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| Chris
as 'Columbia' |
The
Sing-a-long-a crew rolled into Birmingham for two nights of audience
participation mayhem (RHPS - and Joseph
on Friday).
True
to past form, Birmingham rose to the challenge and donned wigs,
corsets and fishnets and made their way to the Alex, probably causing
cars to crash and confusion on public transport.
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| Suzanne
as the Usherette |
My
own costume stayed at home (it's not fun travelling on a bus on
your own in white fishnets and not much else) - but for those who
didn't believe my Rocky credentials, the evidence is pictured on
the right.
In
the bag
Usually
at Singalonga shows, there is a fancy dress competition - but not
tonight (remember the stage collapse disaster when The Sound Of
Music was in town...?) Rocky Horror's not really about 'who's wearing
the best outfit?' - anyone who's made an effort is welcomed into
the fold.
To
a thunderous roar, 'Freaky Frank' clomped on stage to warm up the
crowd. He got the audience on its feet and ran through an easy dance
routine to do during the song 'Eddie's Teddy'.
Under
our seats were little pink bags containing cards, a fake newspaper
and a party popper. Frank ran through what to do with these. Luckily,
resourceful fans had brought along rice and water pistols!
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| Tap
dancing pals |
To
introduce Rocky virgins to the call-out lines, Frank made all Janets
stand up while the audience chanted, "slut! slut!" at
them.
This
'Freaky Frank' is no Wilkes or Donovan (although he appeared to
be sporting his own long curly hair) - and his singing was definitely
dodgy, but that just encouraged the crowd to join in with him and
drown him out!
Drowned
out
The
film itself was a bit of a shambles with people shouting insults
every time Janet or Brad is in shot. No no no, silly people - you're
only supposed to shout when their names are said. All the
random bellowing also meant that truly funny call-back lines couldn't
be heard above the din.
Being
told what to do spoils the Rocky Horror sense of community. The
feeling of 'belonging' that you get once you've learned what to
do is missing from the Singalonga show.
I emerged
from the auditorium with a thumping headache, and a sad feeling
because my favourite cult classic has been forced unwillingly into
the mainstream.
Contact
us
Were
you caught on camera? What did you think of the show? Email
us.
thank you for puttin me and my friendz from ninestiles skool on
the website, i think its totally kool, the night was fantastic and
i recommend it 2 evry1 nd im definitely goin nxt year but ill probably
wear a corset like most people but thats only if i have the figure.
im so happy, i feel so famous and i hope 2 c u nxt yr 
Hannah - Hall Green
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| Midi
& Terry |
We travelled from Burton to the film as it's the only way of taking
part in the fun as the stage production is not touring at the moment.
Did we enjoy it? A good night out, yes, but it's not a patch on
the stage show. The film's wonderful and has its own style, but
of course, it's a film and therefore the audience comments have
no effects on the performers, unlike the live shows.
Having said that, it was fun to dress up and get back into the Rocky
family, and if many of those who came last night want to visit the
live shows, they'll enjoy the whole experience even more!!
And yes, Suzanne, I even recognised you with your clothes on this
time!
Good to see that the BBC is getting good value from the licence
fee. Till the next time - with a jump to the left...
Midi and Terry - Burton
Yes
you've the most gorgeous picture of me and my friends up from the
Streetly School! Having been to one of the 30th Anniversary tour
shows as well with Wilkes I had a good comparison! I enjoyed both
and found them both incredibly fun in different ways! The picture
show has its + points as we can non stop heckle, however we dont
get the live come backs that i received from Wilkes! But when you
know the script it makes it more fun as we anticipate the lines
and shout them out in advance ect! I had one of the best Nights,
and Rocky Horror to me remains one of the best nights out you could
possibly hope to have! recommend the show to everyone... where else
can you get a hall full of adults shouting Slut at a screen! I gave
myself over to absolute pleasure did you?!
Sam - Streetly
Thank
you for putting me and my friends on the site. The night was definitly
one to remember but it was no where near as good as the live RHS.
it was great to have the chance to sing-a-long to all the classic
songs and have the original cast, but the night was ruined by the
people shouting "slut" and "a***hole" at every
oppertunity (it's only when you hear there name!) luckily though
we had taken our water pistols to squirt all the silly people and
then threw confetti all over them!
Ellie - Kidderminster
What
a great night it was!
The photos are cool, thanks for putting them up.
I'm the one dressed as Riff raff with my sister and her boyfriend
(not friends of mine) as Columbia and Frankenfurter. I think my
wig makes me look more like Doc from 'Back to the Future' though,
will never wear that again!
Hello to everybody that was there!
Robert Gough - Brownhills
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