Post by carol on Feb 14, 2016 10:52:27 GMT
WE SET OFF ABOUT 3 TO DRIVE TO DARTFORD. SUE HAD TEXTED TO SAY SHE WAS ALREADY THERE, AND I REALLY HOPED SHE WOULD SEE GARETH ARRIVE, AS I KNOW IT'S QUITE A WHILE SINCE SHE SAW HIM. I HAD BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM AFTER THE PANTO AT CHRISTMAS, AND IN VIEW OF THE SHORT TIME BETWEEN PERFORMANCES, DID NOT REALLY EXPECT TO SEE HIM THAT DAY. IN FACT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EVER EXPECT IT AS A RIGHT, I THINK IF GARETH HAS THE TIME TO SEE US, THEN WE ARE VERY LUCKY, AND I TREASURE EACH TIME IT HAPPENS.
WE MET UP WITH SUE, THEN VALERIE AND MALCOLM ARRIVED AND WE ALL HAD A HOT DRINK BEFORE TAKING OUR SEATS. WE WERE CENTRE FRONT ROW, BUT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE LEG ROOM, SO IT WAS A RELIEF AT HALF TIME TO STRETCH OUR LEGS. THE THEATRE WAS COMPLETELY FULL, KEITH AND I GOT TALKING TO TWO LADIES SITTING NEXT TO HIM, AND HE ASKED IF THEY WERE THERE FOR GARETH, AND THEY SAID "OH NO, WE JUST LIKE MUSICAL THEATRE!"
IT IS A VERY FAST MOVING SHOW, THERE IS NO BAND, ALL THE ACTORS PROVIDE THE MUSIC, AND GARETH PLAYED, PIANO AND GUITAR, ALTHOUGH NOT ON STAGE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, ONCE ON, WAS ON FOR MOST OF THE TIME. WHAT IS SO AMAZING ABOUT GARETH IS THE CONTRASTING ROLES HE PLAYS, WHICH MAKE HIM SUCH A GREAT ACTOR. HAVING RECENTLY SEEN HIM AS PRINCE CHARMING, WHERE HIS ENTRANCE IS HERALDED, AND ALL HIS FANS CHEER, IN FOOTLOOSE ALL EYES ARE ON REN, THE BOY WHO CAN DANCE, AND WHO IS IN FACT THE LEADING MAN IN THE SHOW. I DIDN'T PARTICULARLY NOTICE THE FIGURE IN OVERALLS UNTIL HE SPOKE, IT WAS GARETH, HIS AMERICAN ACCENT WAS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE'S, HE WAS CONSTANTLY CHEWING, AND HIS EYES AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WERE JUST PERFECT. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT HIS HILARIOUS INTERPRETATION OF WILLARD COMPLETELY STOLE THE SHOW.
I THOUGHT EVERYONE WAS WELL CAST, THE PREACHER AND HIS WIFE PLAYED BY MAUREEN NOLAN, THE ERRANT PROVOCATIVE DAUGHTER, WHY DO WE ALWAYS EXPECT THE DAUGHTER TO BE STUDIOUS AND DOWDY? REN WAS GREAT AND A FABULOUS DANCER , IN FACT THE WHOLE CAST SEEMED TO BE ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT AS WE WERE.
THE ONE SONG GARETH SUNG ABOUT HIS MAM WAS SO FUNNY, AND AS KIRSTY SAYS, BOY HE CAN DANCE. HE'S A GREAT DANCER, AND MORE SO BECAUSE HE HAS OBVIOUSLY WORKED HARD AT IT BECAUSE HE FEELS IT DOESN'T COME NATURALLY TO HIM. AS MUCH AS I LOVE HIS VOICE AND COULD LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY, I ALSO LOVED HIS ACTING, AND IN THE FUTURE I HOPE HE TAKES ON MORE ACTING ROLES. HE HAS A REAL TALENT, HIS EXPRESSIONS ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU ROAR WITH LAUGHTER. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF HIM. EVERYTHING HE DOES IS ALWAYS FIRST CLASS, HE WORKS SO HARD TO BE THE BEST, AND THIS TIME HE HAS SHOWN A LOT OF PEOPLE ANOTHER STRING TO HIS VERY WIDE BOW.
BY THE TIME THE SHOW HAD FINISHED, THE TWO LADIES HAD BEEN WON OVER AND WERE CHEERING HIM, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE UNVEILED HIS VERY FIT BODY. I WON'T SAY ANY MORE, THOSE WHO ARE GOING WILL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
WHEN WE CAME OUT EVERYONE WAS COLLECTING FOR THE NEXT PERFORMANCE, AND SUDDENLY SOMEONE WAS HUGGING ME, IT WAS SHARON, AND WE WENT OVER TO SEE CAITIE, WHO HAS GROWN INTO SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. CAITIE HAS BEEN A FAN OF GARETH SINCE SHE WAS ABOUT 5, HOW ABOUT THAT FOR DEVOTION!
WE HAD A FEW MINUTES WAIT FOR GARETH, THEN WENT FOR A FINAL DRINK TOGETHER, SUE WAS HAPPY, COS SHE HAD SEEN GARETH WHEN HE ARRIVED, SO IT'S ALL GOOD. NEXT TIME IT'S VALERIE'S TURN, WE ARE OFF TO MARGATE IN MAY, AND HOPEFULLY GARETH WILL BE ABLE TO COME OUT THEN. WE WENT HOME FEELING VERY UPLIFTED, IT'S CALLED THE GARETH EFFECT!! I AM WISHING EVERYONE A GREAT TIME WHEN THEY GO. I WILL BE WRITING MY BLOG AS USUAL, WHERE THERE WILL BE MORE DETAIL OF IT ALL!
LOVE CAROL XXX
WE MET UP WITH SUE, THEN VALERIE AND MALCOLM ARRIVED AND WE ALL HAD A HOT DRINK BEFORE TAKING OUR SEATS. WE WERE CENTRE FRONT ROW, BUT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE LEG ROOM, SO IT WAS A RELIEF AT HALF TIME TO STRETCH OUR LEGS. THE THEATRE WAS COMPLETELY FULL, KEITH AND I GOT TALKING TO TWO LADIES SITTING NEXT TO HIM, AND HE ASKED IF THEY WERE THERE FOR GARETH, AND THEY SAID "OH NO, WE JUST LIKE MUSICAL THEATRE!"
IT IS A VERY FAST MOVING SHOW, THERE IS NO BAND, ALL THE ACTORS PROVIDE THE MUSIC, AND GARETH PLAYED, PIANO AND GUITAR, ALTHOUGH NOT ON STAGE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, ONCE ON, WAS ON FOR MOST OF THE TIME. WHAT IS SO AMAZING ABOUT GARETH IS THE CONTRASTING ROLES HE PLAYS, WHICH MAKE HIM SUCH A GREAT ACTOR. HAVING RECENTLY SEEN HIM AS PRINCE CHARMING, WHERE HIS ENTRANCE IS HERALDED, AND ALL HIS FANS CHEER, IN FOOTLOOSE ALL EYES ARE ON REN, THE BOY WHO CAN DANCE, AND WHO IS IN FACT THE LEADING MAN IN THE SHOW. I DIDN'T PARTICULARLY NOTICE THE FIGURE IN OVERALLS UNTIL HE SPOKE, IT WAS GARETH, HIS AMERICAN ACCENT WAS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE'S, HE WAS CONSTANTLY CHEWING, AND HIS EYES AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WERE JUST PERFECT. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT HIS HILARIOUS INTERPRETATION OF WILLARD COMPLETELY STOLE THE SHOW.
I THOUGHT EVERYONE WAS WELL CAST, THE PREACHER AND HIS WIFE PLAYED BY MAUREEN NOLAN, THE ERRANT PROVOCATIVE DAUGHTER, WHY DO WE ALWAYS EXPECT THE DAUGHTER TO BE STUDIOUS AND DOWDY? REN WAS GREAT AND A FABULOUS DANCER , IN FACT THE WHOLE CAST SEEMED TO BE ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT AS WE WERE.
THE ONE SONG GARETH SUNG ABOUT HIS MAM WAS SO FUNNY, AND AS KIRSTY SAYS, BOY HE CAN DANCE. HE'S A GREAT DANCER, AND MORE SO BECAUSE HE HAS OBVIOUSLY WORKED HARD AT IT BECAUSE HE FEELS IT DOESN'T COME NATURALLY TO HIM. AS MUCH AS I LOVE HIS VOICE AND COULD LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY, I ALSO LOVED HIS ACTING, AND IN THE FUTURE I HOPE HE TAKES ON MORE ACTING ROLES. HE HAS A REAL TALENT, HIS EXPRESSIONS ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU ROAR WITH LAUGHTER. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF HIM. EVERYTHING HE DOES IS ALWAYS FIRST CLASS, HE WORKS SO HARD TO BE THE BEST, AND THIS TIME HE HAS SHOWN A LOT OF PEOPLE ANOTHER STRING TO HIS VERY WIDE BOW.
BY THE TIME THE SHOW HAD FINISHED, THE TWO LADIES HAD BEEN WON OVER AND WERE CHEERING HIM, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE UNVEILED HIS VERY FIT BODY. I WON'T SAY ANY MORE, THOSE WHO ARE GOING WILL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
WHEN WE CAME OUT EVERYONE WAS COLLECTING FOR THE NEXT PERFORMANCE, AND SUDDENLY SOMEONE WAS HUGGING ME, IT WAS SHARON, AND WE WENT OVER TO SEE CAITIE, WHO HAS GROWN INTO SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. CAITIE HAS BEEN A FAN OF GARETH SINCE SHE WAS ABOUT 5, HOW ABOUT THAT FOR DEVOTION!
WE HAD A FEW MINUTES WAIT FOR GARETH, THEN WENT FOR A FINAL DRINK TOGETHER, SUE WAS HAPPY, COS SHE HAD SEEN GARETH WHEN HE ARRIVED, SO IT'S ALL GOOD. NEXT TIME IT'S VALERIE'S TURN, WE ARE OFF TO MARGATE IN MAY, AND HOPEFULLY GARETH WILL BE ABLE TO COME OUT THEN. WE WENT HOME FEELING VERY UPLIFTED, IT'S CALLED THE GARETH EFFECT!! I AM WISHING EVERYONE A GREAT TIME WHEN THEY GO. I WILL BE WRITING MY BLOG AS USUAL, WHERE THERE WILL BE MORE DETAIL OF IT ALL!
LOVE CAROL XXX
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Still smiling!! It is a job to add much to Carol's great report. I felt it was so good that the talented cast moved the set around themselves bringing things on stage and also being responsible for all the music each playing different instruments throughout. It was somehow organic and I loved that. It was all about the cast and story on stage. Gareth surpassed himself, and have to agree with Carol, that the show without the character of Willard would not have been the same, he did steal the show. It was amazing to see Gareth doing the acting in a difficult accent and character role and the dancing especially at the end was awesome. I know what Carol says about Gareth not feeling dancing comes naturally to him, but after this, he had better not say in an interview that he CAN'T dance. HOW VERY DARE YOU GARETH Xx !! 
