Rent, The Musical

I’ve been a bit MIA lately.  But with good reason.  I’ve been being a stage-mum; stalking my Archie as he performed in the role of Roger in Rent.  Just to prove to you just how seriously I take my stage-mum role, I queued outside the stage doors so I could be first into the theatre […]

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Archie is stressed. And over-worked and over-tired. It’s because Rent opens in just over two weeks and Archie is feeling the pressure.  He says Jonathon Larson wrote a musical score that can kill a singer’s voice because of the range the performer has to sing coupled with the length of time his character has to […]

Here Comes ‘Rent’, The Musical

Some time ago I mentioned to you that the Music Theatre students of Sydney’s Australian Institute of Music are preparing for their graduation performance.  The musical they are showcasing is Rent.  Rent is set in the Lower East Side of New York and tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians […]

Teenagers

When I was collecting Alfie from school last week he asked if he could have some time to run around with friends so I let him take off while I hung around in a rapidly disappearing patch of sunshine hoping we could soon leave. There was a group of other mothers standing near me whose […]