Last night I did my first conduct of @paddingtonthemusical 💙 🐻 🎹
What an absolute career highlight 🤩 So so grateful to be a part of this absolutely mega show and have been loving being a member of the music team. HUGE thank you to @laurabangay and @lillylhoward for all their amazing support, absolutely killer band and the most wonderful, supportive company!
Feeling very lucky and loved, thank you to everyone who’s cheered me on and a special thank you to my @dustinconradmd who has dealt with weeks of practising and nerves at home and who presented me with a homemade marmalade cake when I arrived home 🥹
Autumn is making me seriously miss being on holiday in Crete back in July with my favourite person ft. a free room upgrade, a self drive boat and copious amounts of tzatziki ☀️ 🇬🇷 🏝️ 🚤 🍹
@dustinconradmd ❤️
What a privilege it was to be invited to attend the official remembrance service for VJ Day 80 Years at the National Memorial Arboretum on Friday in memory of my wonderful Grandpa who served as a Signalman in the Royal Navy at the end of WW2 💙
A very moving and powerful reminder and a wonderful way to remember and honour all those who served.
Terrible quality photos and video of the King, Queen and PM Keir Starmer and a prize for anyone who can spot me and my Mum in the audience on TV 🤦🏼♀️
If anyone is interested in learning more, I would highly recommend watching the programme which is on iPlayer and contains some very moving stories and music.
Now that a month has passed since we finished tour, it’s about time I acknowledged the most wonderful time as Musical Director of Only Fools and Horses the Musical - UK Tour.
Feel incredibly lucky and grateful to have spent the first 6 months of this year as MD for this brilliant show and amazing company. Thank you to everyone involved but of course a special shout to the wonderful band @stephfrankland@chrisburgessmusic@higgiebass & @laurabrownemusic 🎹 🎷 🥁 🎸 🪕
And of course always grateful to @stumorleymd for the opportunity ☺️
Too many memories and venues to post so here’s just a small snapshot of Jan-July with special recognition for Honey the band dog (thanks Chris)
@ofahmusical
36 👵🏻
Feeling very lucky and loved to have had a birthday surrounded by lots of wonderful people! Thank you everyone 🥰
1. Flight Club with this lot of brilliant plonkers
2. Cake!
3. Spending time with my favourite person 🥰
4. More cake! (Thank you @christheobald )
5. Pals ☺️
6. Shout out to @stephfrankland for decorating my dressing room with 36 balloons!!
7. Tapas with the fam
8. Somewhat of a theme appears to have occurred 🪴
9. @dustinconradmd being cute
10. Food
11. More on the theme 😂 🪴
12. Liverpooool
13. Extremely lucky that I get to call this work
Big day. We did a thing. We bought a house!! 🏡🥳
Yesterday, after 6 whole months of waiting, on the day our mortgage offer expired and the day before stamp duty increased (not at all stressful), we finally completed and today we got the keys!! Moving in properly later next week 🥰
Can’t wait to make this our home @dustinconradmd
Thrilled to have joined the UK Tour of Only Fools and Horses the Musical as Musical Director!
Huge thank you to all band, cast and crew for all their support on my first day yesterday and to the wonderful @stumorleymd for giving me this opportunity. Bring on the next 6 months! Lovely jubbly ☺️🎹
Come and see us! @ofahmusical
Christmas and New Year highlights with my wonderful @dustinconradmd 🥰🎄🥂
Both being on different Pantos meant we had a quiet but lovely Christmas Day at home and a lovely little (working) Norfolk New Year getaway.
And no, very sadly, the dog is not ours.
And just like that Aladdin at Norwich Theatre Royal is all over!
What a brilliant 6 weeks with an amazing company and fabulous bandmates @jackbarriedrums and @ben_topham592 under MD extraordinaire @jamesbealkeys 🎹 🎸 🥁
Thank you @richardjarmy for the snaps 📸
