Queen’s Roger Taylor is launching a North American talent search that will offer vocalists and musicians the opportunity to star in the Queen Extravaganza.
The Queen Extravaganza is a live touring show celebrating and paying tribute to the songs, style and vision of one of the World’s biggest bands, Queen.
I think they have a winner. I’m guessing that a few potential contestants will just give up after this guy uploaded his audition.
We were surrounded by nuns, people dressed in curtains and lederhosen and even a nazi or two. Pauline and I had a most unusual yet enjoyable night out at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco last night. We were at a sing along version of The Sound of Music.
We chose not to get dressed up for the occasion but plenty did. There were girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, brown paper packages tied up with string and a whole lot more.
Calling all Nuns, Goat herders, Hills, Alps, Baronesses, Brown Paper Packages Tied up with String or any of your favourite things!!
Get ready to yodel down under… Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music
is coming back to town! This is your chance to sing-a-long to the most successful movie musical of all time. This is one of the funniest, most liberating nights out you will have for a long time.Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music is not just a chance to see the classic movie on the big screen in magnificent technicolor and glorious cinemascope, it’s a major audience participation event with subtitles for the songs.
It was my favourite kind of audience participation event. No one was forced or cajoled into taking part in the singing or the various other activities but those who wanted to had more than enough opportunity. I didn’t sing along with every song but I gave my vocals a work out at various times throughout the movie.
As we entered we were all given a bag of goodies including a small piece of curtain material, some plastic edelweiss, an invitation to the Captain’s ball, a party popper and a couple of other bits and pieces. Each item came out of the bag at the appointed time during the movie. We were also given instructions to boo the nazis, ooh and ah whenever Gretel appeared, hiss the baroness and do various other things at various times.
Even amongst the fun and frivolity the movie brought back memories of watching the Sound of Music many, many years ago. It was a great feel good evening all round.
I understand that a sing along version of Grease is currently playing elsewhere in Australia. Maybe it’ll make it to Perth eventually. Maybe I’d even get dressed up for that one.
The latest big Broadway musical to hit Perth opened last night. I took my beautiful daughter, Emily, off to Perth’s opening night of the Australian production of Wicked at the Burswood Entertainment Complex. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening with a magnificent show and wonderful company.
If you haven’t heard much about it the show gives a bit of the back story to the Wizard of Oz. It’s promoted as the untold story of the witches of Oz.
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. The story is based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum’s classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz. – Wiki
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but I’m now a bit of a fan. The sets and lighting are incredible. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a show with such elaborate and interesting sets. The live musicians, big voices and Stephen Schwartz’s music make it wonderful as a pure musical but the acting of the excellent cast just keeps drawing you in to the story.
I really didn’t expect it would be so funny. If you’re not into musicals, you’ll love it just for the comedy. Perth performer Lucy Durack played the ditzy Glinda to perfection and her comic timing was brilliant.
I’ve been to a few shows that I’ve absolutely loved but have still appreciated intermission for a bit of a break. I must say that when intermission arrived last night I would have been quite happy for the show to just roll on. I wanted to know what would happen next. It’s no wonder that Wicked has broken box office records around the world.
Wicked provided a wonderful evening out and a great excuse for a magnificent dad and daughter date.
