![]() As if she hasn’t struggled all her life to do exactly that. When Amélie fails to face Nino – played by the wonderful Chris Jared – and give him back his book, Dufayel – played by the talented Johnson Willis – tells her to ‘stop living the life of others and start living her own life.’ To which Amélie resentfully shouts back that she knows that, thank you very much. Just like Amélie, I feel lost at sea, with ‘always halfway to go’… I feel very lucky to be surrounded by amazing friends and family who bring me endless joy every day but when it comes to getting out of my comfort zone or making a more personal connection, I freeze. I might not be running all around Paris, trying to give back a lost box or taking a blind beggar on an adventure across the city, but I do live in my own little world, relying a little too much on fiction – and on my writing – to escape my reality.Īs an introvert and a shy person, human relationships have always been a challenge. She longs for something, or someone, that could allow her to live fully and not always remain stuck ‘halfway’.Īmélie reminds me so much of myself that it can almost become painful. Even so after the year and a half we endured.Īmélie lives in her own imaginary world and seems to find fulfilment within herself, as many of us can understand so well. She brings to life this unique character to whom we, as a society, can relate so easily – and sometimes painfully. Set in Paris at the end of the nineties, this piece of theatre, which had first started at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2015, follows a young girl, Amélie, as she sets on helping people find happiness around her while she struggles with her own loneliness.Īudrey Brisson plays to perfection the moving yet unusual role of Amélie Poulain as she gives the audience a glimpse into her life and her journey towards others. It’s an uplifting experience that will completely transform you. Until a little, charming show brought me home and reignited that fire within me.Īmélie is not just your typical musical. London, which I had fallen in love with, was slowly losing its magic and spirit… I missed my family, I missed spending time with my friends, I missed my hometown that I felt so far away from, I missed my life. And just like Amélie, I yearned for human connections that I felt unable to reach. But that loneliness hit me on a whole new level I didn’t expect. ![]() I pride myself on being very independent and as an introvert, loneliness doesn’t scare me. Being isolated on my own for months on end affected me more than I was ready for. But that was without counting on the health crisis that turned our whole lives upside down. Although for me, I am a Parisian whose heart told me to go to London, and I have never regretted that choice for the past three years I have been here. Just like Amélie, I’m a girl who finds herself – and sometimes loses herself – in the city of her dreams. Or maybe it was the fact that Amélie brought me something I had been deprived of for the past few months: connection. ![]() Maybe it was the fact that we hadn’t had any theatre for almost eighteen months and I had missed it dearly maybe it was the fact that I had forgotten how breathtaking this production was and I was simply taken aback by the beauty of it all. What I didn’t expect, however, was for this show – that I knew already – to touch me that strongly the second time around. When the Original London Cast Recording came out, I listened to it for days as it was taking me back to that enchanting winter night before the world stopped. The thing is that I had already seen Amélie back in December 2019 at The Other Palace and I had completely fallen in love with it. It didn’t disappoint – on the contrary, I left the theatre with so much love and hope in my heart, I couldn’t stop smiling for the rest of the evening. ![]() In a desire to experience the magic of musical theatre once again, I found myself sitting eagerly at the Criterion Theatre, ready to be transported back into my hometown. “The secret to life is to leave a trail of breadcrumbs, if I lose my way I can always turn around.”Īmélie: the Musical was one of the lucky shows to be brought back to life at the reopening of the West End in May 2021.
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