March Favourites 2020

March has been a very eventful month, and I can't quite believe that the first two weeks were spent performing in one of the most challenging shows I have ever done and the second half I was told that I was not allowed to leave my home. The world is a very weird place, but that hasn't stopped me from coming up with a favourites list for the month of March! If you have missed any of my other favourites posts, you can find them here:

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Girlfriends

As part of my training at university, I had to take part in a musical - the musical I auditioned for was Girlfriends by Howard Goodall. I was cast as the part of Pam and I have really loved taking part in this process. The music in this show is beautiful, and I am sure it will be one that I will listen to over and over again. Not to mention that our composer sent us his best wishes before we performed the show. It is always hard to say goodbye to a show after closing, but I will be thankful for the memories that Girlfriends has given me.

Show Photos

On the back of that, we asked a photographer to come into our dress rehearsals to take photos of both casts. This is the first time that I have had photos taken of me in a show, so it was a big deal! I am so happy with how they look! Here are just a few that were taken:

Hair

Related to Girlfriends, I needed to figure out a practical way to keep my hair out of the way during the musical but that would fit in with the time period of the show, A little bit of messing around left me with this style, which I have really grown to love. Lots of people have said I should wear this style as an everyday look, but it does take some time, so maybe I will consider it for a special occasion.

Villains Ears

I am very excited to be attending the Villains After Hours Event in the summer whilst I am working at Walt Disney World, and I wanted to have some ears to be able to go in style, cue the creation of these babies! I absolutely love how these ears look and I cannot wait to wear them around Disney's Magic Kingdom!

Fire Emblem Three Houses - Cindered Shadows DLC

Photo Credit: @KeenGamer

As you may or may not know, the UK went into lockdown during the month of March (may still be in lockdown, who knows! Future Natalie will that's for sure!) This meant that there was plenty of time for me to play the DLC for Fire Emblem Three Houses. I feel like the story line it followed was a little predictable, but the new characters are super cool and I am very excited to see how they will impact the main game play! I would say that it is worth buying purely for these four characters - especially since you will also get the unique classes that they come with! I finished this in 7 hours, so I am now getting round to finally playing the Black Eagles storyline. So just wait and see, you might be able to see what I think of that story line in my April 2020 favourites post!

Bernarda Alba

Photo Credit: @StanwixTheatre

Our class was split into two, half of us performed in the musical Girlfriends and the other half performed in Bernarda Alba by Michael John Lachusa. I went to see this show after we performed our first show (because we somehow managed to share a set in the same theatre, we're still not sure how it worked but we somehow did it!) and I am so proud of my friends for putting on such an incredible performance. It was a really hard hitting musical, and was definitley not for everyone, but many people came out of this show saying it was the best student performance that they had ever seen! I am obsessed with the music in this show and I have been listening to the soundtrack quite a lot in my spare time. There has been talks of this version of the show going to Edinburgh Fringe in a few years time, so you heard about it here first! Keep an eye out! 

Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan 

Photo Credit: @GoodReads

Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way: She's landed a job at Magic Castle Playland . . . as a giant dancing hot dog. Her crush, the dreamy Diving Pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the Princess of the park. But Lou's never liked anyone, guy or otherwise, this much before, and now she wants a chance at her own happily ever after. Her best friend, Seeley, the carousel operator, who's always been up for anything, suddenly isn't when it comes to Lou's quest to set her up with the perfect girl or Lou's scheme to get close to Nick. And it turns out that this will be their last summer at Magic Castle Playland--ever--unless she can find a way to stop it from closing. 

Jennifer Dugan's sparkling debut coming-of-age queer romance stars a princess, a pirate, a hot dog, and a carousel operator who find love--and themselves--in unexpected people and unforgettable places. 

A book that took me way too long to read but I really enjoyed it! You can look forward to hearing my full thoughts on it in the next couple of weeks, keep your eyes out for a review! 

And there are my favourites for the month of March! Thank you so much for reading, and I will see you next week for another post!