Spring has Sprung!

So we had a totally great day with Gemma at Staveley on Saturday, I got up early and made everyone some yummy lemon cakes and we showed all the parents some of what we've been working on this term. 

Our group got to sing "Somewhere, out there" and "Castle on a Cloud" and we did the "Duloc" song & dance from Shrek the Musical, which was funny :-) - keep off the grass, wipe your....face! and a dance at the end which i got really stressed about last week, but then i was a bit ill, i got it ok this time boom!

Gemma told our parents of the exciting news in November. On our way home from Hitchin mum just started screaming and was well excited about it - i think it will be brilliant!

Today I went back to Hitchin Thespians, it was lovely to see everyone again after the break and we are straight into our next performance which will be called Rainbow Connections. I put down that I would be happy to do solo work and got the chorus of True Colours, which the mums & dads will know as its an old 80s song i think.

I got a CD and a DVD of our show Olivia! The cd has loads of lovely pictures on it of the whole gang, but i cant put them on here as i haven't asked anyone, but i can put a couple where you can only see me.

http://www.staveleytheatreacademy.co.uk/

http://www.hitchinthespians.org.uk/

Want to add that i got my headshots back from Craig really quickly, they came out really nice - and dont really show HOW COLD it was!!

Here are a couple of pics from that shoot.

Kidsweek 2013

I'm so excited!! Mum got us tickets to see Les Mis AND I get to do some activity on stage too!

Plus- she got us tickets to Horrible Histories with activity AND Sound of Music at the Open Air Theatre. 

I hope I get to see Mad Fish Emily - she is in SOM!!!! 

All this through Kidsweek which is in August and let's parents take their kids to the theatre for free!! We've never done this before and it's all in the holidays so I won't get bored :-)

Les Miserables Workshop - Jo Loxton

We were up early today to travel to my agency, Mad Fish, in Bexhill-on-Sea.

I had been really excited to be going back, to see all the other fishes and to have fun in a workshop by Sam Hiller on Les Miserables. 

But! He had broken his toe and so we had a lovely lady called Jo Loxton teach us two of the shows songs, Can You Hear the People Sing and  End of the Day.

I knew the songs already but it was really nice to be singing them with some really awesome people like Emily who has been in Shrek and Sam who has been in Oliver and loads of others including Amy, Olivia, Kitty. The Fishes are really nice people and can sing so well! I was very lucky to be able to perform these songs with these guys.

A huge thank you to mum and dad for driving me there, and to Emma and Sarah for holding the workshop and to Jo for teaching us :-)

Here's a little video of End of The Day... mum loves my (early!) dramatic dive

Dive, dive, dive!  (click the dive)

Look Down...

Had a great holiday in Cornwall over Easter...I couldn't resist singing the opening tune to Les Miserables when I spotted the rope on the beach!!

MFM Workshop with Tim Hiller

Booked on  the Les Miserables Workshop with Tim Hiller at the end of Whitsun half term, thanks to MFM.

All systems are go!

I'm on the MadFishManagement.com website now and will be on Spotlight soon. All legal documents I need for the Local Authority have been got. I guess I can go on holiday now and wait to see what happens!

Just waiting for one more thing...

There were some things my mum had to sort out and then MadFish can put me forward for things!

We now have a letter from my Headteacher saying the school will let me have time off if I'm lucky to get a casting.

I had my Dr appointment today for my medical letter, I should get that on Thursday and BEST OF ALL the photos my mum and dad chose for my headshots are ready!!

They look so good, I really like the black and white ones. I've put some as my new pictures on my blog.

Huge thank you to Mark Bruce - markbrucephotography.com

http://www.facebook.com/markbrucephotography/

It was my Parents Evening today and my teacher said she keeps hearing me singing Les Mis to myself while i'm working but luckily she quite likes it! 

Final night - Les Miserables

Back to Gordon Craig Theatre for last performance of Les Miserables. Everyone did their absolute best and we received a standing ovation!

An amazing experience, thank you Rare Productions and everyone involved.

Have been reminded about audition for Grease on Wednesday. Not sure if I will try for this production.

Les Miserables - Full & final dress rehearsal

I look great in rags! Spent 4 hours at the Theatre rehearsing. We're ready now! I'm in Red group A. Costumes are great and I get to wear a hat!

February 2012 - Show Week

Mum picked up the tickets to my performances on Thursday & Saturday this week, dress rehearsal on stage tomorrow.

Les Mis Movie Mania

January 2013 - Les Miserables The Movie

The Les Mis movie is out now. Mum and I got preview tickets to go and see it before it came out. Isabelle Allen plays young Cosette and is amazing!

Rehearsals with Rare continue. I wasn't able to try out for Cosette as you have to be 11 and I'm only 8, never-mind, I'm really enjoying just being part of it all.

Les Miserables - Ensemble

November 2012 

Received a letter today from Rare Productions, I got in! 

I'm part of  the Red Group Ensemble in the Schools Edition of Les Miserables.

Have no idea what to expect but am really excited and can't wait to begin rehearsals on Friday 30th November at the Knebworth Village Hall.

We will be rehearsing until the week of February 18th when it's "Show Week"!!

Open Audition - Les Miserables

October 2012 - Rare Productions Audition for Les Miserables

I've been on stage and in front of audiences various times now. 

Including appearing in "the ring" with the head Clown when a circus came to town, performing as Alice during a Brownie & Scout Expressive Arts Day and stroking a skunk on stage at Butlins!

As I am now 8, I can audition for Rare Productions, a musical theatre group that gives any young person the opportunity to appear on stage in a musical performance.

Rare advertised an Open Audition to appear in their forthcoming Stevenage performance, Les Miserables.

I went along after school and tried out. I really enjoyed myself and it was an interesting experience. I had to sing and act - all behind closed doors from the mums!

www.rareproductions.co.uk