The final countdown is really in place now for our enthusiastic junior group (Belper Junior Musical Theatre) as they pull out all the stops to finesse their performance of Honk!
If you haven't realised that this is going to be running yet, then you will need to get in touch with Andrea quickly as, with only two performances, there are not many seats left.
The show is exciting for so many reasons, not least of which is the fact that the lead role (the ugly duckling) is being played by Daniel Shaw, recently reviewed as a star in the making (read about it here: http://www.noda.org.uk/Regions/East-Midlands/Show-Reports-East-Midlands/districts/district-2/belper-musical-theatre1).
When you add in the fact that this will be the first show to be performed in the new Belper school Theatre Hall (which is fab) and that you can buy four tickets for just £25, there are very few reasons indeed not to get on the phone right now and get your tickets ordered.
As with our other productions, you can buy tickets from any company member, by popping into Strutts school at the end of rehearsals on a Wednesday evening, by completing one of our flyers (with useful tear off and keep reminder) or by calling Andrea on 01332 882909 and letting her know what you need.
We are looking forward to enjoying the show, with all the children working so hard to give you an afternoon or evening to remember and we are looking forward to welcoming you to see it.
Go on, get on the phone - what's stopping you?
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
A little less conversation...
Ok, so it's been a month since my last post on here - a month! I mean how can my public cope with such a long gap between me sharing the contents of my mind. Perhaps it safest not to ask. Well the reason for this is two fold. Firstly we had a great holiday down in Devon, and it seemed wrong somehow to blog about cream teas and sunny autumnal days when the rest of the world was still hard at work. And secondly (if I ignore the fact I've been kind of busy) there's the fact that sometimes I can't think of anything to drivel on about.
Now of course that wouldn't seem to be the case when it comes to finding stuff to talk about, as anyone who was present at our Copa rehearsal last week would probably be able to testify. We were learning the final section of our very first dance routine for Copa and it was so much fun, that we forgot we were there for a purpose and started to enjoy ourselves too much. The plus side of that is that it really helps to build the social element of the company. The downside is that we were a little bit rowdy, perhaps a tad disruptive and it made it very challenging for us to progress with learning the dance - which was of course the main purpose for being there.
Having had my wrists metaphorically slapped on the way home by our fantastic producer, it seemed that this would be a good topic for me to share my thoughts on.
For all of those who I inadvertently upset with my non-stop chat, talking about nothing and general loudness, I apologise. And for all those who enjoyed it and thought it made for a great evening out, I apologise that I am going to try to be a little less disruptive from now on. Fun yes, but remembering why we're there.
One final reminder to folk though - have you bought your tickets for Honk! yet? It's just over a week to the shows on the 26th November and they are going to be great! Call Andrea for tickets if you haven't done so yet.
Now of course that wouldn't seem to be the case when it comes to finding stuff to talk about, as anyone who was present at our Copa rehearsal last week would probably be able to testify. We were learning the final section of our very first dance routine for Copa and it was so much fun, that we forgot we were there for a purpose and started to enjoy ourselves too much. The plus side of that is that it really helps to build the social element of the company. The downside is that we were a little bit rowdy, perhaps a tad disruptive and it made it very challenging for us to progress with learning the dance - which was of course the main purpose for being there.
Having had my wrists metaphorically slapped on the way home by our fantastic producer, it seemed that this would be a good topic for me to share my thoughts on.
For all of those who I inadvertently upset with my non-stop chat, talking about nothing and general loudness, I apologise. And for all those who enjoyed it and thought it made for a great evening out, I apologise that I am going to try to be a little less disruptive from now on. Fun yes, but remembering why we're there.
One final reminder to folk though - have you bought your tickets for Honk! yet? It's just over a week to the shows on the 26th November and they are going to be great! Call Andrea for tickets if you haven't done so yet.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Mackworth Church Concert 15th October
Thank you to all those who travelled to this beautiful church just off the A52 in Mackworth for giving us such a lovely welcome.
Despite (apparently) being a touch flat on occasion (our excuse is that we couldn't hear the keyboard) we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and it was lovely that the delightful church steward commented on the fact that our fun and pleasure in what we do came across.
As always it was great to see the laughter ripple across the assembled audience when Pete whipped his truncheon out to top Mike and we trust that Liz's decision not to swear for a change didn't detract from the enjoyment of her song (I can do jolly well without you indeed!).
Mark and I smiled throughout 'Me and my Shadow' (love the song and the performance) and we all had a great night out.
So thank you to everyone in the company who came along, and thank you again to those who came out on a cold night to listen.
Despite (apparently) being a touch flat on occasion (our excuse is that we couldn't hear the keyboard) we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and it was lovely that the delightful church steward commented on the fact that our fun and pleasure in what we do came across.
As always it was great to see the laughter ripple across the assembled audience when Pete whipped his truncheon out to top Mike and we trust that Liz's decision not to swear for a change didn't detract from the enjoyment of her song (I can do jolly well without you indeed!).
Mark and I smiled throughout 'Me and my Shadow' (love the song and the performance) and we all had a great night out.
So thank you to everyone in the company who came along, and thank you again to those who came out on a cold night to listen.
Friday, 14 October 2011
A burger with no bun
Last night saw the BMT committee down at the Fisherman's Rest in Belper for their monthly meeting. Such is the hard work undertaken by our two youngest members, that they were forced into ordering some food to sustain them through the discussions to be held. And they both decided to order the Burger and Chips option (I think it was more to do with anticipated cost effectiveness than being brought up on McDonalds!).
As a late arrival at the meeting, I was greeted by the two of them with places cleared in eager anticipation as, stomachs grumbling, they waited for their food to arrive.
All of us noticed the look of shock on their faces when the plates were delivered and the burgers were naked - cheese melted over the top but not a bread crumb to be seen! Taken aback but undeterred, the starving pair managed to quell their disappointment and finish the food on their plates (albeit with a slight pause when the inside of the burger looked just a trifle pink still) and a ramekin of tomato sauce was similarly licked clean. But both remained saddened that they didn't get the bun with their burgers.
So to anyone else who plans on offering burgers and chips for tea, please make it clear at the start whether a bread roll is to be provided as well so that you can stave off much un-needed disappointment!
Of course it would be unfitting if I didn't now find some way to link the naked burger to our work at BMT in delivering high quality musical productions somehow. So here's my attempt - please let me know what you think!
We offer you cracking entertainment at all of our musical productions whether it's the fantastic mid year concerts (Autumn one just finished), our big show (Copa Cabana February 2012 - advert just added to its own page) or the shows that our Juniors offer (Honk! on November 26th). But we also work hard to make sure that the whole experience will be satisfying!
From the moment that you call Andrea on 01332 882909 to order your tickets, through to being greeted at the door, buying your glass of wine from our front of house team, or being guided to your seat in the newly fitted Belper Theatre Hall, we want your experience to be non stop fun and just as expected. So if you've seen a way that we could improve, please let us know. You could always title your message 'Can I have bread with my burger please?'
As a late arrival at the meeting, I was greeted by the two of them with places cleared in eager anticipation as, stomachs grumbling, they waited for their food to arrive.
All of us noticed the look of shock on their faces when the plates were delivered and the burgers were naked - cheese melted over the top but not a bread crumb to be seen! Taken aback but undeterred, the starving pair managed to quell their disappointment and finish the food on their plates (albeit with a slight pause when the inside of the burger looked just a trifle pink still) and a ramekin of tomato sauce was similarly licked clean. But both remained saddened that they didn't get the bun with their burgers.
So to anyone else who plans on offering burgers and chips for tea, please make it clear at the start whether a bread roll is to be provided as well so that you can stave off much un-needed disappointment!
Of course it would be unfitting if I didn't now find some way to link the naked burger to our work at BMT in delivering high quality musical productions somehow. So here's my attempt - please let me know what you think!
We offer you cracking entertainment at all of our musical productions whether it's the fantastic mid year concerts (Autumn one just finished), our big show (Copa Cabana February 2012 - advert just added to its own page) or the shows that our Juniors offer (Honk! on November 26th). But we also work hard to make sure that the whole experience will be satisfying!
From the moment that you call Andrea on 01332 882909 to order your tickets, through to being greeted at the door, buying your glass of wine from our front of house team, or being guided to your seat in the newly fitted Belper Theatre Hall, we want your experience to be non stop fun and just as expected. So if you've seen a way that we could improve, please let us know. You could always title your message 'Can I have bread with my burger please?'
Monday, 26 September 2011
What a cabaret!
After three shows over the weekend with hardly a spare seat in the house I think that it's safe, and fair, to say that we gave a cracking performance which our audiences enjoyed. We had 180 seats available for presale, with only single figures remaining for the Friday evening and Saturday matinee performances and people queueing at the door for extra seats on the Saturday evening. Altogether back to our usual standards (and numbers) for our shows.
It was certainly a different experience performing on a stage that largely consisted of holes boarded over with planks around the back and white plaster dust coating every surface. And white dust certainly didn't go down well with our black costumes! Oops.
It was great to see the review that was posted on line very quickly by Belper people - you can find it on their website and I will add the weblink as soon as I can!
Mark did a great job of welcoming people to the show each time and his gold hard hat added a real touch of glamour to the building site. It was then a lovely touch for different company members to announce the numbers as we went through, starting with my introduction of Cabaret, Hey There, Every tear a mother cries and The Impossible Dream. If you'd like me to put the whole programme of numbers on here please add a comment and I'll pop it on.
If you came along to the show, please let us know what you enjoyed and how much fun you had - we may use all the nice things you say in our future publicity! And if you think that there's something we could do to improve, then please let us know that too.
Remember that Honk! the musical from our Junior group is running the weekend of the 25th/26th November. It would be lovely to pack out every show for them as well - they deserve the support.
For all those who came, once again a big thank you from everyone at Belper Musical Theatre. We all love to sing and perform and we're so glad that you came to join us.
It was certainly a different experience performing on a stage that largely consisted of holes boarded over with planks around the back and white plaster dust coating every surface. And white dust certainly didn't go down well with our black costumes! Oops.
It was great to see the review that was posted on line very quickly by Belper people - you can find it on their website and I will add the weblink as soon as I can!
Mark did a great job of welcoming people to the show each time and his gold hard hat added a real touch of glamour to the building site. It was then a lovely touch for different company members to announce the numbers as we went through, starting with my introduction of Cabaret, Hey There, Every tear a mother cries and The Impossible Dream. If you'd like me to put the whole programme of numbers on here please add a comment and I'll pop it on.
If you came along to the show, please let us know what you enjoyed and how much fun you had - we may use all the nice things you say in our future publicity! And if you think that there's something we could do to improve, then please let us know that too.
Remember that Honk! the musical from our Junior group is running the weekend of the 25th/26th November. It would be lovely to pack out every show for them as well - they deserve the support.
For all those who came, once again a big thank you from everyone at Belper Musical Theatre. We all love to sing and perform and we're so glad that you came to join us.
Friday, 23 September 2011
Hold tight - here we go!
Well after months of rehearsing, line learning music checking and practising we are ready to stand on the stage of the newly refitted Belper Theatre Hall and wow our audience!
Of course there's a slight chance that the 'newly refitted' description is a little bit ahead of its time, but everyone has assured us that the Theatre Hall will look fantastic when it's finished - and whoever heard of a builder finishing the job on schedule?
For those who haven't found it just yet you can see one of our last rehearsals at Strutts School here:
So, take a few moments to watch that, then come and see it live and kicking on the stage!
We have been absolutely amazed, and really pleased, at the response that we've had this time around on ticket sales. Our Friday night show is sold out and very few seats remain for advance bookings for either of our Saturday shows, so if you, or one of your friends, had wanted to come along, then they need to get to the door early and hope that there are spaces left - it quite takes us back to our final performance of the King and I when people were waiting in the hope that we would have last minute cancellations!
My advice would be to get ready to buy your CopaCabana tickets as quickly as you can, the best seats in the house really do go quickly.
Before I go, let me just say that everyone in BMT has worked so hard to make this a cracking show, we're looking forward to seeing you there and giving you a performance that you'll remember - for all the right reasons! See you later.
Of course there's a slight chance that the 'newly refitted' description is a little bit ahead of its time, but everyone has assured us that the Theatre Hall will look fantastic when it's finished - and whoever heard of a builder finishing the job on schedule?
For those who haven't found it just yet you can see one of our last rehearsals at Strutts School here:
So, take a few moments to watch that, then come and see it live and kicking on the stage!
We have been absolutely amazed, and really pleased, at the response that we've had this time around on ticket sales. Our Friday night show is sold out and very few seats remain for advance bookings for either of our Saturday shows, so if you, or one of your friends, had wanted to come along, then they need to get to the door early and hope that there are spaces left - it quite takes us back to our final performance of the King and I when people were waiting in the hope that we would have last minute cancellations!
My advice would be to get ready to buy your CopaCabana tickets as quickly as you can, the best seats in the house really do go quickly.
Before I go, let me just say that everyone in BMT has worked so hard to make this a cracking show, we're looking forward to seeing you there and giving you a performance that you'll remember - for all the right reasons! See you later.
Monday, 19 September 2011
The Sunday before the concert..
Sunday afternoon saw the company members coming together for a run through of the whole concert from start to finish, so that we could find those last little tweaks that we need to make in order to finesse the final product and really wow our audience.
And the really exciting part was that we had a photographer along to join us from Belper People. You can find their website at www.belperpeople.co.uk and you can find a selection of the photos that Darren took at http://www.belperpeople.co.uk/pictures/Belper-Musical-Theatre-rehearsing-Life-Cabaret/pictures-13354929-detail/pictures.html and even more at http://www.belperpeople.co.uk/pictures/Belper-Musical-Theatre-rehearsing-Life-Cabaret/pictures-13354923-detail/pictures.html.
Scarily enough there will be a couple of videos of us in action going on YouTube on Thursday evening, together with an article in Belper People - get the website stored in your favourites now and check back later this week.
Thankfully, having listened to us all, Darren was still enjoying what we did and he's looking forward to coming along on Friday evening, bagging his seat and watching it for real. We're sure that he will enjoy it as much as we will!
So this is it, the last week for you to be able to buy tickets, or to encourage other people to come along. We do have a few seats left. And my parents are travelling up from Birmingham - so make sure that you think about those in far flung and foreign places when you're calling folk up!
We'll see everyone again on Tuesday evening for our next full rehearsal (well except for me as I will be away with work again!).
And the really exciting part was that we had a photographer along to join us from Belper People. You can find their website at www.belperpeople.co.uk and you can find a selection of the photos that Darren took at http://www.belperpeople.co.uk/pictures/Belper-Musical-Theatre-rehearsing-Life-Cabaret/pictures-13354929-detail/pictures.html and even more at http://www.belperpeople.co.uk/pictures/Belper-Musical-Theatre-rehearsing-Life-Cabaret/pictures-13354923-detail/pictures.html.
Scarily enough there will be a couple of videos of us in action going on YouTube on Thursday evening, together with an article in Belper People - get the website stored in your favourites now and check back later this week.
Thankfully, having listened to us all, Darren was still enjoying what we did and he's looking forward to coming along on Friday evening, bagging his seat and watching it for real. We're sure that he will enjoy it as much as we will!
So this is it, the last week for you to be able to buy tickets, or to encourage other people to come along. We do have a few seats left. And my parents are travelling up from Birmingham - so make sure that you think about those in far flung and foreign places when you're calling folk up!
We'll see everyone again on Tuesday evening for our next full rehearsal (well except for me as I will be away with work again!).
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