Hello, Dolly!

Okay, so this isn't about MAKING a musical, but it's ABOUT a musical, and so I felt the best place to write it was on here!

On Wednesday, during the afternoon, the lovely Jenny Lowe (editor, What Investment Magazine) at work called my work phone and said that she had a spare ticket (corporate hospitality from Santander Bank) to see Hello, Dolly! on stage at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park!!!

I WAS going to go to the cinema, ALONE, but this was by far a much much better offer.

And so I went... and OMG! It was AMAZING.

I was totally loving it! The costumes, the music, the cast, the stage, the evening, then venue... the corporate hospitality... the EVERYTHING!!!

It has only made me MORE determined to get my musical on the stage, but at the same time, it's made me feel even more self-conscious about what I've written... how can it possibly compare to such genius? I feel like I could never produce something that good.

But I'll try nevertheless :)

Making a musical 22: The end of street dance

So, the six weeks of street dance are now over.

Sadly, I have nothing to do now :( haha.

If only that were true. Far from it in fact.

Although the street dancing wasn't exactly to my taste, it was still enjoyable.

Unfortunately we didn't have our usual instructor, and although our new instructor was good, it just wasn't the same. The pace was too fast, the moves too complex.

I suppose I have been really spoilt so far. lol.

Anyway, the next thing I was SUPPOSED to do with the academy was intermediate musical theatre in October... however this looks extremely unlikely due to some financial commitments that were not initially in the plan. Needless to say, it's going to be near enough impossible to save enough.

On the plus side however, I have managed to carry on with my musical, and I can safely say that the bulk of it is now out of the way. There's just one more song to do, and then the dialogue (the easy part), and then the actual music! lol.

Trust me, it's much easier than it sounds.

The hardest part was writing lyrics enough for the few songs I wanted that could tell the whole story in an entertaining way... and I think I managed that.

It has still to be seen.

Next step after writing? Gain approval from the academy and see what they say :D

So, I shall keep you all up to date on what's going on.

Until then, please do take care, and keep dancing :D