Alex James Ellison as her warm up act, using a loop peddle re-created songs from the charts while also doing an amazing mash up of the recent musical ‘Hamilton’ and ‘In The Heights’. His own original song ‘Chocolate Bar’ was quirky and fun, including the chance to get a free copy of his album if you could guess how many chocolate bars he named within the song. He really set the tone for an enjoyable evening.
The set and lighting for this performance was minimalistic but it worked as Samantha owned the stage, keeping the audience captivated with every note. She introduced everyone to some songs from her new album and they were fantastic, all meaning different things to her personally and this shone through in her performance. It was lovely to see her doing something other than musical theatre, showing how versatile and talented she really is as a performer. She also looked stunning in her outfit choices which were simple but stylish, showing off her flawless figure and well known tiny waist.
She treated us to amazing well known songs such as summertime and blackbird which she made her own and vocally was pitch perfect, leaving the audience mesmerised and begging for more, and more we received…
The encore, On My Own was truly phenomenal. Having played epinine in Les Miserable on stage and in the film, there is no question that this song was made for her! A standing ovation was not a big enough expression of how amazing she really is. Her modesty on stage as well as off stage is beautifully charming and having the chance to meet her proved that she is really down to earth and she deserves all the success she has received and is yet to receive in the future.
Overall, this was an outstanding night of musical talent and we are truly left in awe of her presence and to us as musical theatre students, a true inspiration and icon. We can only be left to say what we said at the beginning… Wow!
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