ALW's Cinderella - Gillian Lynne / U.K. Tour (rumour)

If you think sending a heart is being "arsey" it must be carnage round yours on Valentine's Day.  

If you’d have added a ❤️ or a x to the end of your post you’d have been using it in exactly the same way as Carrie does 😆

Think she mentioned something about a workshop for two weeks in her Twitter replies.
So unfair to people who ha e booked to see her of so.
Her schedule has been all over the place and the show was advertised in her name

When I first saw Cinderella, I didn't like the music but now it's grown on me. 'The Ball' is in my Spotify rotation

I wonder if Carrie's simply moved her leaving date to be a weekend, as it'll feel a bit more special, since it was previously a Wednesday (and she doesn't perform Weds eves so particularly odd to leave on a Weds mat). On the other hand if that's the case she could simply have said so. Hope her super fans hadn't booked it yet.

Why are we expecting this now. It hasn’t happened so far. Think the production team are just throwing names in a hat at this point.
I’m doing next Wed mat

Without musical notation systems, we would have lost centuries of music. The different schemes were developed so that musical performances could be replicated and essentially recorded.

There is nothing wrong in learning to play or sing by ear. But if you are going to enter the world of musicals as your career (as a performer) then I do not think it unreasonable to understand the basics of musical notation. You don't need to understand musical theory but it is so much easier to get to grips with your vocal line if you can follow along with the score with an understanding of what it means. You don't need to understand the harmonic progression or details of the orchestration. But it is helpful to understand the different note lengths, speed and volume instructions and so forth.

I can barely play the piano but I can play enough to look at a score and to play my line so I can learn it. Yes, someone could play and record it for me so I could learn it that way. But having the ability to look at a piece and to follow a vocal line is an incredibly useful tool to have in your kit.

I was probably be unusual in attending a state run primary school where music was taught at a very introductory level. But it was enough for me to then go on as a teenager to get Grade 5 theory just studying on my own with some past papers and a book.

But these days, there are a whole raft of resources out there tailored to a range of different learning styles to help people of all ages learn how to read music. Not become experts in music theory but just reading music.

Oh my goodness don’t let Miss Fletcher hear you say that in her vicinity. She set a whole bunch of her Hopefuls on some poor graduate last year for daring to suggest it should be part of the skill set taught for aspiring MT actors. He was accused of ‘showing his privilege’
She was savage in her condemnation.

But what she’s saying is correct

In fairness, I know a lot of people who can read music but can't sight sing to save their lives...

I imagine Lionel Bart would have been shamed online for not being able to read or write music if he were still alive even though he had a huge hit in Oliver! as well as coming up with songs like Living Doll and From Russia with Love.

It's not uncommon at all, a lot of big names like Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton, Angela Lansbury or Ramin Karimloo cannot read music. If even Pavarotti (allegedly) couldn't read music I reckon CHF will be fine.