Miranda Sings To Play Leicester Square Theatre May 27 & June 3

By: May. 21, 2010
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Youtube singing star Miranda Sings returns to London for two performances at the West End's Leicester Square Theatre May 27 and June 3, both starting at 10:45pm.

Miranda Sings will be joined by Olivier Award-winner LeAnne Jones, Scarlett Strallen, Julie Atherton and Daniel Boys as well as Jon Lee, Ian 'H' Watkins, Noel Sullivan, Nikki Davis Jones, Adrian Hansel and Ben James Ellis.

During the performances Miranda will give the West End stars some of her personal vocal training.

Miranda Sings is an internet character created by California-based theatre student Colleen Ballinger and proliferated via YouTube. The character is a satire of increasingly common YouTube videos featuring mediocre or even bad singers who film themselves singing as a form of self-promotion. Miranda is supposedly from Tacoma, Washington, sings comically off-key, and, when confronted by viewers who take the videos seriously, uses the catchphrase "Haters back off!" The characterization includes facial tics, unusually active eyebrows and a crooked smile. She also wears lipstick drawn beyond all natural borders and often dances stiffly to the music she is performing. Ms. Ballinger's character has enjoyed widespread popularity, particularly among musical theatre fans, and has  appeared as Miranda Sings at live club and theater venues in New York (The Minskoff Theatre, Jim Caruso's Cast Party), Los Angeles, London (Ambassador Theatre), and all over Australia.

Tickets are available online Here or by phone, 0844-847-2475. Tickets are £15, standing room is available for £12.50.

For more information visit http://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/



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