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Another (shorter) one - same issues as before, I'm afraid, but still - you get the occasional glimpse of that beautiful face! Direct link .

Well, here's the aforementioned video - I'm afraid you're going to have to watch it sideways on! Never thought about what I was doing - just tried to get as much of him on it as I could. Sorry! Also, there's no lighting there, so you only really get to see him when someone else takes a picture of him and the flash lights up his face, but it will perhaps give you an idea of the excitement he generates! :frantics: :smile:

LOVE that pic! He's the best, isn't he?

So, picture the scene – it’s a Friday night in London’s West End, we took our seats and looked around – the theatre was filling up nicely, the orchestra was tuning up – we were all set to enjoy a fantastic night’s entertainment. The lights went down, the orchestra struck up and launched into the overture. So far, so another night at the theatre. The kids arrived on stage, the Narrator appeared . . . hang on – this was Joseph! Reality hit – we were there to watch Gareth! :frantics: The excitement was palpable. :hyper: Suddenly he was there and that was that – we were off on a journey from Canaan to Egypt, through every musical style you could think of – Calypso, the Roaring Twenties, country & western, rock & roll, disco and French folk music, and with dancing, comedy and farce – the whole nine yards. Gareth was brilliant. To say he has virtually no experience of anything like this, he was simply amazing. Surpassing everything else was, of course, that voice. :heart: It’s effortless. Pitch perfect, strong, confident – everything you could possibly hope for. It was clear from the reaction of the audience (a standing ovation) – and from speaking to people at the stage door afterwards - that it came as a surprise to more than a few of them. They have NO idea :wink: :heart: He looked fantastic too Afterwards, we nipped round to the stage door and, when he came out, he was charm personified. Smiling and utterly gorgeous he worked his way through everyone who wanted to speak to him and posed for endless photos. The man is a star. Seeing as we (me, Snowdrop and Floz) had travelled so far, we went again last night too :ahappy: VickyGates joined us in the afternoon and eventually, we retraced our steps from the night before and there we were in the theatre again – YAY! We met up with Jenjo and her two delightful daughters - proof again, if proof were needed, that Gareth has the nicest fans :smile: It was a re-run of the previous night except that the theatre was bursting at the seams and Gareth seemed – to me at least - to somehow have raised his game. Just brilliant. Once again that voice delivered and the audience went wild. :cheer: Performance over, we were off back round to the Stage Door for Vicky to get her snap with the main man and once again he took time to speak to everyone and made special time for a little girl celebrating her 5th birthday by making her first trip to live theatre. Her mother wasn’t a Gareth fan before, but she most certainly is now – couldn’t stop talking about him. The little girl was overwhelmed to be meeting Joseph and he certainly topped off her experience when he picked her up so she could have her photo taken with him – a lovely thing to see. :aww: All in all, it was a fantastic weekend – he was just so special and will only get better. Can’t wait for the next time. Here’s some pics taken at the stage door over the two evenings enjoy: By the way – I’ve cropped people out of some of these – I was just snapping randomly. If you think you’re on that photo and would like the original, get in touch and describe yourself and I’ll send it through to you

Oh, that's a GREAT lil' review! Nice find! :smile:

Great find Linda - thank you I've clipped it for anyone who wants it - here.

Good to read another favourable review! Yet to see even the slightest sideswipe - this reaction could grow on me! (Doesn't it make you feel the teeniest bit smug that we've known just how ace he is all this time?? He's like the best kept secret EVA!)

So typical of him and so loveable. Thanks for the 'extra bits' - loved reading them. Thanks for Janice's snippets too Heather

Oh, that's a great report Khelda! Thank you so, so much! So good to hear that people were cheering him and that he sang so beautifully - only to be expected :wink: Clever you for organising things so you could be be interviewed and daring to too - you're very brave! I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it so much - not at all surprised that you want to go again, :smile: Really can't wait to go myself now and looking forward to reading all the reports from the others.

Just going through all the Joseph stuff whilst we wait for more news and found the BBC London News interview that was posted whilst I was off the boards. I know some of you like to have the sound files, so I've just recorded it. I still can't upload direct to the boards, so it's on Yousendit :smile:

Oh, fantastic! This whole thing is just getting better and better! Thanks to Khelda and Hazzy

It is the same date - sorry meant to reply to Hazzy last night - got distracted. Well spotted Hazzy!

Thanks for that gatesgal - I'd love to know who the 'bigwigs' are.

Oh, wonderful news. I had to go off and 'do stuff' - too excited/nervous to sit on here waiting. He never lets us down, does he?

Ooo - just looked at the actual blog they came from - nice that she's put up a pic of him! :smile:

Oh, wow! That's fantastic! SO proud :heart: That's a lovely thing to say - looking forward to the updates :smile: Thanks so much for that Floz.

Wow Heather - that's great! Thank you! :smile:

Oops - missed this. Follow-up to the first quote on my previous post: :laugh: /

Fab, isn't it? I'm even more excited about going now than I was before. Bring it on!

Couple more: First one follows on from Snowdrop's posts

Oh, that's fantastic! Thank you so much for posting those. I've chewed my fingers up to my elbows waiting to hear how he got on. I can sleep now! Looking forward to Khelda's review on Monday to confirm he's amazing SO proud of him :heart: :frantics: :hyper: :heart:

AM . . . HYPERVENTILATING!!!!! :frantics: :hyper: :frantics: Just rang the theatre and it's confirmed - Gaz is on stage right NOW!!!!! Break a leg, Gaz!!!!

SO excited if this is true! God, how I'd love to be there. Let's hope we get some reports if he is on tonight.

Ooo - two of my favourite posts EVA! Thanks Khelda and Carol Loved reading those.

Oh, that's fantastic! Thank you SO much! What amazing quality - I'm hoping that there are some more of these little gems out there. Recording of it for anyone who wants it, here on YouSendIt.