A Carole King musical show called Beautiful is coming to Shrewsbury.

Shropshire Star

We meet Carole King, or rather the lady playing her, a Shropshire girl that along with the cast is preparing to perform the beautiful songs of Carole King on the stage in Shrewsbury.

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00:00Carole King, alive and well in Shrewsbury, how are you?

00:03Yeah, very well, thank you.

00:04And you're soon to be appearing as Carole King in...

00:08In Beautiful, the Carole King musical.

00:10Cool, where's that performing at then?

00:12At the Theatre 7 next week, from the 13th to the 15th of June.

00:15Cool, where are you from yourself? You a local lass?

00:17I'm not, I was born and raised in Watford and then moved to Shropshire about 3 or 4 years ago.

00:22How did you discover Shropshire then?

00:23So I moved to the University of Birmingham when I was a student

00:26and then I did a placement year in Telford with Capgemini

00:29and then I came back as a grab roll and I've been living in Shrewsbury for the past 2 years.

00:33So was your studies all music based then?

00:36They weren't actually, I did business, it was kind of a head over heart

00:39but I've always loved the amateur dramatics and been involved in theatre for most of my life

00:43so that's been a big hobby of mine.

00:45So what's the challenge playing Carole King then?

00:48Because I mean she's got, she's an iconic lady, you know, her voice is very distinctive.

00:53Yeah, it's really hard playing a living legend because you've got to honour

00:56you know, how iconic her voice is but also recognise I am an individual and I've got my own voice

01:00so bringing a bit of that twist, you know, a lot of her hits are top notch and everyone knows them

01:06so trying to make sure that I honour that but also bringing a bit of fresh meat as well.

01:11And for people that kind of know the big singles, if we go off piste

01:15is there a, if you were going to advise someone to kind of, you know, have a little go on the internet

01:19and find a Carole King song that's a bit lesser known

01:22which one would you pick for yourself that's quite appealing?

01:26I guess Chains is slightly less well known and I think the harmonies in that are just stunning

01:31but also Pleasant Valley Sunday which was done by the Monkees

01:34but you might not know that Carole King and Joey Goffin wrote that one as well

01:37which is a good classic.

01:39So is it all song and dance kind of show or does it follow kind of the story of her life?

01:45What's the format of the show?

01:47Yeah, so it's a really good jukebox musical and a lot of the times they kind of

01:50try and mishmash a story around the songs

01:52but this actually tells the story of Carole and her life through her songs

01:56so it's a beautiful story, it's got really gritty scenes

01:59and you learn about a lot of her life and there's a lot of struggle that she went through really

02:04so it has got that nitty gritty storyline

02:06but it's also got the fun dance singing numbers with the Shirelles pop group

02:10and also the Drifters, such iconic songs and the dancers as well

02:14which is great, I like the local emotion.

02:17Well fantastic, so watch this space, so it's at Shrewsbury?

02:21Yep, it's at the Theatre 7 from the 13th to the 15th of June

02:24you can buy your tickets online or at the box office.

02:26Thank you very much Carole King, can I get your autograph?

02:29Right, any time.

02:302, 3, 4

02:31Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains

02:37and they ain't the kind that you can't see

02:44Oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah

02:53Chains, well I can't break away from these chains

02:58I can't run around, cause I'm not free

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