretty hectic as of late, mainly due to my Musical Theatre Society's production taking place. For those of you that don't already know, this year at university I have been lucky enough to be the President of our Musical Theatre Society. Each year the society performs twice: an original showcase written by the artistic team in January, and a fully scripted musical in the third term.
This year, our showcase was titled, 'The Phantom of the Musical' and saw the Phantom himself take the audience on a journey of musical delight as he strove to find his perfect leading lady. Featuring songs from Les Miserables, Cabaret, Chicago, Miss Saigon and more, the show was pretty diverse. However, our wonderful Artistic Director wrote an excellent storyline and I'm very proud to say the show was a success!
We performed for three nights to sell out crowds and everybody had a great time. Here are a few snaps of some of my favourite moments:
We performed for three nights to sell out crowds and everybody had a great time. Here are a few snaps of some of my favourite moments:
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| Myself and some of the boys, they're the best. |
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| Two of my closest friends and I. |
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| Who run the world? GIRLS! |
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| Performing my all time favourite song from a musical with my favourite people. ONE DAY MORE. |
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| Cabaret. |
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| Tiny person, big stage. |
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| Taking our final bow on the final night. |
As well as leading and organising a lot of the committee side of things, I was lucky enough to be granted a solo in the show. I sang, 'Life is a Cabaret' (hence the title of the post) and whilst this song proved difficult for me at times, I'm happy with the overall result. Although I've had solo parts before, I've never actually performed completely alone on stage and in character for a whole song; this was something new for me. And I loved it! I really feel like my performing and confidence has improved massively since I joined MTS back in 2012. I know I am by no means the best, but to have people notice an improvement in something I love doing feels great.
But, more than all of that (and this is where I get soppy, again) I am so very happy to have helped create something that other people loved being in. As I've said before, and am likely to say many times again, MTS means so much to me. The society has become a huge part of my life; a place where I have met many of my best friends and experienced some of my favourite moments of the past few years. To know that other people are gaining a likewise experience from the society too makes me both happy and proud. One of our newest members Suzie, has written a lovely blog post about her experience which you can read HERE. Reading things like this make all the stressing, worrying and late-night last minute organising worth it.
Our
university media team came along on the final night and filmed the show for us.
You can watch it below. I’ve never been as proud of a show as this.
Performing
really does bring people together; we are proof of that. Our members come from
a variety of backgrounds; some have performed all their lives whereas for
others this is their first experience of stepping onto stage. But, this is all
left at the sidelines and in our society, we all come together to create
something as a team. MTS is a crazy,
dysfunctional, at times very incestuous family, and I bloody well love it.
There really
is no business like show business!
As always, thankyou for reading.
A
xxxx
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