Cherry Potts, Writer

Tag: Community Opera

  • Blackheath Mini Prom – better late than never

    As someone should probably have told me when I was a nipper, don’t promise what you can’t deliver. So here, very late, is my review of the Mini Prom at Blackheath Halls way back on the 5th October.  In my defence I’ve been busy promoting Arachne Press, and I carried the programme around with me…

  • Mini Last Night of the Proms at Blackheath Halls

    I regard Blackheath Halls as an extension of my home, despite being a good twenty-minute car journey away. For about half the year I spend at least one evening a week there, singing; we had the party for our civil partnership there, and I am happy to turn up to be in the audience on…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: A slipper and a ring

    Blackheath Cendrillon: A slipper and a ring

    L.C. here.  This is my last post on behalf of Cherry.  She says I’ve behaved very irresponsibly and I am lucky not to have been had up in front of the Leveson Enquiry.  Anyway, I’m feeling a bit crest-fallen because I didn’t find out who the mystery woman was first after all. But I was…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: A Post from the Court Poet, Grand Duchess Elizabette

    Blackheath Cendrillon: A Post from the Court Poet, Grand Duchess Elizabette

    ‘CENDRILLON’ – A TRIBUTE The skies above were leaden, the clouds loomed dark and grey, but, at the Halls, the mood was light, all musical and gay. Forget the Jubilympics,  forget the Torch Relay, ‘Cinderella, the Opera’ is the order of the day. Nick Jenkins was regaling us with tales of Gay Paree, La Belle…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: Prince Charming’s Dilema

    Blackheath Cendrillon: Prince Charming’s Dilema

    L.C. Spinetti here again, I got in a bit of trouble with that recording earlier, Harriet says she’s going to sue me, but only when she needs the publicity. However the head honchos at REALly?! really liked it, and I got a pay rise and a commission to take pictures of all the eligible Gels…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: At Home with the Haltieres

    OMG! Have I got a Scoopydoop of a Scoop!  Madame de la Haltiere is going to be sued! Sorry forgot to say, L.C. Spinetti here.  Have a listen to this sound file, where Harriet Lime, director of Season 5 of At Home with the Haltieres reveals what it is really like behind the scenes at…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: Prince Charming … alarming

    Blackheath Cendrillon: Prince Charming … alarming

    L.C.Spinetti here again, Cherry’s too busy with Arachne Press to cover the unfolding drama at court, so REALly!? have given me a short commission to keep up with action in the small kingdom of BlackHeath.  Quite a change from covering Crufts. So you’ll never guess who I met on the heath this morning. The Royal…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: Princesses’ Hour

    Blackheath Cendrillon: Princesses’ Hour

    A Guest blog here from L.C. Spinetti, roving reporter for REALly?! magazine, part of the REALly?! Empire which includes everyone’s favourite REALity show At Home With the Haltieres™, (the first installment of the fifth season is aired on July 17th at a special showing at Blackheath Halls.  You can book your tickets here.) Last night…

  • Last chance to book Myth and Music

    WRITING WITH YOUR EARS: Myth and Music will be cancelled if there are not enough takers.  if you were thinking of coming please book asap! Explore the enduring power of fairy tale as part of the Blackheath Community Opera experience, join local author (and opera chorus member) Cherry Potts for an opportunity to write your…

  • The Blackheath Onegin book launched

    Most of my free waking hours since finishing the opera (apart from work, singing, partying, holidays…) have been spent fighting with the software to get the book to look beautiful.  Anyone planning to do a photobook on Blurb be warned you need a lot of free RAM.  It does very strange things, like randomly copying…