Recently I was directed to Utube to witness this incredible video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWt2YJCJleY
As a professional singer who also teaches this was both hilarious and shocking.
There are so many nutters out there, she could have been for real BUT....
turns out she is very clever.
"Amanda" is her alter ego. The real Colleen Ballinger can been seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4LxMzeWCXM and under psychosoprano on Utube.
I am such a fan! No doubt she can sing but I LOVE Miranda. Someone get her on the box!
I think her Caro Mio Ben is very special - and watch out for her rendition of the American national anthem. Just too awful!
Enjoy!
Friday 3 April 2009
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Having decided to make the most of an evening in town, I decided to go and see Priscilla, Queen of the Desert which recently opened at the Palace Theatre in London.
I remember seeing the movie all those years ago and really enjoyed it.
However, the show is spectacular. In spite of being right up in the gods (it was sold out otherwise) I had a great time. This is a really great feel-good show guaranteed to put a smile on your face and have your toes tapping and what's more, the audience was extremely well-behaved!
I remember seeing the movie all those years ago and really enjoyed it.
However, the show is spectacular. In spite of being right up in the gods (it was sold out otherwise) I had a great time. This is a really great feel-good show guaranteed to put a smile on your face and have your toes tapping and what's more, the audience was extremely well-behaved!
Read more at http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-tickets-article-7282.html
Go and see it!
Audience Etiquette
Recently I have been to the theatre twice as a punter. Quite a rare thing due to being too busy and also finding it difficult just to sit back and enjoy without being so critical as a professional.
Anyway..... first outing was to see the King's Singers http://www.kingssingers.com/ at the Wycombe Swan. They were, as always, superb. Very professional, well-rehearsed, relaxed and gave a really tight performance. However, I remembered why it is that I rarely go to classical concerts once the audience piped up with the coughing - once one starts, the herd mentality kicks in and everyone has to have a go!
Then we get the sweetie unwrapping and, rather than a quick rip and it's done, we have to put up with the "I'll try and do it really surreptitiously and quietly, over as long a period of time as possible and then maybe no-one will notice" WRONG!
In spite of requests to turn off mobile phones and beeping alarms on watches, it never fails that we get one such event during the course of an evening. What is the matter with people?
THEN..... we get the person who simply HAS to make a comment or clap IMMEDIATELY at the end of what should be a beautiful moment of quiet appreciation of a wonderfully soft ending, which completely ruins the moment. Not to mention those whose clap in the middle of a piece. Isn't it obvious that the performers haven't finished? They are in the middle of breathing for the next verse for Heaven's sake! AAArgh!
So I suppose it will be a while before I venture out again, unless it is for a rousing West End show where the music is loud enough to drown out the audience as in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - to follow.....
Anyway..... first outing was to see the King's Singers http://www.kingssingers.com/ at the Wycombe Swan. They were, as always, superb. Very professional, well-rehearsed, relaxed and gave a really tight performance. However, I remembered why it is that I rarely go to classical concerts once the audience piped up with the coughing - once one starts, the herd mentality kicks in and everyone has to have a go!
Then we get the sweetie unwrapping and, rather than a quick rip and it's done, we have to put up with the "I'll try and do it really surreptitiously and quietly, over as long a period of time as possible and then maybe no-one will notice" WRONG!
In spite of requests to turn off mobile phones and beeping alarms on watches, it never fails that we get one such event during the course of an evening. What is the matter with people?
THEN..... we get the person who simply HAS to make a comment or clap IMMEDIATELY at the end of what should be a beautiful moment of quiet appreciation of a wonderfully soft ending, which completely ruins the moment. Not to mention those whose clap in the middle of a piece. Isn't it obvious that the performers haven't finished? They are in the middle of breathing for the next verse for Heaven's sake! AAArgh!
So I suppose it will be a while before I venture out again, unless it is for a rousing West End show where the music is loud enough to drown out the audience as in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - to follow.....
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