My Playlist

This is my review of My Playlist, a show at Fallibroome high school which I am doing for my bronze arts award, any criticism is appreciated.

My Playlist

The show I will be reviewing will be my playlist. Before the show began there was an atmosphere there like a jazz club in the air, with alcoholic beverages and being sold there only furthering this idea. The audience was about 75% full and chatting about what was to come. The centre front of the stage had been lowered, again, making it feel like a jazz club sort of idea, backed up by the tables put out in front of the stairs. 

The show began at 7:03 and was kicked off by Abbie Drennan; singing “Valerie” by Amy Winehouse.  I believe the song was a good warm-up for what was to come and that having the entirety of the band there was showing you the full extent of the Fallibroome music department. Not only was there music and drinks but I also believe that food was served if you had booked a table down at the front. At the end of Valerie, the first song of many, the audience clapped at I would say about 80% of their total clapping capacity. 

Fallibroome's next song was “I will always love you” by Whitney Houston. The performer moved around the stage a lot more than her predecessor and sang to the best of her ability, which was clearly enough for the audience, with a partly standing ovation earning her a 100% rating from me as well as almost the entire audience. The performance was backed up by the lighting rig giving it an amazing atmosphere. 

The next performance was a classic “If I only had a brain” from Marcus Westley with a powerful voice and only backed up by the piano, yet displaying no signs of nervousness or fear. He was the first person to make use of the smoke machines in the wings and I can tell you from experience that they added a lot to the experience, the song was a modified version of the original with the same lyrics but a different melody slightly and a new rhythm to the song. My personal view was clearly backed up by the audience who clapped as hard as they could which gets him another 100% review.

The next performance was a duet by Isobel Wrench and Charlotte English with “If only I could fly” by one direction. The two singers had only the keyboard and a single cajon playing. The audience was focused throughout and it was clear that they were shy, yet they persevered and were determined to finish the song. The songs carried on into the night and here are a few of the audience’s favourites.

George Dickens got a huge applause from them with “crazy little thing called love” by Queen. He was backed up by only a couple guitars and the drums, yet he burst into song fearlessly and without hesitation or help, gaining from me and everyone there hopefully a huge 100%. 

“Running on faith” by Eric Clapton was  performed by Alex Faulkner and I think I can speak for the audience when I say that it was one of the best of the night and was only improved by the three backup singers, and with only 2 guitars a double bass and drums playing must of made them all fell terrified. At the end of the night everyone in a seat was amazed by the performers kept hidden at Fallibroome and would love to see more of this more often, I would go again. I thank Fallibroome for this delightful night and for the opportunity to review this; I rate this entire performance at 100% which I still think is too low for this but sadly I cannot go any higher. This performance has inspired me to try harder on guitar so that I may play in something like this in the future, and hopefully play like they did, without fear, without hesitation and with passion.

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1 Comments

  • Luke Taylor

    On 12 March 2018, 10:22 Luke Taylor Contributor commented:

    These sound like a group of really talented young people!

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