The "Freeola Customer Forum" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
Anything Goes!
Every year, around the early days of January, me and a couple of friends start our first rehearsals for a musical. Stop, now. Do not avert your eyes just because you saw the word "musical". It's not as boring as it seems. For one, we are doing a great show this year called "Anything Goes". It's fast moving and hilariously funny in places. The show is fantastic to do, this is my second show now and I recommend doing something like this to anybody who enjoys wearing floral dresses and dancing around 'til 11 at night like a loony. So get involved! Be completely insane! It's great!
I have just arrived back from my rehearsal which was 5 hours long. Sounds gruelling, I know, but I loved every minute of it. Everything becomes so exciting just before the actual performances are due to be aired to my quaint little town. Problem is though, we haven't sold anywhere near as many tickets as we have done in previous years, so the whole cast is frantically trying to promote the show. Sell sell sell! Sure, it's not some people's cuppa char, but there's usually loads of people wanting to come see our outstanding performances. *cough* plug *cough*
Backstage is a lively place, excited little 12 year olds on their first show bouncing around like maniacs, principle characters rushing in and out to strip off and get ready for their next song. Me and my mates laughing at each other's costumes. Hah. Costumes. They cause -so- much embarrassment every year. Not to mention the scary dressmaker ladies. Run for your lives!
I had a horrible experience with one of them a couple of weeks ago :
Dressmaker lady : "You are -such- a lucky young lady, you know when I was your age I didn't have a bosom! And now look at me, all sunken away...sigh... oooh that does look nice, I must find you a hat. You'll have to have a strapless bra and ALL of you must wear white or skin coloured underwear (skin coloured!?!?!). Doesn't she look lovely? I'll have to find a broach for that hole though. Oooh and shoulder pads! Dear me that does need an iron."
And that's not the worst of it. They make you strip off in the most stupid places, like at the back of the hall where -everyone- can see. You don't have a choice, the stalk you with their tape measures saying "OOOOH STOP, STAY THERE." You stop dead of course. "I MUST measure your inside leg." *Dressmaker lady fiddles around with a tape measure on the inside of your thigh*. Scary.
Of course, there's always the annual theme tune. Like last year, we did "Oklahoma", all the girls had to wear pantaloons underneath their dresses and petticoats, and we all ended up with a bit of an obsession. We sang "PANTALOONS, LAALAA. Pantaloons laa laa. Pantaloons pantaloons laa laa" to the Vinderloo[sp] theme. Hehe. It was great fun. The year before last was "expanding cream" which was created from our obsession with expanding hair spray stuff. The cast used to throw the cream out of the Town Hall window onto the street. I fail to see how that is funny, but never mind. Still, 'twas an excellent theme tune.
We are soon to do a full dress rehearsal, next Monday in fact. This is the closest you'll get to the real thing. Make-up. Costume. Orchestra. Full run through of the show. Everything. This year I am a minor principle, a Chinese gambler (don't laugh) to be precise. I have many quick changes, which involves being stripped to your underwear in the Green Room (room which backs on to the stage) You get people running in and out. God knows how many people see your "unmentionables". I am dreading the quick changes, but its all in aid of the fantastic show that we endeavour to put on every year, so I don't mind. Oh and you must not forget my sexy black dress (pah) with shoulder pads. Great! The adrenaline rush you get when you go on stage with the lights and the music is thrilling. All the hard work that has been put in finally comes together. Wonderful :)
The actual show this year is a real racy number. It's set on a massive ship that is sailing from America to England. Many people on board ship, the plot is based around them. Heh. I shall not bore you with the details, but I shall quote you some of my favourite lines. I will tell you that this is set in the 1920s beforehand though.
----
Angel (tarty tap dancing person) : I've been cuuuurrrsed with sex appeal, that's always been MY problem! *angel flicks her hair back*
Reno (evangelist person) : That's not confessing! That's advertising!
*smirk*
----
Evelyn (English Chap) : I might be able to add a touch of colour. About 3 years ago, when I was visiting china, I met a little Chinese girl called Plum Blossom. I became very fond of the little treasure. One night we had an unpremeditated romp in the rice fields...*gasps*
----
Reno: I mean, I think I have hot pants for you Evey.
Evelyn : Hot pants? Would some ice do any good for that dear?
Evelyn is probably the funniest character in the whole production because he is English and doesn't understand any of the American phrases. Pah, come see it! Travel to Essex and come see my wonderful show!
Go on. You know you want to.
If not, get yourselves involved in a Dramatics Society. I am sure there's one in your area. Trust me, you'll get a lot out of it. My confidence soared after my first show, and now look, I am not just part of the chorus, I have a one-liner in a Chinese accent. Go me. Oh, and don't forget the sexy black dress.
Every year, around the early days of January, me and a couple of friends start our first rehearsals for a musical. Stop, now. Do not avert your eyes just because you saw the word "musical". It's not as boring as it seems. For one, we are doing a great show this year called "Anything Goes". It's fast moving and hilariously funny in places. The show is fantastic to do, this is my second show now and I recommend doing something like this to anybody who enjoys wearing floral dresses and dancing around 'til 11 at night like a loony. So get involved! Be completely insane! It's great!
I have just arrived back from my rehearsal which was 5 hours long. Sounds gruelling, I know, but I loved every minute of it. Everything becomes so exciting just before the actual performances are due to be aired to my quaint little town. Problem is though, we haven't sold anywhere near as many tickets as we have done in previous years, so the whole cast is frantically trying to promote the show. Sell sell sell! Sure, it's not some people's cuppa char, but there's usually loads of people wanting to come see our outstanding performances. *cough* plug *cough*
Backstage is a lively place, excited little 12 year olds on their first show bouncing around like maniacs, principle characters rushing in and out to strip off and get ready for their next song. Me and my mates laughing at each other's costumes. Hah. Costumes. They cause -so- much embarrassment every year. Not to mention the scary dressmaker ladies. Run for your lives!
I had a horrible experience with one of them a couple of weeks ago :
Dressmaker lady : "You are -such- a lucky young lady, you know when I was your age I didn't have a bosom! And now look at me, all sunken away...sigh... oooh that does look nice, I must find you a hat. You'll have to have a strapless bra and ALL of you must wear white or skin coloured underwear (skin coloured!?!?!). Doesn't she look lovely? I'll have to find a broach for that hole though. Oooh and shoulder pads! Dear me that does need an iron."
And that's not the worst of it. They make you strip off in the most stupid places, like at the back of the hall where -everyone- can see. You don't have a choice, the stalk you with their tape measures saying "OOOOH STOP, STAY THERE." You stop dead of course. "I MUST measure your inside leg." *Dressmaker lady fiddles around with a tape measure on the inside of your thigh*. Scary.
Of course, there's always the annual theme tune. Like last year, we did "Oklahoma", all the girls had to wear pantaloons underneath their dresses and petticoats, and we all ended up with a bit of an obsession. We sang "PANTALOONS, LAALAA. Pantaloons laa laa. Pantaloons pantaloons laa laa" to the Vinderloo[sp] theme. Hehe. It was great fun. The year before last was "expanding cream" which was created from our obsession with expanding hair spray stuff. The cast used to throw the cream out of the Town Hall window onto the street. I fail to see how that is funny, but never mind. Still, 'twas an excellent theme tune.
We are soon to do a full dress rehearsal, next Monday in fact. This is the closest you'll get to the real thing. Make-up. Costume. Orchestra. Full run through of the show. Everything. This year I am a minor principle, a Chinese gambler (don't laugh) to be precise. I have many quick changes, which involves being stripped to your underwear in the Green Room (room which backs on to the stage) You get people running in and out. God knows how many people see your "unmentionables". I am dreading the quick changes, but its all in aid of the fantastic show that we endeavour to put on every year, so I don't mind. Oh and you must not forget my sexy black dress (pah) with shoulder pads. Great! The adrenaline rush you get when you go on stage with the lights and the music is thrilling. All the hard work that has been put in finally comes together. Wonderful :)
The actual show this year is a real racy number. It's set on a massive ship that is sailing from America to England. Many people on board ship, the plot is based around them. Heh. I shall not bore you with the details, but I shall quote you some of my favourite lines. I will tell you that this is set in the 1920s beforehand though.
----
Angel (tarty tap dancing person) : I've been cuuuurrrsed with sex appeal, that's always been MY problem! *angel flicks her hair back*
Reno (evangelist person) : That's not confessing! That's advertising!
*smirk*
----
Evelyn (English Chap) : I might be able to add a touch of colour. About 3 years ago, when I was visiting china, I met a little Chinese girl called Plum Blossom. I became very fond of the little treasure. One night we had an unpremeditated romp in the rice fields...*gasps*
----
Reno: I mean, I think I have hot pants for you Evey.
Evelyn : Hot pants? Would some ice do any good for that dear?
Evelyn is probably the funniest character in the whole production because he is English and doesn't understand any of the American phrases. Pah, come see it! Travel to Essex and come see my wonderful show!
Go on. You know you want to.
If not, get yourselves involved in a Dramatics Society. I am sure there's one in your area. Trust me, you'll get a lot out of it. My confidence soared after my first show, and now look, I am not just part of the chorus, I have a one-liner in a Chinese accent. Go me. Oh, and don't forget the sexy black dress.
Page:
Funny how I went from the lead role in a year 6 play based on Co-Op (yes, the shop, and how and why it was started. It was a musical, obviously I could sing back then before certain *ahem* changes) from never even being in my high school plays at all. Then in my last year ever at the school, I get a tiny part but get thrown out... Man, an actor's life is hard
Oh, well done Katie. Do you or your hair even play games? :-D
I was in a pantomine once... I refused to wear tights.
Clever clever katie :)
I was oliver once. In a play. I had to sing and stuff.. it was scary. I was also the only one who knew the words/lines, our preformance sucked and went very wrong :)
Oh well. I tried.
I was oliver once. In a play. I had to sing and stuff.. it was scary. I was also the only one who knew the words/lines, our preformance sucked and went very wrong :)
Oh well. I tried.
I got thrown out of this year's school play
I was devastated beyond belief
I was devastated beyond belief
I prefered watching people do crazy things at school...like sliding around on the floor on their knees in science.
I liked the old musicals we had at my secondary school, not least because my brother had to play Captain Hook in a pair of pants, and the person who played Robin Hood had to wear green tights, a point I felt neccessary to make every day when I realised he worked for Special Reserve. Ho ho, Mr Barwell.
Not fond of acting myself...
I play in an orchestra [Which I had to check how to spell from your post...], with my sax. It's ok, but I get so nervous, and that's even when hardly anyone can see me, when I'm sitting down, and only really background music.
This year, I'm part of the group leading the saxs, instead of backing them... and there are quite a few parts where the saxaphone part is the only one playing, and it often carries the tune. The theme to Gladiator [Yes, the movie] is damn hard. The first bit, the main theme, is easy... but the music that's played during the battles we play too... and my God, it's very, very hard. And I can't mess up, or blow quietly, because that's the tune.
So how the hell I'll be able to stand on a stage and speak lines, I'll never know.
Did it once, though. I was Prince Charming in Boilerella. It was, in a word, a disaster. I'll tell you about it one time. :0)
Good luck with the musical though. Musicals are great.
I play in an orchestra [Which I had to check how to spell from your post...], with my sax. It's ok, but I get so nervous, and that's even when hardly anyone can see me, when I'm sitting down, and only really background music.
This year, I'm part of the group leading the saxs, instead of backing them... and there are quite a few parts where the saxaphone part is the only one playing, and it often carries the tune. The theme to Gladiator [Yes, the movie] is damn hard. The first bit, the main theme, is easy... but the music that's played during the battles we play too... and my God, it's very, very hard. And I can't mess up, or blow quietly, because that's the tune.
So how the hell I'll be able to stand on a stage and speak lines, I'll never know.
Did it once, though. I was Prince Charming in Boilerella. It was, in a word, a disaster. I'll tell you about it one time. :0)
Good luck with the musical though. Musicals are great.
Page: