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I was lucky enough last week to see Cabaret at His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen. It was outstanding. Great acting, great singing and great dancing.
Special mention to 18 year-old Samantha Barks who plays Sally Bowles. Sam finished 3rd in the BBC show I'd Do Anything. At the time I thought Sam was over-rated, not any more. She excelled herself and gave a performance that showed a maturity far beyond her years. I expected her to be good at the song and dance numbers, but it was the portrayal of her relationship with Clifford that I loved. Her chemistry with Henry Luxemborg (serial killer Toby in Hollyoaks) who played Clifford was excellent. One of my favourite songs is 'Maybe This Time' and Sam knocked it out of the park on that one - my favourite rendition (and that includes Liza Minnelli). Sensational!My only quibble with the show is Wayne Sleep as Emm Cee. He decent enough in the role but the rest of the cast are so outstanding he is overshadowed at times.
I'm a diehard Dundee United fan and this season looks like it could be our best in years. Craig Levein and team have done a fantastic job. This Saturday we play Hibs @ Tannadice at should we win we're garunteed a top six finish. But as united like to do things the hard way it'll probably be a draw!! As Saturday is an early kick off I'll get home in time to listen to the rest of the day's football on the radio. If anyonr reading is a fan of Scottish football I highly recommend Radio Scotland's Open All Mics programme. It's a similar ides to Sky's Soccer Saturday but with more games, it's a bit hectic but usually pretty funny. You can catch it on the Radio Nan Gael frequency every Saturday @ 3pm.
Wow it been a few weeks since I last posted. Aberdeen were still in the Scottish cup, Manchester United were coasting towards the premiership title and the tartan army were trying to convince ourselves we could sneak something out of the Holland game!!
I've been drowing in a mountain of course work recently, entirely my own fault I left so much of it to do in the last few weeks. And although I'm really busy and life is a bit hectic I'm loving every single minute of it.
This semester I have had two of my favourite subjects so far Public Relations and Broadcast Journalism. I'm dying to get to every lecture and I'm loving all the coursework I'm doing. It all practical work and it really helps in seeing how the lecture apply in the real world.
Congratulations to my big brother Scott, his wife Tash and my nephew Rory who have now been given permenance residency in New Zealand. They're absolutely loving over there so all the best to them.
And all the best to St Mirren for humping Celtic out of the Scottish cup. I may be an arab rather than a buddies but anything that upsets Gordon Strachan is fine by me!!
