Gypsy!

Last night I visited London's sparkling West End to see the critically acclaimed revival production of 'Gypsy' which is the true story of the showbiz loving 'momma' and her efforts to make her girls Broadway stars set in 1920s America. Featuring rich orchestral music by Jule Styne and witty lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Imelda Staunton, Lara Pulver, Peter Davidson and a fabulous supporting cast are telling this musical story based on the memories of the real life 'Gypsy Rose Lee'.

I felt like I'd let my-musical-theatre-fan-self down as I'd never seen the film version, yet alone have any knowledge about the world famous Gypsy Rose Lee who gained fame by travelling the USA performing her strip-tease burlesque act. Therefore, I found myself doing plenty of googling and wikipediaing this morning to get the whole picture and background of the story after seeing the show.

Photo: Johan Persson (gypsythemusical.uk)

Okay so let's talk about the main event now; Imelda Staunton. I really don't think I've ever seen so much emotion go into a performance. It really felt like the real Momma Rose was up on the stage herself what with the controlling characteristics, belting vaudevillian showtunes and of course the caring motherly figure. Not forgetting to mention Imelda herself was so lovely at stage door. You could really tell she loves every minute of her job!

Rose's daughter, June (Gemma Sutton) deprived of a normal childhood in order to travel the country performing their mother's hideous visions in her efforts to make her a 'star'. The other daughter, Louise (Lara Pulver), constantly in her sister's shadow, comes to her mother's attention only when June walks out on her mother and the act. In her mother's second attempt to make one of her daughters a 'star' Louise ends up in a burlesque performance as 'Gyspy Rose Lee' where her successful career takes off.

With such a limited engagement in London, this really is a must see, especially if you're a sucker for a toe tapping tune or a pantomime cow (oh yes, really), with plenty of puns and innuendos there really is something for everyone!

Playing only til the 28th November 2015, head down to the Savoy Theatre at once to grab a ticket!

Mission Health

Hi again!

Same blog, different location... AGAIN. As you may have seen, my first blog post was originally posted to a free website I created with 'Weebly' however, I soon realised that you cannot follow Weebly blogs, so you wouldn't know when the next blog would be posted! I then thought about posting them on Tumblr, but I want to keep my Tumblr blog for creative things such as photography and photos of cute kittens etc. Then I remembered I had created a Blogger account last year and it has never been used, so here we are!

So now that's out of the way, I can talk about the main topic of this blog (oops nearly said video!).

I touched on this subject in my previous post but want to go into this in more detail now. I said how I was trying to be 'healthy' eat a bit better. So far this is going quite well if I do say so myself... I haven't given in and had the remainder of my Easter eggs or ice cream in the freezer... Yet.
I've just been very determined and keep saying to myself 'it'll all be worthwhile.. #summerbody2k15' over and over again when I feel like I'm about to cry because I'm deprived from a certain cocoa bean. ANYWAYS, I thought I'd maybe blog what I'm eating each day, as it may motivate me to not eat anything bad as otherwise I'd have to write it on here. I don't really know to be honest what I'm doing still but here we go....

Monday
Breakfast: Weeatabix
Lunch: Chicken Wrap, Banana
Dinner: Chinese Pork & Noodles

Tuesday
Breakfast: Banana & Blueberry Smoothie
Lunch: Cous Cous
Dinner: Cod, Jacket Potato, Carrots & Sweetcorn

Wednesday
Breakfast: Banana, Blueberry & Muesli Smoothie (Check out me making this here)
Lunch: Noodles
Dinner: Chicken, Jacket potato, Kale & Sweetcorn
(plus ONE Oreo to accompany me whilst reading Carrie's book. I promise it was only one.)

Thursday
Breakfast: Weeatabix
Lunch: Chicken Wrap, Banana
Dinner: Spaghetti Bolognese

Friday
Breakfast: Weeatabix
Lunch: Ham Wrap, Grapes
Dinner: Chicken & Pasta

800ml of Cucumber or Orange water a day + tea & coffee

Okay so looking back at that now it's written down, I'm seeing a lot of carbs and probably not enough veg (green veg in particular)... oh. And also half of it sounds really stupid, but hopefully it'll get better as the weeks go on!

That's it for now amigos, I shall leave you with the link of my latest videos. THIS one is a blog uI uploaded on Wenesday where you can see me make my breakfast smoothie and me talk about other stuff, and THIS one is a book review of Connor Franta's book!

I'm thinking of doing a theatre-y style blog post for the next one so keep an eye out for that!

Speak to you soon,

Sam :)

First Blog Post

So… I’ve started a blog? This is obviously going to be an awkward post as it’s my first, just like my first vlog on YouTube (please don’t make me think about that). I’m not expecting many people to read this, if any, but I thought I would start this to compliment my vlogs but in written form. 

So what have I been up to?
I’ve recently been inspired by YouTuber Connor Franta with his debut book, a memoir, titled ‘A Work in Progress’. It was delivered to me around midday today. It’s currently 9pm and I’m already half way through reading it, it’s THAT good. I’m not sure why it’s caused me to not put it down; the ever so 'Tumblr style’ design with photos, comical moments and I think the short chapters are really appealing to me as I’m not a big reader, so I can pick it up and put it down as I please (although not much putting down has happened yet). This book is probably the reason I’m writing this blog now, even though I’m not quite at the stage of writing a book, it HAS inspired me to write! There will be a full review going up on my channel once I’ve finished reading it!

In other news, I’ve attempted the whole 'healthy living’ thing for about the 9,000th time since Christmas. However, this time it’s sort of working for me. I’m taking it one day at a time and trying to convince myself that chocolate doesn’t exist. I’m thinking about making a YouTube video on what I’ve been eating and drinking to stay healthy the past couple of weeks but if not I’ll make a future post about it on here.

I think thats enough of me waffling for now, so I’ll leave you with the link to my latest video all about my bad habits, which was uploaded yesterday.

Thank you for reading and I hope it was somewhat entertaining!

Speak to you soon,
Sam