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.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
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!).
Thursday, 15 September 2011
How to buy a ticket!
I had a text message today from my Mum who is one of our very many stalwart fans and is already looking forward to coming along to our Autumn concert. The purpose of her text message was to ask me how she could find out how to get her tickets for the show.
I recognised then that the majority of the population wasn't likely to have our booking number listed in their favourite numbers of the phone and that it could be a good idea for me to make it easier for you. So here goes:
Firstly, you can look at our poster by clicking your mouse on the title to the right that says "Life is a Cabaret - 2011".
This poster tells you our show times (7.30pm on Friday and Saturday evenings and 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon).
It also tells you that you can call Andrea on 01332 882909 and she will take your booking for you.
And it makes sure that you know it's being held at Belper School Hall, DE56 1RZ (postcode for your Tomtom etc)
If you know someone in the company, then you can also get your tickets by asking them very nicely to order them for you, and by giving them the appropriate sized cheque (prices on the poster, £6 concession, £8 full).
Finally make sure that you save this blog page as one of your favourites, so that you can keep coming back to find out what we're doing. It would be great if you could share your comments on the show as well. I'll keep all of the nice ones!
I recognised then that the majority of the population wasn't likely to have our booking number listed in their favourite numbers of the phone and that it could be a good idea for me to make it easier for you. So here goes:
Firstly, you can look at our poster by clicking your mouse on the title to the right that says "Life is a Cabaret - 2011".
This poster tells you our show times (7.30pm on Friday and Saturday evenings and 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon).
It also tells you that you can call Andrea on 01332 882909 and she will take your booking for you.
And it makes sure that you know it's being held at Belper School Hall, DE56 1RZ (postcode for your Tomtom etc)
If you know someone in the company, then you can also get your tickets by asking them very nicely to order them for you, and by giving them the appropriate sized cheque (prices on the poster, £6 concession, £8 full).
Finally make sure that you save this blog page as one of your favourites, so that you can keep coming back to find out what we're doing. It would be great if you could share your comments on the show as well. I'll keep all of the nice ones!
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Excitement builds!
This month sees the motor behind BMT's autumn concert really crank up a gear. As well as the increased number of rehearsals putting the finesse into our performances, we're also getting our advertising boards in place, putting together the final programme for the event and making sure that everything is in place at the school.
This concert is going to one that begs you to sing along with practically every number as well as introducing you to some great new talent from Belper Junior Musical Theatre (they will be performing two of their numbers from their next musical production 'Honk!').
If you've not bought your tickets just yet, then download the flyer from the column on the right of this page and give Andrea a call.
If you have bought your tickets, then make sure you tell your neighbours to come along too. Not only will they thank you for a fantastic night out at a reasonable price, the bigger the audience is, the better the atmosphere will be and the louder you'll be able to sing along!
This concert is going to one that begs you to sing along with practically every number as well as introducing you to some great new talent from Belper Junior Musical Theatre (they will be performing two of their numbers from their next musical production 'Honk!').
If you've not bought your tickets just yet, then download the flyer from the column on the right of this page and give Andrea a call.
If you have bought your tickets, then make sure you tell your neighbours to come along too. Not only will they thank you for a fantastic night out at a reasonable price, the bigger the audience is, the better the atmosphere will be and the louder you'll be able to sing along!
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