Tonight I got offered the chance to attend the world premiere of the Susan Boyle musical I Dreamed a Dream. Newcastle was chosen as the location to start the UK tour of this production
Without giving too much away the musical follows the story taking a look back at Susan's life with Elaine C Smith (Susan) at the front both Narrating and playing her part in the story, through the lows at the start of her life through to the highs of becoming recognised due to Britains Got Talent and the fame, success and increased media attention that followed.
The story began with her parents being told not to expect much of Susan due to complications in the pregnancy and being starved of oxygen at birth, she was bullied at school for being different at the rest and was the only one in her class who had a talent and joined a choir.After singing in a Karaoke Bar, and following on from her parents death an opportunity came about to audition for Britains Got Talent an audition which would see the path of her life change. The Musical also showed the lows that susan faced after coming second, but then also showed her rise again recording her first album which was a bestseller.
At the end of the Story Elaine C Smith gave way and took a bow with the rest of the cast before the big moment where the Theatre erupted as Susan Boyle was introduced to the audience, the atmosphere was electric as she sang I Dream A Dream before the finale song of Who I was Born to be, an apt song to end the show with and was sang with so much emotion and had me welling up.
Fantastic production and I would well recommend it to anybody. There was even comedy and funny parts shown in the story (susan and Elaine making jokes as well as other BGT auditionnees being portrayed ( a bagpiper, a clown some examples)
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