I was a choir kid growing up. It was something that my mother insisted that I did and originally, I didn’t want to stick with it during high school as I wanted more free time to participate in sports. Looking back at it, sticking with the choir was one of the best decisions I’ve made as it it made me appreciate the importance of our voices. So when my mother advised that I see the show Choir of Man here in London I figured, “what the hell”.
I was fortunate to get to watch this show with my mother as she was working a flight here in London. And after watching the show, I knew exactly why she wanted to watch the show so badly. The show was essentially a pub cover concert where they handed out beer and chips. That was amazing, but. think mom especially appreciated the shirtless men singing their guts out on the stage. It started with a cover of my favorite song, “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns n’ Roses. This was a very convincing start to the show for me for obvious reasons. As the show continues, we are introduced to the choir of men, who are rather normal fellows from all around England. My favorite of all was from a guy named Ben. Ben is a person of short statue and man was he talented. Not only did he pull off an amazing solo on the trumpet, but he had a whole number all to himself. But he din’t play the trumpet, but instead, tap danced. Oh my goodness can that man tap. He was jumping on and off tables and tapping like I’ve never seen before, it was truly brilliant to watch. Luckily, I was able to meet Ben after the show and he was absolutely incredible. He is truly the kindest actor I’ve met so far. After I told him that I was an actor, he went as far as saying the maybe one day we would work together. Truly a kind soul, I will never forget that experience. Before the show, we were able to go on the stage and order drinks, which my mother kindly paid for. WIN!
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