It was a musical nobody expected UWE to do. It was so
different from the bouncy Our House of the previous year that I wasn’t
initially interested in doing it, and only came in at the last minute to
provide an extra male voice.
It’s developed into the greatest musical I’ve ever done, and
I’m so sad that it’s now over.
Titanic, about the famous luxury liner that sank on
it’s maiden voyage nearly 100 years ago, does not go down the line of the film.
There’s no Jack, or Rose, or Celine Dion.
And thank God.
Because it’s FAR better than that.
The music is grand and epic, really giving the audience a
sense of the excitement at boarding the ‘Largest Moving Object in the World’
and giving us an insight into what it was like on all three class levels: the
first living in a ‘Remarkable Age’, whilst the third describe their dream jobs
when they reach America, before the iceberg is struck and the excitement turns
to confusion, panic and then acceptance of death, before the final scene shows
reflection from the survivors who made it onto the Carpathia. If you
missed out on watching the CPA do it, you really DID miss out.
Anyway, why has this been the best musical ever? Well, for
one, the cast have been fantastic. The best cast I have been involved in bar
none. That is not to say the casts of every other performance I’ve been in have
been poor, I’ve enjoyed working with every cast, but never have I seen a group
of people gel together like we have. It really is one big family, and I can’t
wait to work with as many of you in the future on future musicals and the like.
We’ve had laughs, we’ve had tears, we’ve made one very impressive spider
diagram along the way, but most of all we have represented our university in
one of the best ways possible.
As such, following on from the awards last night, I have
decided to hand out a few of my own – you may even get small prizes if you’re
lucky! So:
The Keep Calm and Carry On Award goes to Naomi Wilkinson and Jade Hall for carrying on with their final few scenes despite a clash of heads resulting in mild concussion for the pair of them.
The Keep Calm and Carry On Award goes to Naomi Wilkinson and Jade Hall for carrying on with their final few scenes despite a clash of heads resulting in mild concussion for the pair of them.
The Best Outside Reference Award goes to Khoi
Nguyen for his ‘Big Bang Theory’ knocking during the matinee.
The Best Audience Reaction Award goes to Adam
Hopkins for the wolf whistles received on opening night when stepping out
of his room.
The Consistently Funny Award goes to Paul Bailey
for explaining that he still has a wife, receiving a laugh every single night.
Paul Bailey also receives the Online Maniac Award
for tagging every single picture taken of us at socials or rehearsals.
Finally, The Shot in the Foot Award goes to Liam
Gordon for trying to convince us the picture of his sister in his wallet
was actually his seven year-old daughter – until he mentioned she was born in
1997.
A few quick thank-yous as well – to Alice Dalrymple and
Lora Seward for organising buffet lunches, plugging us on the radio and
being general good mother hens to us all, to Anthony Garnham, Lora and
Lizzi Fortin for allowing us the use of their homes for socials and
general merriment, to Ian Henderson, Jacquie Bell and Alexander Turasiewicz for putting their time and effort into
direction, choreography and production, and to everyone else for playing
their part to full effect and putting on a powerful, moving and exceptional
production.
So, Titanic has been a rousing success, but as we know, all
good things must come to an end at some point and sadly, that happened last
night. Next year we go from the shipyard to the farmyard with the very
tongue-in-cheek Honk! and an absolute mile away from where we were, but I
know it’s going to be an absolute laugh.
See you all for next year’s musical?
Alright then!
Over and out from your ‘Big Mouth’ cast member, and lots of
love to you all.
Elliot xx
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