Tuesday, 25 November 2008
oct 11th bournemouth- manchester palace 15th oct
norwich
travel to norwich with emily,jordan and ben listening to avenged sevenfold. get to norwich and its a really nice place though a bit too quiet for me, some nice scenery though and on arrival i go for a walk with chloe and a good gossip about our love lives! we chill out in the dressing room watching tv up until show time and toyah bought us some lovely chocolate cakes so we sat and stuffed ourselves for a little while. the show went really well again, unfortunately because i never stayed up to date with the blog some of the gigs are hard to distinguish which is a good sign because if there was anything wrong i would remember.
manchester
manchester palace is awesome, this was my favourite to date along with bristol, maybe because being from manchester i remember going there to watch shows with my nanna and telling her i wanted to be on stage and do that, considering i never trained as a dancer until i was 17 i think ive done pretty well. it was great as i can walk there from my flat in about 2 mins so i got to spend most of the day at home, sarah my friend from the glitter kittens was with me and bought a ticket for the show so we could go out after. this is the 2nd time shes seen it this tour, she loves it! we dropped my stuff at the theatre, did all the routine set ups, hello's and catch up's then went to grand central to meet the other glitter kitten who was coming-scarlet. had a quick gossip with her before running off to get ready for showtime!! i couldnt wait i was so excited as loads of my family were there too, my mum and brothers and sisters, my nanna and uncle and aunties etc so that was great, i think i had 13 coming to see the show. the show was amazing, the crowd was buzzing and we all did really well, it was packed for such a big venue. all my family loved it, henry and arthur's mum and dad were there as were the millers, nickky's parents, steve's wife nicky and chloe's boyfriend paul so it was a nice get together. we did a massive signing that only ended because the theatre started to shut the theatre and started (politely) throwing people out! we all changed and went to grand central to party, me, the girls, the band and everyones partners and my 2 brothers and sarah. we had a few drinks before going to the salisbury around the corner to carry on drinking bumping into some vamps fans on the way! we had a quick chat to them before getting very drunk in the pub! i carried on with my bro's and sarah til around 4 am which was a laugh, we were drunken dancing in the pub and talking welsh the last i remember but i do know it was a good night!! i got given a pint of red wine courtesy of jade which pretty much finished me off haha happy days!! bring on the hang over..
oct 6th bristol hippodrome/burnley 8th
burnley
drove down with emily and got there super early so went shopping with nickys mum lesley who was here to watch the show. everything was going fine until we found out chloe had been involved in a crash on the motorway in her new car bless her. we were all panicking but luckily she was unhurt just shaken up. she got there late all stressed so we had a chill in the dressing room with her and got psyched up for the show. the venue is quite small so its only a few hundred strong in the audience and its a squeeze getting on and off the stage during the show.
tonight seemed to fly by and before i noticed we were packing up to head home!! im excited about my time off though as i have a big party weekend lined up!! woo!! cant wait!!
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
tour bus part 1....rock n roll?!!
Bedford
We climb out of the bus in the centre of town and walk to the theatre, me and chloe in our pjamas with ben and jordan (not in pjamas by the way). you get disolusioned on the bus and any normality goes out the window, i can honestly say i dont leave my house in my bed wear and walk down the street but somehow when on tour this seems logical! we get to the theatre and use the showers, i end up in the boys showers while chloe uses the girls to save time, there was no boys in there with me at the time might i add although ben did keep popping in to shout through the door that i needed to hurry up as him and jordan were waiting for us to go the pub.
we got ready and went into town realising after asking for directions we were down south!!
We had a couple of drinks early afternoon, theres a sort of tour no mans land time of day where theres nothing to do while they set up the stage etc and you feel a bit of a spare part and that time for me is usually filled by shopping and viewing the city centre or popping to the pub for some food and a beer. We go back to work realising we have the best job in the world and do another rocking show. The signing was a little stange this time as there was loads of really young kids there without adults screaming over the boys in the band and saying things to them they really shouldnt know about! we do the signing and pack for the bus, had a laugh tonight and it was nice as all the girls including toyah had a big room to share. Loved the show tonight, full of energy after my giant sleep!! woo, this is the life!! Stay up and have a few drinks on the bus all of us, its nice to have time to chill out and have a laugh with each other. We spend the night parked at the services which is good for me as i prefer sleeping when the bus isnt moving. We party for most of the night before getting some sleep on the way to Skegness.
Skegness
it looks a bit like a ghost town when we arrive to be honest, we sit in the dressing room and i feel a bit like i need to go let off some steam but theres nothing to do and i hate that, we set stuff up then me and chloe go for some food and a 'romantic' stroll along the beach front, its nice to get some sea air and clear the lungs before the show after the partying and living on the bus!
Another fun show, i always feel a panic getting on and off this stage for some reason though as theres loads of corridors but its all good. After the show we all go into town for a drink in a bar called something LA. its pretty dead and crap really especially for a friday night, welcome to skegvegas!! brilliant!! we have a few drinks and its fun enough as the whole cast is out. All us girls ended up dancing on the little stage to dodgy dance music and after a few drinks decided to entertain the crowd with our routines from the show to different songs hahaha, they didnt know what had hit them. Me and Emily decided to have a go on the pole too (why they had one i dont know because the people on there weren't the type of people you want to see on a pole to be fair). We had a little go and i managed to impress by putting my trapeze moves to the test on the pole to much success thank god, i would of looked sexy too if i didnt have jeans a jumper and ugg boots on haha ah well. Everyone headed back to the bus but me and chloe felt like we had more dancing to us, as the bus was staying outside the theatre we decided to run to a club on the way and danced the night away like to maniacs. they should of given us a job cos we got the club back to life and everyone back on the dance floor. Eventually all sweaty and danced out we headed back to the bus and went to bed after a chill out with the band. a good night really, i get back into my little bed, stick my ipod on drunkenly text some mates before drifting to sleep.
Kings Lyne
feel good suprisingly for the last tour bus day and have a really good show, the dread is that on the way back i will have to drive from the bus in the middle of the night home so i sensibly make sure i get some sleep on the way home, sat up for a bit chatting to steve and chloe then off to bed i go. We got off the bus about 4.30am which really messes your head up then me,chloe and emily have the awful drive back to manchester. chloe stayed at mine and we were so shattered when we got back to real life!! a great few days though, i loves it!!
Skeg
first few shows!!
After these last couple of weeks rehearsing the time has come for us to have an audience and i cant wait!! i love it when its new enough for you to feel slightly nervous and the adrenelin is definately in full flow, its lucky for us that we get to have a rehearsal week in the theatre of the first show as we know all the entrances and exits and have had time to get used to the size of the stage and spacing and stuff. Thats the hardest thing about touring a show i think, having a different size stage every night, different dressing room, different route to get on and off and sometimes the stairs to lead us on and off the top of the crypt round the back are in different places which always makes me think one day il run off in the dark the wrong way and drop however high it is which would be not good!!
Anyway day one we potter about all day going over details, routines, setting up our costumes and generally mentally preparing.
7.30pm comes quickly enough and its show time, there is two photographer's here tonight for promo pics and the end result was awesome, the show went really well and everyone was on a high! Arthur and Henry's mum and dad came as well as Nicky's as a suprise for the lads and they said they loved it so there we go, one succesful show down god knows how many more to go but i cant wait!! Rock n roll!!
Sep 13th Milton Keynes
This theatre is amazing its like a tv studio so you can see the audience in front of you quite closely aswell as there being seats on the sides which i love, it means you cant lose your character for a second because people can see you all the time. Toyah isnt with us tonight as she had a show booked previously to joining the tour with us, a big open air show so we have had to adjust parts of the show so that it still works without her. It's a bit scary to adapt after only doing one show but it worked brilliantly. The band are absolutely wicked this year, because they get on so well and are real rock and rollers they work great together on stage and everything goes well!
It's a great show with a manic signing after, everyone was lovely and we got time to really hang out in the bar with fans and chat properly rather than be rushed in the foyer by theatre staff.
We get packed up as quick as possible to head home, me and emily had high hopes of getting back to Manchester in time to go to Sankeys for my friends night and dance the night away but sadly we dont get home til 4am so thats out of the question! Gutted, ah well off to bed we go.
Sep 17th Doncaster
I really remember this venue from last year for some reason, maybe its because my friend and ex boyfriend came last year or something but its quite an intimate stage so again a case of adapting the show and the little details in the show.
We got a bottle of wine for the girls backstage and sat there early having girly chats and bonding as we havent had much time together yet and its great because theres four of us know. We all get on really well which is lucky and really rare i imagine in a show, Chloe is the new dancer and she's really great, easy to get on with and a laugh! She already knows Emily and Shereen from the Dolly tour but we all feel like we have all known each other ages which is great!
Toyah is back and the show is back to normal, it went well although as the ceiling was quite low i kept smacking my hand on the ceiling and the light rig when we were dancing on the crypt, ah well..
Sep 29th Buxton
im just back from Ibiza and doing my own Glitter Kittens gigs so im a little worse for wear but dying to get stuck in again, we set up, soundcheck and have a quick trip to the pub to be fed and watered. My friend Sarah is coming to the show tonight and she very kindly did my make up for me backstage so i could feel like a star haha, we all do our own hair and make up and sometimes thats the only part of the day i dread, it always feel like a chore but the second im made up i feel instantly better and ready to rock and by the time the fangs go in then i cant wait to face the audience!
The show goes well for everyone but i feel exhausted after all the shows and partying in my 11 days off and feel a bit mad at myself for feeling like im not really going for it, Sarah said she loved it though and was so impressed bless her waving her Vampires Rock foam hand in the audience haha. We all head home, the show is starting to stick in my head and feel natural now, the first few dates always feel edgy for me, i have to have a set list and costume list on hand so im certain what happens next but im getting to the point where its all making sense without that which is great because thats when you can really go for it and get stuck in!
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
vampires rock
i've made this blog purely as a diary of touring with the show and behind the scenes goings on and i know there are many hardcore fans out there so hopefully this will be a little taster of the stuff you dont get to see on the tour, im going to try keep it updated though i must warn you it will probably get behind as il be touring with the show aswell as my own show The Glitter Kittens but i will do my very best!! i aim to add pix from the show from our own private collections and hopefully keep you informed on the goings on with the cast and show in general.
Below is the little press description of the show along with tour dates.
A show like no other, with a twist of rock and a hint of musical theatre, and jam packed with the greatest anthems you know and love, you’re guaranteed to be on your feet!
Set in New York in the year 2030, the undead are among us and livelier than ever, none more so than in club ‘Live and Let Die’, where aspiring singer Pandora (Emily Clark) arrives to audition for the resident vocalist position.
Little does she know, that the only job on offer is to be the eternal bride of evil Baron Von Rockula! (Steve Steinman)
Cue a host of classic rock, played live by the Baron’s hand picked band, The Lost Boys, and a hint of comedy, as the Baron and his sidekick, Stringfellow (Mike Taylor), attempt to convince Pandora to lose her soul to rock and roll!
With songs made famous by the likes of AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Led Zeppelin, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf, Joan Jett, Suzi Quatro, Queen and many more, you’ll be rocking in the aisles (or on your knees with your air guitar above your head!)
An amazing stage set, pyrotechnics to blow your mind, beautiful dancers and of course Steve Steinman’s famously powerful vocals and sense of humour, make sure this show is not to be missed!
TOUR DATES
SOLD OUT
            Fri 12th Sept
            Majestic Theatre
              Retford
            01777 706 866
            www.majestictheatre.co.uk 
SOLD OUT
          Sat 13th September
          Stables Theatre
          Milton Keynes 
          01908 280 800
          www.stables.org
SOLD OUT
          wed 17th  Sept
          Doncaster 
          Civic theatre
          01302 342 349
          www.doncastercivic.co.uk 
SOLD OUT
          Mon 29th September
            Buxton   Opera House
SELLING FAST
          Wed 1st  Oct
          Basingstoke
          The Anvil 
          01256 844244
          www.doncastercivic.co.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Thur 2nd  Oct
          Bedford 
          Corn  Exchange
          01234  269 519
          www.bedfordcornexchange.co.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Fri 3rd  Oct
          Embassey  Theatre
          Skegness
          08456  740 505
          www.embassytheatre.co.uk 
SOLD OUT
          Sat 4th  Oct
          Corn  Exchange
          Kings Lynn
          01553  764 864
          www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk
SELLING FAST
          Mon 6th Oct
            Bristol   Hippodrome
            0844 847 2325
SOLD OUT
          Wed 8th Oct
            Burnley   Mechanics Theatre
            Burnley
          01282 664 400
          www.burnleymechanics.co.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Sat 11th   Oct
            Pavilion Theatre
              Bournmouth
          0844 576 3000
SOLD OUT
          Sun 12th  Oct
          Theatre  Royal
          Norwich 
          01603 630  000
          www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk  
SELLING FAST
          Wed 15th  Oct
          Palace  Manchester
          0870 401  3000
          www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk 
SOLD OUT
          Thur 16th  Oct
          Palace  Theatre
          Mansfield 
          01623  633 133
          www.mansfield.gov.uk
SOLD OUT
          Friday  17th Oct
          Palace  Theatre 
          Mansfield 
          01623  633 133
          www.mansfield.gov.uk
SELLING FAST
          Thur   23rd Oct 
          Bedworth Civic Hall
            0247 637 6707
          www.civichallinbeworth.co.uk
SELLING FAST
          Fri 24th  Oct
          Alexandra Theatre 
          Birmingham 
          0844  847  2294
          www.alexandratheatre.org.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Sat 25th Oct
            Harrogate International   Centre
          0845   130 8840
          www.harrogateinternationalcentre.co.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Sun 26th  Oct
          Wolverhampton Civic
          0870 320  7000
          www.wolvescivic.co.uk
SELLING FAST
          Wed 29th  Oct
          Cliffs  Pavilion
          Southend  On Sea
          01702 351  135
          www.thecliffspavilion.co.uk
SELLING FAST
          Thur 30th Oct
            Royal   Centre
            Nottingham
          0115 989 5555
          www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Fri 31st  Oct
          Ipswich Regent
          01473  433 100
          www.ipswichregent.com  
SELLING FAST
          Sat 1st Nov
            Broadway Theatre
            Peterborough
          01733 316 100 
          www.thebroadwaytheatre.co.uk
          TOYAH WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THIS SHOW 
SELLING FAST
          Sun 2nd Nov
            Derngate Theatre
            Northampton
          01604 624 811
SELLING FAST
          Thur 6th  Nov
          Playhouse  Theatre
          Weston S  Mare
          01934  627457
          www.playhousetheatre.co.uk
SELLING FAST
          Fri 7th  Nov
          Pavilion  Theatre
          Exmouth
          01395 222  477
          www.exmouthpavilion.co.uk
SELLING FAST
          Sat 8th  Nov
          Princess  theatre
          Torquay
          08448 472 315
          www.princesstheatre.org.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Sun 9th  Nov
          City  Hall 
          Salisbury 
          01722  434434
          www.cityhallsalisbury.co.uk
SELLING FAST
          Wed 12th Nov
            Eden   Court
            Inverness
SOLD OUT
          Thurs 13th  Nov
          Rothes Hall
          Glenrothes Fife
          01592612121
          www.rotheshalls.org.uk
  
              SELLING FAST
                Fri 14th  Nov
          Aberdeen Music    Hall 
          01224  641 122
          www.boxofficeaberdeen.com 
SELLING FAST
          Sat 15th  Nov
          Blackpool Opera House
          0844 856  1111
          www.blackpoollive.com 
SELLING FAST
          Sun 16th  Nov
          Empire  Theatre
          Sunderland 
          0844 847  2499
          www.sunderlandempire.org.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Wed 19th  Nov
          Spa  Pavilion
          Leamington Spa
          01926  334 418
          www.royal-spa-centre.co.uk
SELLING FAST
          Thur 20th  Nov
          Victoria Theatre 
          Halifax 
          01422  351 158
          www.victoriatheatre.co.uk 
SOLD OUT
          Sat 22nd  Nov
          Palace  Theatre
          Newark 
          01636   655 755
          www.palacenewark.com 
SELLING FAST
          Sun 23rd Nov
            Central Theatre
            Chatham
SELLING FAST
          Thur 27th   Nov
          York Grand Opera House
            0870 606 3595
          www.grandoperahouseyork.org.uk 
SELLING FAST
          Fri 28th  Nov
          Forum  Theatre
          Billingham
          01642  552 663
          www.forumtheatrebillingham.co.uk 
VAMPIRES ROCK
          CHRISTMAS TOUR
SOLD OUT
          Tues  2nd Dec
            Hull   New Theatre, Hull
          01482 226 655
          www.hullcc.gov.uk
EXTRA DATE DUE TO
          PHENOMENAL DEMAND 
          Wed 3rd Dec
            Hull   New Theatre, Hull
          01482 226 655
          www.hullcc.gov.uk
SELLING FAST
          Thurs 11th   Dec
          Preston Guildhall
            0845 344 2012
            www.prestonguildhall.com 
SELLING FAST
          Sat 13th   Dec
            Worthing Assembly Hall
            01903 206206
          www.worthingtheatres.co.uk 
SPECIAL ARENA
          PERFORMANCE 
SELLING FAST
          Sat 27th   Dec
            Echo Arena
            Liverpool
            0844 8000 400 
          www.accliverpool.com
DUE TO DEMAND WE HAVE ADDED EARLY 2009 DATES
Thur 22nd   Jan
            Octagon theatre
              Yeovil
          TOYAH WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THIS SHOW 
Fri 23rd   Jan
          Kings Theatre
          Southsea
          TOYAH WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THIS SHOW 
Sat 24th   Jan
          Queens Theatre
          Barnstable
          TOYAH WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THIS SHOW 
Fri 30th   Jan
          Darlington Civic
          Darlington
          TOYAH WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THIS SHOW 
Sat 31st   Jan
          Grove Theatre
          Dunstable
          TOYAH WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THIS SHOW 
Fri 13th   Feb
          Waterfront Hall
          Belfast.
Fri 27th   Feb
          Concert Hall
          Perth   Scotland.
2009 Halloween Tour On Sale Now
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