Last week’s run of Sweeney Todd has inspired me to go on a little excursion, and spend this week down ‘By the Sea’! So I’ll be heading off to Copacabana to play in a musical about Southend-on-Sea. Wait… Strike that – reverse it. The point is, I’ll be joining Leigh Operatic & Dramatic Society to …
You’ll never guess what I’m doing this week! Oh wait, maybe the title of this post was something of a spoiler… Never mind. If you happen to find yourself in the appropriate vicinity, do come along to see what I’m sure will be a marvellous production from Southend Operatic & Dramatic Society (abbreviate at your …
Another month, another musical… This time it’s the classic Guys and Dolls, which is being performed by York Light Opera Company over the coming fortnight. Come along to see some singers and some dancers and some actors, and to hear some musicians (including myself tootling away on clarinet and tenor saxomophone)! Guys and Dolls Wednesday …
If you’re a big fan of The Sam Jewion Orchestra then, well… I suppose you’ve no need to read this because you’ll be aware of it already. For the rest of the population, though, I’d like to point out that this coming Tuesday (16th) I shall be joining this motley crew for another wild performance …
After doing a couple of fairly serious musicals, it will be nice to relax a bit over the next fortnight and play something that doesn’t make any great claims to profundity (although it does stake several claims to profanity)! For I will be playing flute, clarinet, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone for Sedos’ production of …
I’ve got my dragon repellent at the ready, in preparation for a trip to Wales this weekend to play with the Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra! I’ll be doing some clarimanet and some saxomophone for two concerts, the first of which is ‘A Night at the Musicals’, taking place on Saturday 21st October in …
If you like blog posts that start with ‘If you like blog posts that start with […], you’ll love this’, you’ll love this! The title of this one has probably given you a clue to the fact that I’ll soon be travelling to Eastleigh, to play a selection of instruments for Southampton Musical Society’s production …
[EDIT: Sorry, I don’t have these videos up on The Internet any more, but you can find plenty of other examples of my saxomophoning elsewhere on this blog. – MG, 3/4/23] It has come to my attention lately that there are quite a few gigs going for background solo saxophone music, but for some …
I don’t think I’ve got any friends in Twickenham, but if any of my enemies want to come along to this then they’d be more than welcome. We can always have a punch-up or something afterwards… Barnum Tuesday 23rd May – Saturday 27th May 7:45, with 2:30 matinee on 27th Hampton Hill Theatre, Hampton, TW12 …
