Sister Act

I first saw Sister Act: The Musical at the London Palladium in July 2010. Having been a fan of Whoopi Goldberg and the film, I was ecstatic to see it. Unfortunately, the show does not contain any of the songs in the film such as 'I Will Follow Him' but the score is fantastic and many of the musical numbers are humorous and feel good. From the joyful 'Raise Your Voice' to the delightfully hilarious 'Lady in the Long Black Dress' to the toe tapping, hand-clapping 'Spread the Love Around' the songs will certainly have you up dancing off your seats!

I went to see it again on Friday at His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen with my mum, my friends Tony and Roslyn and Roslyn's nephew Samuel. It was totally unexpected, as Roslyn's mum and dad dropped out at the last minute, so instead my mum and I got their tickets. It was a fantastic night out and I would recommend it to anyone. It's a feel good musical, so if you're feeling down, Sister Act: The Musical is definitely a show to lift your spirits! Can I hear an amen!

I have covered a song from the show called 'The Life I Never Led' which is sung by the character Sister Mary Robert. The video is below:

P.S. Sister Act: The Musical runs at His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen until the 19th of May, so if you live in the area and want to see the show, then get your tickets fast!

Labyrinth

I am a huge lover of fantasy films and one of my all time favourites is the 1986 cult classic Labyrinth. 

The film starts with fifteen year old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) being forced to look after her baby brother Toby. Fed up of her life, she tells him a story and accidentally wishes him away to the goblins and their leader, the Goblin King Jareth (played by David Bowie). Sarah has thirteen hours to find her way through the labyrinth Jareth has set for her, otherwise Toby will be turned into a goblin forever.

Along the way she meets three good friends: a grumpy dwarf called Hoggle, a huge friendly monster called Ludo and a chivalrous dog called Sir Didymus, who also rides a err... sheepdog called Ambrosius. Together they solve the mystery of the Labyrinth, but will Sarah manage to get through the final hurdle of defeating Jareth to rescue Toby?

There are some memorable scenes, including the ballroom dream scene, which is the most enchanting scene I have seen from a fantasy film. Sarah looks very beautiful in her silver gown and Jareth devilishly sexy in his eye make up and sparkling royal blue jacket. People may be scarred for life after watching this film, as David Bowie wears too-tight trousers in his role as Jareth! 

I recommend watching Labyrinth as it is a thoroughly enjoyable film. It is also made by the master of puppetry Jim Henson and it proves that you don't have to use CGI in films to make it outstanding. The use of puppets is so original and so fresh. If only films nowadays were like this. 

Marvel's Avengers Assemble

Last night I went to see Marvel's Avengers Assemble with members of the university Christian Union. It was very last minute, but since it was the last CU before the summer, I figured why not. I'm so glad I went now, as the film was absolutely brilliant. In the past few years, I have enjoyed watching superhero films and Marvel's Avengers Assemble never failed to impress. 

Known in the US as The Avengers, the film is made up of six of Marvel's superheroes: Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans), Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Natasha Romanov/The Black Widow (Scarlett Johnasson) and Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). 

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D, which is an international peace keeping agency. However the security of the Earth is threatened by Thor's adopted brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) as he has unleashed The Tesseract which is an unknown energy source and has then activated and opened a portal through space. It is up to Fury and newly assembled team of superheroes to stop Loki and to save the lives of people on the planet. 

If you enjoyed watching films such as Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, then I would recommend watching Avengers Assemble, as it has bucket loads of action, a great villain, eye candy (hello Captain America and Thor!), plus everyone's favourite superheroes are together, so if you are a superhero fan, it's hard not to enjoy this film.