Steves Theme Park Shows
A blast from the past, located some old footage of the show performed outside of the Treasure Island Hotel/Casino on the Las Vegas Strip filmed back in 2012. I don't believe they perform the show anymore which is a shame as for a free street show is was a pretty good one.
updated 6 years ago
I enjoyed the show so much in July I came back to see it again, especially as this time the lead performers for the roles of Pearl and Rusty were scheduled - and I was not disappointed.
Cast
Charlie Burn (Les Misérables, Disney100 UK tour) as Cady Heron
Georgina Castle (Dirty Dancing, Elf the Musical) as Regina George
Elèna Gyasi (SIX, Treason the Musical) as Gretchen Wieners
Grace Mouat (Before After, The Great British Bake Off Musical) as Karen Smith.
Elena Skye (Les Misérables, Kinky Boots) as Janis Sarkisian
Tom Xander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Mormon) as Damian Hubbard
Daniel Bravo (Cruel Intentions, Witness for the Prosecution) as Aaron Samuels
Lucca Chadwick-Patel (MAMMA MIA!, Legally Blonde) as Kevin Ganatra, captain of ‘The Mathletes’.
Ako Mitchell (The Sound of Music, Black Superhero) as Principal Mr Duvall
Zoë Rainey (Made in Dagenham, An American in Paris) as Ms Norbury
Ensemble:
Tia Antoine-Charles, Georgia Arron, Liam Buckland, Shonah Buwu, Baylie Carson, Freddie Clements, Siobhan Diffin, Clíona Flynn, Fergie Fraser, Angus Good, Jenny Huxley-Golden, Holly Liburd, Corey Mitchell, Mervin Noronha, Aharon Rayner, Trézel Sergeant, Josh Singleton, Annie Southall, Lillia Squires, Tommy Wade-Smith, and Holly Willock.
Yes, this is the big one everyone lines the streets for usually but on this occasion it really wasn't necessary to arrive early as the wait would not have been worth it seeing as the entire parade lasted less than 3 minutes.
Keeping with the Zootopia theme at Shanghai Disneyland, this short parade sets of before the main daily parade.
Following a rather slow introduction the show breaks into character modules which are mixed around each day - In this performance it was Moana , Pinocchio, Aladdin & Turning Red. Look out for v1 which replaces Moana with Mulan and Aladdin with The Lion King
Following a rather slow introduction the show breaks into character modules which are mixed around each day - In this performance it was Mulan, The Lion King, Pinocchio & Turning Red - look out for v2 which replaces The Lion King and Mulan with Moana and Aladdin.
In addition to these segments you also have The Jungle Book, Frozen and The Princess & The Frog joining Mickey and Goofy as they search the Wonderous book to get Olaf home to where he belongs.
As an added bonus, I've added subtitles to this version to help you follow the story.
Note: To enable visibility YouTube had to remove a 2 minute segment that was being flagged as being the Frozen 2 movie itself, rather than just the some Things Never Change song, and blocked the clip globally, so this has been removed so you can see the rest of the show - so apologies for the jump around 10 minutes in.
Also used clean audio for this version as there was too much chatter in the background in the recordings I had.
Dedicated to Ben (Sparrow) and Gaby who helped pass the time waiting for the show to start.
Recorded May 29th at Northampton's Derngate Theatre, this is the curtain call featuring the following cast:
IVANO TURCO - Jamie New
KEVIN CLIFTON - Hugo/Loco Chanelle
SAM BAILEY - Miss Hedge
SEJAL KESHWALA - Ray
REBECCA MCKINNIS - Margaret New
RHIANNON BACCHUS - Pritti Pasha
KY KELLY (ANTHONY GYDE) - Laika Virgin
GARRY LEE - Sandra Bollock
DAVID MCNAIR - Tray Sophisticay
AKSHAY ST CLAIR - Jamie’s Dad
JORDAN RICKETTS - Dean
LIV ASHMAN - Vicki
GEOFF BERRISFORD - Sayid
JESSICA DAUGIRDA - Bex
FINTON FLYNN - Young Loco
ANNABELLE LAING - Becca
LUCA MOSCARDINI - Levi
JOSHIAN ANGELO OMAÑA - Cy
THOMAS WALTON - Mickey
TAKAIYAH BAILEY - Female Swing
JOE WOLSTENHOLME - Male Swing
GEORGINA HAGEN - Alternate Margaret/Understudy Ray/Miss Hedge
Cast:
Genie: Yeukayi Ushe (known for roles in Disney’s The Lion King, A Strange Loop, Kinky Boots, and Motown The Musical)
Aladdin: Gavin Adams (recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music)
Jasmine (in Edinburgh): Desmonda Cathabel (previously seen in Miss Saigon and From Here to Eternity)
Jafar: Adam Strong (Rock of Ages)
Sultan: Jo Servi (Dreamgirls)
Iago: Angelo Paragoso (The Reporter, Miss Saigon)
Babkak: Nay-Nay (Once On This Island)
Omar: Adam Taylor (Cabaret)
Kassim: Nelson Bettencourt (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Les Misérables)
The full ensemble also includes Hannah Amin, Dammi Aregbeshola, Rico Bakker, Daisy Barnett, Sarah Benbelaid, Erin Gisele Chapman, Tau-En Chien, Zac Frieze, Juan Jackson, James Lim, Harriet Millier, Aaron Elijah Patel, Abbie Platts, Joseph Poulton, Olivier Scheers, Kerry Spark, Ricardo Spriggs, Damien Winchester and Niko Wirachman
Recorded at the Derngate Theatre in Northampton on May 13th 2024.
Cast:
Danny: Marley Fenton
Sandy: Hope Dawe
Rizzo: Rebecca Stenhouse
Kenickie: George Michaelides
Doody: Kieran Lynch
Roger: Lewis Day
Sonny: Sario Solomon
Frenchy: Alicia Belgarde
Jan: Emerald B
Marty: India Chadwick
Eugene: Jayd’n Tyrone
Patty Simcox: Phoebe Roberts
Other cast members include Zera Aitken, Dylan Gordon-Jones, Sergi Ibanez, Thomas Inge, Lauren Hampton, Imogen Malone, Ben Middleton, and Carly Miles.
Cast
Josh Barnett – Blaine Tuttle/Court Reynolds
Daniel Bravo – Sebastian Valmont
Jess Buckby – Mrs. Bunny Caldwell/Dr. Greenbaum
Abbie Budden – Annette Hargrove
Rose Galbraith – Cecile Caldwell/Marci Greenbaum
Nickcolia King-N’Da – Ronald Clifford
Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky – Kathryn Merteuil
Barney Wilkinson – Greg
Nathan Lorainey-Dineen – Ensemble
Charlotte O’Rourke – Ensemble
Verity Thompson – Ensemble
Craig Watson – Ensemble
Cast
Antony Lawrence - Shrek
Joanne Clifton - Princess Fiona
James Gillan - Lord Farquaad
Brandon Lee Sears - Donkey
Cherece Richards - Dragon
Leo Abad - Ensemble
Scotty Armstrong - Ensemble
Imogen Bailey - Ensemble
Jabari Braham - Ensemble
Georgie Buckland - Ensemble
Natasha Cayabyab - Ensemble
Mark Darcy - Ensemble
Jonathan David Dudley - Ensemble
Remi Ferdinand - Ensemble
Nathan Ryles - Ensemble
Edward Leigh - Ensemble
Bethany Kate - Ensemble
Jesicca Lim - Ensemble
Andile Mabhena - Ensemble
Bronte MacMillan - Ensemble
India Thornton - Ensemble
Talia Duff - Swing
Gabriela Gregorian - Swing
Rory Shafford - Swing
Jamie Jonathan - Swing
Luminous is the 3rd show to replace Illuminations and tells a story using water, lights and fireworks. Gone are projections that we saw in Harmonious and instead we get a more firework based show.
Reprising their roles are Georgina Castle (Dirty Dancing, Mamma Mia) as Jovie, Rebecca Lock (The Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q) as Emily Hobbs, Nicholas Pound (Cats, The Rocky Horror Show) as Santa, Kim Ismay (Wicked, Saturday Night Fever) as Debs and Dermot Canavan (Hairspray, Oklahoma!) as Store Manager.
New for 2023 we have Matthew Wolfenden as Buddy and Tom Chambers as Walter Hobbs.
Having loved the show when I watched it during its opening week, I went back to watch it again during is closing week.
8/10
Henry - Alex Lodge
Clare - Joanna Woodward
Gomez - Tim Mahendran
Charisse - Hiba Elchikhe
Henry's Dad - Ross Dawes
Henry’s Mum - Sorelle Marsh
Librarian - Alwyne Taylor
Clare’s Dad - Irfan Damani
Clare’s Mum - Alexandra Doar
Dr Kendrick - Helena Pipe
Billie Hardy - Swing
Daniel George-Wright - Swing
Serina Mathew - Swing
Nathaniel Purnell - Swing
Bobby Windebank - Swing
Incredible funny show - the way they transition in and out of the Mrs Doubtfire costume onstage is amazing.
Gabriel Vick. - Daniel Hillard.
Laura Tebbutt. - Miranda Hillard.
Carla Dixon-Hernandez. - Lydia Hillard.
Cameron Blakely. - Frank Hillard.
Marcus Collins. - Andre Mayem.
Samuel Edwards. - Stuart Dunmire.
Kelly Agbowu. - Wanda Sellner.
Ian Talbot. - Mr Jolly.
The stage is high for this show so front row has a slightly restricted view, as well as little leg room
10/10
Reprising their roles are Georgina Castle (Dirty Dancing, Mamma Mia) as Jovie, Rebecca Lock (The Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q) as Emily Hobbs, Nicholas Pound (Cats, The Rocky Horror Show) as Santa, Kim Ismay (Wicked, Saturday Night Fever) as Debs and Dermot Canavan (Hairspray, Oklahoma!) as Store Manager.
New for 2023 we have Matthew Wolfenden as Buddy and Tom Chambers as Walter Hobbs.
Filmed at the Garrick Theatre in Londons West End this show features the talents of:
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Al Murray
Mel Giedroyc
Tanvi Virmani
Neil Morrissey
Joe Thomas
Aidan McArdle
Sean Foley
Ryan Lane
10/10
Gillian Lynne Theatre - 23rd August 2023
Charlie Stemp - Bobby Child
Carly Anderson - Polly Baker
Tom Edden - Bela Zangler
Natalie Kassanga - Irene Roth
Mathew Craig - Lank Hawkins
Duncan Smith - Everett Baker
Marilyn Cutts - Lottie Child
Sam Harrison - Eugene Fodor
Rina Fatania - Patricia Fodor
Kayleigh Thadani - Tess
Kate Parr - Patsy
Lila Anderson - Vera
Harriet Samuel-Gray - Sheila
Imogen Bowtell - Elaine
Laura Hills - Mitzi
Ella Valentine - Margie
Tara Yasmin - Louise
Marc Akinfolarin - Moose
Lucas Koch - Sam
Philip Bertioli - Mingo
Jason Battersby - Junior
Ashley-Jordon Packer - Wyatt
Nicholas Duncan - Jimmy
Nathan Elwick - Custus
Liam Wrate - Pete
Joshua Nkemdilim - Billy
Nell Martin - Swing/Dance Captain
Bradley Trevethan - Swing/Ass. Dance Captain
Bethan Downing - Swing
Ryan Jupp - Swing
Jinny Gould - Swing
George Bray - Swing
One of my fav shows at the minute - it has everything you need - good songs, amazing dance numbers and oozing with comedy. A must see in my opinion. 10/10
Recorded August 29th 2023 @ The Milton Keynes Theatre
Cast included:
Sam Womack
Michael Praed
Faye Tozer
Nicole-Lily Baisden
Recorded July 13th 2023
Cast:
Ashley Banjo (Tin Man)
Jason Manford (Cowardly Lion)
Louis Gaunt (The Scarecrow)
Gary Wilmot (The Wizard)
Christina Bianco (Glinda)
Dianne Pilkington (Wicked With of the West)
Georgina Onuorah (Dorothy)
Geoffrey Aymer (Uncle Henry)
Jacqui Dubois (Aunt Em)
Basically a marching band lead Donald & Daisy to the steps of the Main Street train station - they sing Happy Birthday and then leave.
In this version performers take on the roles of various characters from the film as they re-tell the story of The Lion King in both song and dance. Needless to say Timon and Pumba play themselves.
A spectacularly unique “Happily Ever After” show has been created to bring to life new and classic Disney stories and movies in an exhilarating, musical revue stage production like no other! Features songs and characters from The Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid, Rapunzel, Brave, The Princess & The Frog, Aladdin & Frozen.
This is the full version of the show but I do have 1 question - why do people stand in the front row of a show where you know they are using water fountains meaning you are going to get wet, and decide it is acceptable to put their umbrella up so they don't get wet but at the same time, all those behind them get to only see the umbrella? So many people caring nothing for those behind them at this show - sad times but I found a spot far enough back to avoid the water, and high enough to avoid most of the umbrellas, just not the kids on shoulders, to be able to get enough footage for this show.
Note: Due to most performances being converted to the lite version I was only able to get 1 shot per day and as I like to record from multiple angles it means there are 2 different groups of performers in this edit - but they all do such a wonderful job that I saw no reason not to include everyone in this cut.
Whilst the fireworks are pretty light compared to the Florida nighttime show, the colourful water fountains make it a memorable end to an exhausting day.
The only problem with this parade was the water which the camera does not like, and of course the locals who loved to stand at the curb with their umbrellas blocking your view so they didn't get wet themselves...but I did the best I could and thankfully the camera is still working so I get to record more shows for you when I next get time to escape the joys of work.
This lite version of the show is a cut down 7 minute performance which takes place when it is too hot for the performers to perform the full 20 minute show (which was pretty much every performance I saw with the exception of a few late evening shows).
The city of Hong Kong is SoL's source of inspiration; the patterned symmetry of the skyline, modern metropolitan design, forested mountain terrain and expanse of the harbour, offer a truly all-encompassing visual and sound scape of the soul of Hong Kong. A myriad of searchlights, lasers, LED screens and lighting illuminate for this nightly spectacle that transforms the HK skyline into an outdoor audio visual feast for the senses.
I recorded this from both the Avenue of Stars location (which I was told is the best viewing location) as well as Victoria Peak so I could get a nice aerial shot - as an added bonus, they added fireworks the week I was there.