Ahoy tharrr! Shiver me timbers! That’s just a small preview of the kind of banter you can expect to enjoy if you attend Lichfield Garrick Theatre’s 2021 pantomime: All-New Adventures of Peter Pan! And as if that wasn’t enough, you can also expect to hear: Me playing the clarinet. Me playing the …
“What have you been up to this week Michael A. Grant?” “Some things.” “What things?” “Oh, you know, stuff…” “Would you care to be any more specific?” “No.” “Pretty please?” “No.” “Pretty please with a cherry on top?” “Oh… go on then. One of the things that’s kept me occupied has been a remote recording …
Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I announce the premiere performance of the U.K.’s newest and quite possibly greatest ever musical ensemble: The Dunleavy & Dimplesauce Showtime Orchestra! Yayyyyyyyyy! The orchestra was formed in mid-2020 by the legendary (and also mythical) characters of Beatrice Dunleavy and Ericona Dimplesauce. Their mission was a …
It has recently entered my knowledge that Disney Theatrical are toying with the idea of putting on a new UK tour of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, beginning in the lusty month of May 2021. “Great Scot!” I screamed on reading the news. “It occurs to me that maybe (just maybe) they will be searching for …
It has come to my attention that Disney Theatrical are planning a new UK tour of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, commencing in May 2021. “Aha!” I thought on hearing the news. “It occurs to me that they will surely be looking for young attractive woodwind musicians to play the various reed parts!” Therefore I have …
So here’s something I’ve been meaning to get around to for 3 years! Shortly after purchasing my baritone saxomophone at the start of 2017, I thought it would be fun to pick a woodwind-heavy piece of Broadway music and do a one-man reed section video. I imagined it would be particularly interesting for people to …
You may not have realised it yet, but today is a very special day and this is a very special blog post! For this is the 100th post I have written since starting this venture way back in 2017. To celebrate, I’ve been looking back into the mists of time and working hard to put …
Firstly, hello. Secondly, welcome to a brand new blog post, which on this unusual occasion makes no reference to Clarinet Marmalade whatsoever! Except that reference I’ve just made there… Oh dear. Thirdly, I hope you like my new style of title. Apparently these days people only read something if it has a number in the …
I suppose one of the flaws with this sort of blog is that the more I have to write about, the less time there is to do it in. So when I’m running about all over the place doing gigs every few days, I have little opportunity (let alone enthusiasm) to sit down and write …
Last week found me in my old stomping ground of Woking’s Rhoda McGaw Theatre, playing piccolo, flute, clarimanet and alto saxomophone for WAOS Musical Theatre’s production of High Society. I thought the world in general might like a taster of what the experience was like, so here’s a little picture and video with which to …
