Turner Sims are offering University Staff the opportunity to book two tickets for the price of one as BBC ‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?’ finalist and West End star Helena Blackman returns home to Southampton this Friday‚ 3 February‚ with her brand new solo show‚ ‘Journey to the Past’.
Helena takes her audience on a nostalgic ride through a wealth of timeless songs, including moving renditions of Disney Classics; ‘Part of Your World’ (The Little Mermaid), ‘Colours of the Wind’ (Pocahontas), ‘A Whole New World’ (Aladdin); songs from Disney’s latest animated fairytale Tangled and the Oscar Winning Beauty and the Beast; and songs from An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Thumbelina and the show’s title song ‘Journey to the Past’ from Anastasia; as well as many, many more. The intimate performance is sure to have most reliving the soundtrack of their youth, whilst allowing younger generations to discover these enchanting musical numbers for the very first time.
Helena Blackman first captured the nation’s attention and the support of Andrew Lloyd Webber on the BBC’s ‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?’. Since then, she has gone on to headline the acclaimed UK tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific and starred in the West End première of Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night. Helena released her highly successful debut album ‘The Sound of Rodgers and Hammerstein’ in February 2011.
Friday 3 February, 7.30pm
Tickets £15, Concessions £12.50, Under 16s £7.50
To book, contact the Box Office on 023 8059 5151 or book online at www.turnersims.co.uk using the promotion code DAILYECHO.