Tag: musical theatre

‘Gaston’ (instrumental) | Excerpts from ‘Beauty and the Beast’, Reed 3

While browsing my crystal ball lately, I discovered that Disney Theatrical are planning a new UK tour of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, commencing in May 2021. “Good gracious!” I said on hearing the news. “I do solemnly believe that they will be looking for funny intelligent woodwind musicians to play the various reed parts!” Therefore …

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10 Things You May Have Missed in ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’

[2-minute read] Watch the full musical here:   On a casual, superficial viewing, ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’ may appear to be just another piece of frivolous light entertainment, nothing more than a mere trifle unworthy of deeper analysis. However, for the more observant viewer this musical is a multi-faceted cornucopia of wit …

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‘Be Our Guest’ (instrumental) | Excerpts from ‘Beauty and the Beast’, Reed 3

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 …

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Making ‘Mongolian Death Worm’: The Swazzle

Diagram of a swazzle.

[11-minute read] Watch the full musical here:   Hear the Witch Doctor’s behind-the-scenes insights here:   On the night of Hallowe’en (or thereabouts), in the year 2020, the world was changed forever with the release of the pioneering audio-visual masterpiece that is ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’. Humanity looked on in amazement, delight …

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Mongolian Death Worm: RELEASED TODAY! (Plus, Roy’s Monologue…)

It’s here, it’s finally here! Ladies and gentlemen, wake the kids, phone the neighbours, because today (31/10) is the day that Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical is released onto an unsuspecting public! From now on everything else will be a disappointment – birthdays will seem boring, Christmasses will seem contemptible, even weddings will …

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‘Cool’ Fugue, or, ‘One Man – Seven Instruments’

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 …

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100 Of My Favourite Pieces To Perform

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 …

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