An amazing performance

The last few days have been rather hectic for me. Thurday was Gemma & Mikey's wedding, with a small reception at Mikey's nan's house afterwards. I got a lot of photo's, and the food provided was great. I provided the music, as with any party I end up going to these days. A big congratulations to the pair of them, and I hope they have a wonderful future together.

This evening was the highlight of the week so far. I went to watch West Side Story, at the Pegasus theatre. I'm a big fan of musicals but its been many years since Ive been able to enjoy one at a theatre, and tonight was a big supprise. I was originally only going to show support for a close friend, Rhiannon, as she was perforning in it, but it turned out to be so much more than just me paying respects to a friend. With such a young cast and production team, and with the short time they have all had to practice, reherse and get the show together, they really did an amazing job. The sound, coreography and acting of those young stars was breath taking, and for such a small stage production as this, I wasn't expecting the outcome of what you would expect to find in the bigger venues.

Everyone, both on and off stage, have put in so much effort to make the show what it has become. Yes there were a few downfalls, mainly with the acoustics of the place, a few technical problems with sound, especially as the band were sometimes a lot louder than the singers, and I feel some of this was down to the theatre, and the microphones used, but all in all I was wowed by the performance. Talent especially showed through the actor who played Riff. His spirit and voice empowered the audience, and showed true, unbridled emotion. The characters of Tony and Maria also showed a lot of promise. Again, with the power and emotion shown put into their roles on stage they gripped the audience and pulled everyone into the story.

As for the music, the band were inspiring. Each note gripped and incapsulated the emotions of the characters on stage, and impowered the whole presence of the scene. Despite a few notes that lasted a tad too long, or the slight background noise that may have been heard from cleaning insruments during quiet parts, the whole experience was a breathtaking one.

With every gasp, cheer or tear on stage, the audience was pulled into the reverie of it all, and everyone left the show with smiles on their faces. Two and a half hours of raw power and pure magical enchantment of the entire show had me spellbound and speechless as I left the performance. A big congratulations goes to the whole team, and to RicNic, the group who put on the production.

As for other business, it is Jay's first Birthday today. My beautiful godson and name sake, is 1 already. Time really does fly by these days. Tomorrow is a big joint wedding / 1st birthday party, in which again I will be DJ'ing, at least this time with decent gear, despite the lack of a DJ deck. Im about 10 years out of touch with the whole DJ'ing scene and I'd be lost these days compared to the DJs of today, but Im doing it for free, and I really do enjoy doing it.

I also have my hearing on the 12th September so I should have all my money sorted soon, and then on the 13th me and Demi are off to see Motionless in White, down in Camden. As for the medical side of things, my doc has put me onto opiates for the pain. They work pretty well, and although they dont remove the pain totally, its down to a toleratable level. The only problem is that I feel like I can do things, but when I try, the pain is instantly back to being bad. I tried to move a box the other day, after taking a tablet and feeling "ok", but no, I lifted the box, which wasnt that heavy, and I doubled over in pain like I wasnt on any medication. Apart from that, they send me on a slight trip every time I take them. Its like feeling Ive had a few too many drinks, just before your at the point of being drunk, but without the slurred speech, etc. Im gonna have to be careful while Im on them, opiates are basically the legal form of heroin, and are highly addictive. Anyway...

More posts later! Peace x