Bend it Like Beckham has kicked off and has finally frozen the format - after 4 weeks of exhausting previews and changes. Its fun and got a good reception when I went Hopefully enough people will go and see it. Lauren is great as Jules - she's got a good character to play, quite a lot of comedy and some songs to make a mark in. She's looking very fit, sporting a range of sports bras, and demonstrating one armed pushups. she also has a new haircut https://twitter.com/Laurensamuels88/status/609393308469731328/photo/1
She's also done and her own stagedoor show https://www.mixcloud.com/stagedoor/lauren-samuels-stage-door/
which has her singing from Grease, .a song from love story,another from waterbabies, one from he last 5 years, lots of other songs, a musical singing quiz,some advice, tounge twisters, and some ideas what she might like to do.
Lauren did a christmas show again for Radio Leicester. she talks about her career, climbing mountains, and plays herself singing Glorious from Bendit. Starts 10 minutes in, and Glorious is at 56 minutes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cbwrn#auto#playt=00h11m20s
Bend it Like Beckham closes March 5 - which is the end of the cast's contract. Lauren is in India usng up her remaining leave till - but should then be there until the show ends . Well worth a look, sounding great and looking slick at the moment. https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/bend-it-like-to-beckham-to-close-in-march/
Lauren Samuels sings her big song, Fly Into The Future, from Vanities, and talks about her career at 2-15 onwards http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047pphg
and sings Beautiful with Baldrick at the end.
Lauren sang at her crazy coqs cabaret - including singing all 3 of the female leads in Bendit ,gloriously,:);-);-) and reprising some of her role in Love Story .
Or there is , unless its a show where she doesn't have her name drawn for most scenes.
The upside is that who she plays , with whom, is random, and changes show on show, the downside is that she may be there a lot, or not. Wish us luck.
Lauren has now finished in La Ronde which featured amongst other possibilities herself having baked beans poured over her, and as a Doctor, bus driver, and immigrant cleaner with attitude - and Lauren's tattoo. Mission well acomplished - she's very funny and her accents were brilliant
Lauren' s next in Romantics Anonymous at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at the Globe theatre on the Southbank. Its a new musical . Runs from 20 0CT TO 6 jAN
She's the onstage swing and ensemble - which presumably means she's covering the 3 female named roles , and is otherwise on stage as 1/2 the ensemble. Unless there's more cast to come its not clear who plays the ensemble if she's playing either lead? Lots to remember- but she did that for La Ronde too.
Heretical Voices went well . Lauren got excellent reviews. http://thespyinthestalls.com/2018/01/heretic-voices-arcola-theatre/ Following a short break it was the turn of Lauren Samuels who gave an outstanding performance in A Hundred Words for Snow. Brilliantly written and expertly acted it is a story of a teenage girl who runs away from home with her father’s ashes to visit the North Pole. It looks at the complexities, joys and difficulties of being a teenage girl. Samuels appears fresh from her run in Romantics Anonymous at The Globe, which finished on Saturday. She is a consummate professional and was quite incredible as Rory. The audience reaction at the end was a fitting tribute to her 5 star performance.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2018/heretic-voices-review-arcola-theatre-london/ Save the best for last. Tatty Hennessy’s A Hundred Words for Snow follows a teenage girl’s arctic adventure to scatter her father’s ashes at the North Pole. It’s warm, witty, and like its central character, heavily layered. Featuring a performance of real humour and humility from Lauren Samuels, and one moment of sheer theatrical magic from director Max Gill towards the end, it deserves a future life.
https://www.ayoungertheatre.com/review-heretic-voices-arcola-theatre/ Rory (Lauren Samuels) is fifteen and grieving for her father. Determined to take one last trip with him she sets off, with his ashes, to the North Pole. This is an exceptional performance by Samuels whose Rory is whip-smart, scorchingly funny and so recognisable that you can’t help but love her.
Lauren Samuels is doing a third play - this time its a comedy. She's returning to tjhe Bolton Octagon theatre for 19 April to 5 may in The Big Corner. Quite a lot of the top musical talent are doing plays at the moment. https://octagonbolton.co.uk/news/casting-announcement-the-big-corner/
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There's a new youtube of her cabaret with Lucie Jones and a professionally filmed one of the disney medley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P3P1aBMi5E
We Will Rock You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4VCy82qxUQ
There's some photos of Lauren on top of Kilimanjaro https://twitter.com/TheNoelSullivan/status/542590998074122240/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Laurensamuels88/status/542313015090376705/photo/1
and , for Christmas, there's Lauren singing My Immortal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcYEL7WMXW8
Next the Nancys, and Helena for Christmas itself.............
http://www.westendframe.com/2015/01/casting-confirmed-for-bend-it-like.html
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/bend-it-like-beckham-musical-cast_36876.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=09jan2015
it starts on 15 May at the Phoenix Theatre in the Charing cross Road.
http://benditlikebeckhamthemusical.co.uk/
http://www.phoenixtheatrelondon.co.uk/bend-it-like-beckham/
You may recall that Sam Barks and Siobhan Dillon both workshopped this role.
Next what Jessie did next...
There's some youtubes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_jx74Jmz7c#t=184
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0zifKatwvU
Some photos
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/bend-it-like-beckham-rehearsal-photos_37572.html
An interview
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Lauren-Samuels/story-26394919-detail/story.html
and assorted pictures at assorted awards ceremonies and rehearsing
https://twitter.com/Laurensamuels88/status/589208674771607552/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Laurensamuels88/status/589114609338085376/photo/1
https://twitter.com/theatre_direct/status/588635762717028352/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Laurensamuels88/status/582582709920391169/photo/1
https://twitter.com/StuartPiper/status/567350686895972352/photo/1
There's also Noel Sullivan's account of him and Lauren climbing Kilimanjaro
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/noel-sullivan/noel-sullivan-kilimanjaro_b_6743608.html - the earlier parts are on the same site.
There's some sightings of Lauren here - though bizarrely they seem to want to publicise the director and composer more than the songs in their advertising.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-g5Gg-rQqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl3uxNmFlh8
and a team photo
https://twitter.com/TheatreOfficial/status/601772902468419584/photo/1
There's some of Lauren singing something completely different from 2014 - Let Me Be Your Star with Jodie Jacobs here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrhRco-lwu0
Bend It Like Beckham has opened to lots of 5 and 4 star reviews.
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/bend-it-like-beckham-reviews_38134.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/11693987/Bend-It-Like-Beckham-Phoenix-Theatre-review-irresistible.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3138381/An-end-end-joy-packed-melodrama-girl-great-QUENTIN-LETTS-reviews-Bent-Like-Beckham-Musical.html with pictures
Lauren's been on ITV this morning promoting it, in costume - performing Girl Perfect
http://www.itv.com/thismorning/showbiz/girl-perfect-performance-jamie-and-preeya-bend-it-like-beckham. Fit is the word.https://mobile.twitter.com/Laurensamuels88/status/622051278659715076/photo/1 Its on youtube too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvYcBflBHM
She's also sung from it on Elaine Paige
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060fvvt 1-36 in - also talks about reviews saving you reading them. Lauren features a lot here.
There's an interview from Press Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcdOlw6vFKo&feature=youtu.be
Went to see it last night. I rather enjoyed it and it is good to see that Lauren has done so well after her appearance on the show.
She sure has.
The bend it like Beckham Cast recording is out - also on Amazon
http://www.dresscircle.com/cd/10669-bend-it-like-beckham-original-london-cast-cd-888751369924.html
From BILB there's also
Football training/interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtfddhpjI1I
https://mobile.twitter.com/syewman3/status/656044751259631616/photo/1
There an epk of the show - Lauren sings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQP-VQsKU5U
She's also done and her own stagedoor show
https://www.mixcloud.com/stagedoor/lauren-samuels-stage-door/
which has her singing from Grease, .a song from love story,another from waterbabies, one from he last 5 years, lots of other songs, a musical singing quiz,some advice, tounge twisters, and some ideas what she might like to do.
a quizerview
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/how-stagey-are-you-lauren-samuels-vs-lucie-jones_38968.html
her favourite show tunes
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/my-top-5-showtunes-lauren-samuels_37827.html
and she's had some notable people in the BILB audience
https://mobile.twitter.com/sophnorton/status/656229760243232768/photo/1
https://mobile.twitter.com/BendItMusical/status/664840353183350784/photo/1
https://mobile.twitter.com/Laurensamuels88/status/673641573813456896/photo/1
And leads for Bendit like Beckham on Children In Need.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BydEhIveYtY
And shows the physical costs of being a top actress
https://www.instagram.com/p/_ee0FLPgDR/
She's also on a bendit interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isEQZyXenvc
And she's up for a whatsonstage best supporting actress award
http://www.whatsonstage.com/
http://awards.whatsonstage.com/?cid=hp_awards
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cbwrn#auto#playt=00h11m20s
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/bend-it-like-to-beckham-to-close-in-march/
She's next in the Buskers Musical at the Park theatre islington from 28 april to 4 June
http://www.westendframe.com/2016/02/lauren-samuels-george-maguire-to-star.html
http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest-news/article/item355269/olivier-award-winner-leads-buskers-opera/
http://www.westendwilma.com/the-buskers-opera/
She's also doing a one night charity concert in Dunstable 24 April , with Siobhan there too.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ScottAlanNet/status/701052337415135232/photo/1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=37&v=N72fctZEXtI
http://www.westendframe.com/2016/05/review-buskers-opera-at-park-theatre.html
http://oughttobeclowns.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/review-buskers-opera-park.html
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/the-buskers-opera-park-theatre_40403.html
http://www.westendwilma.com/review-the-buskers-opera/
Lauren sings Mummy's Not Well on an album in aid of the MS society
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Cycle-Concept-Recording-Explicit/dp/B01FTZ16GM/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1464126812&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=ms+a+song+cycle
She's sung Waiting For You, from the Waterbabies, at a recent, It Takes Two , concert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGp5ENWFqMU
She's also got a new drama show reel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34eGD2aJ8Qk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-gs5gDjfKQ
Lauren Samuels is next in Vanities 1/9-1/10 at the Trafalgar Studios.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/lauren-samuels-to-star-in-first-uk-staging-of-vanities-the-musical/
http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/vanities-the-musical/trafalgar-studios/#overview_tab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5VAqi3yqfY
Vanities is up and running and getting lots of good reviews. With pictures.
https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/146392/vanities-the-musical-is-compelling-and-a-resounding-success/
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/vanities-the-musical-trafalgar-studios_41706.html
http://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-Review-VANITIES-THE-MUSICAL-Trafalgar-Studios-6-September-2016-20160907 Lauren Samuels effortlessly captures Mary's rebellious streak as she shares her yearning to break free from the complacent desires of her friends in show-stopping number, "Fly into the Future".
http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2016/09/07/vanities-the-musical-at-trafalgar-studios-theatre-review/
http://playstosee.com/vanities-the-musical/
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/708473/Theatre-review-Vanities-at-the-Trafalgar-Studios-2
heres one song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnuOffQc4rg
and the cast doing a quickfire quiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F61JVj7tXLk
Laurens also had http://www.westendwilma.com/lauren-samuels-tea-with-wilma-vanities/ tea with Wilma
There's some great acting and singing here - highly recommended. Also a relevation how Lauren can change her character, and look, so effectively in one role..
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CrqKDfhWAAAV1-n.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cr5rWFuUEAAiIEx.jpg:large
and then look at the 5th photo on http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/vanities-the-musical-trafalgar-studios_41706.html
and sings Beautiful with Baldrick at the end.
She's also done an interview about the show and her career http://londoncalling.com/features/vanities-an-interview-with-lauren-samuels
and there's another joint interview about the show http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2016/08/20/vanities-the-musical-an-interview-with-lauren-samuels-lizzy-connolly-and-ashleigh-gray/
Last show for Vanities is Oct 1.
https://www.brasseriezedel.com/live-at-zedel/howard-goodall-and-lauren-samuels/75471214
She's also been singing at the Rosewood hotel with Sophie, John Owen Jones , and Ruthie Henshall https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzRXzMaXAAAqFCS.jpg:large
And visiting New York where her bf, Killian , has just opened on Broadway
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CycE6_PVIAIjjA3.jpg:large
Her next big news is that she's in La Ronde at the new Bunker theatre, near London bridge 13 feb - 11 march
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/lauren-samuels-casting-la-ronde_42502.html
https://www.bunkertheatre.com/whats-on/la-ronde
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOCUMBUjpZN/?taken-by=laurensamuels88
Worth seeing more than once - as the actors play the roles randomly - so there's 3000 combinations of the casting -
This is Lauren's first move into playing in a play, rather than a musical
She's now up and running in la Ronde
There's very good reviews - with pictures.
https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/166656/la-ronde-unfailingly-fascinating-throughout-review/ I don’t recall seeing Lauren Samuels in a play before: her performance here proves she need not necessarily be in a musical to captivate an audience
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/la-ronde-the-bunker_42886.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=14feb2017 Best known for roles in Bend it Like Beckham and We Will Rock You, Lauren Samuels proves her versatility lies far beyond musicals, deftly switching between a belligerent Russian cleaner, a dour Doctor, and a pompous American actor, with only a smidgen of stereotype
https://lovelondonloveculture.com/2017/02/14/review-la-ronde-the-bunker-theatre/ . In particular Lauren Samuels, who delivers a vibrant performance as a variety of characters such as a sympathetic doctor having to deliver bad news or a rather arrogant actress it is a pleasure to watch her adapt to each situation.
https://stageseen.com/2017/02/14/la-ronde-%e2%99%a5%e2%99%a5%e2%99%a5%e2%99%a5/
She talks about it here.
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/in-rehearsals-with-la-ronde-bunker-lauren-samuels_42825.html
and with a bit more about her career here
http://www.wearethecity.com/lauren-samuels-la-ronde/
She's not singing anything , but there's lots to see.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4oARfRWAAEbAMJ.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4o4aJgWEAEHV0e.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4SwOuxWMAA4CIX.jpg
Or there is , unless its a show where she doesn't have her name drawn for most scenes.
The upside is that who she plays , with whom, is random, and changes show on show, the downside is that she may be there a lot, or not. Wish us luck.
There's a big interview about her career and and the show.
https://musicalsaregreat.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/interview-to-lauren-samuels/
More pictures
https://twitter.com/larondelondon/status/831634329231118337/photo/1
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6qJVF0XAAENSjc.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6pvl8ZWoAMrQBX.jpg
.......
Lauren is also on a new Albumn Wit and Whimsy
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wit-Whimsy-Songs-Alexander-Bermange/dp/B06XDPHFZ4
no confirmation yet if she is one of those singers appearing at a performance from the album at the Hippodrome Leicester Square https://www.hippodromecasino.com/events/wit-and-whimsy/ April 30
http://www.stagefaves.com/blog/romantics-no-longer-anonymous-casting-for-emma-rice-musical/
http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/whats-on/sam-wanamaker-playhouse/romantics-anonymous-2017
She's the onstage swing and ensemble - which presumably means she's covering the 3 female named roles , and is otherwise on stage as 1/2 the ensemble. Unless there's more cast to come its not clear who plays the ensemble if she's playing either lead? Lots to remember- but she did that for La Ronde too.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/31/romantics-anonymous-review-sam-wanamaker-playhouse
https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-Review-ROMANTICS-ANONYMOUS-Sam-Wanamaker-Playhouse-20171027
http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2017/10/30/romantics-anonymous-at-the-sam-wanamaker-playhouse-theatre-review/
Quite a bit of the show here.
https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/romantics-anonymous-at-shakespeares-globe-behind-the-scenes-of-londons-sweetest-new-musical-a3667726.html
and a trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSCyulxtPmk
Romantics ends on Jan 6.
Lauren is next in The Heretic Voices monologues at the Arcola Theatre between 9 and 13 January.
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/heretic-voices-roy-alexander-gill-samuels_45400.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=18dec2017
She's got a dog
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQjoBCOX4AEn80n.jpg
She's singing at Brasserie Zeidel on 12-13 May The life and work of Burt Bacharach.
https://www.brasseriezedel.com/live-at-zedel/lauren-samuels-may-2018
And she's been singing
Reflection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UonjqzXaq0M
A whole new world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWRTgfabrQ8
http://thespyinthestalls.com/2018/01/heretic-voices-arcola-theatre/
Following a short break it was the turn of Lauren Samuels who gave an outstanding performance in A Hundred Words for Snow. Brilliantly written and expertly acted it is a story of a teenage girl who runs away from home with her father’s ashes to visit the North Pole. It looks at the complexities, joys and difficulties of being a teenage girl. Samuels appears fresh from her run in Romantics Anonymous at The Globe, which finished on Saturday. She is a consummate professional and was quite incredible as Rory. The audience reaction at the end was a fitting tribute to her 5 star performance.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2018/heretic-voices-review-arcola-theatre-london/
Save the best for last. Tatty Hennessy’s A Hundred Words for Snow follows a teenage girl’s arctic adventure to scatter her father’s ashes at the North Pole. It’s warm, witty, and like its central character, heavily layered. Featuring a performance of real humour and humility from Lauren Samuels, and one moment of sheer theatrical magic from director Max Gill towards the end, it deserves a future life.
https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/192664/review-of-heretic-voices-at-the-arcola-theatre/
https://www.ayoungertheatre.com/review-heretic-voices-arcola-theatre/
Rory (Lauren Samuels) is fifteen and grieving for her father. Determined to take one last trip with him she sets off, with his ashes, to the North Pole. This is an exceptional performance by Samuels whose Rory is whip-smart, scorchingly funny and so recognisable that you can’t help but love her.
Lauren is appearing at the Pheasantry Chelsea Feb 6
https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/pink-a-cabaret
And at the Crazy Coqs Piccadily , on 12-13 May ,in a Burt Bacharach show
https://www.brasseriezedel.com/live-at-zedel/lauren-samuels-may-2018?date=126613895.
https://octagonbolton.co.uk/news/casting-announcement-the-big-corner/