Paul's Edinburgh Playhouse Review

xppmsf · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: Paul's Edinburgh Playhouse Review

I watched his first ever television appearance on 'Britain's Got Talent' with as much scepticism as everyone else (including the judges), until that is, he opened his mouth and I was lifted gently into the air and taken on a journey that left me both breathless and awestruck. I duly bought his album and have enjoyed it immensely. Last night however, I witnessed his (almost) full potential. This shy, unassuming superstar wooed his audience not only with his voice, but also his personality. He interspersed the magnificence of the music with amusing anecdotes of the 'real' Paul Potts. There are no airs and graces with this man, no pomposity to his music, just one enormous heart that filled the stage, spilling over onto the ever more adoring audience. The two (yes two) standing ovations he received were truly deserved. Yet strangely, he left the stage for the last time with such a strange look on his face; stunned, struggling to hold back his tears. I could see, for the first time that evening, his utter disbelief that all this is happening to him, Paul Potts, formerly of Carphone Warehouse and many other jobs - some which a person lesser than he may see as menial. The paths we choose are our own, his goal was simply to sing. Thank you Paul for the rough paths you strode in order hone your skill.

I cannot end this review however, without mentioning the magnificent Natasha Marsh, whose voice, choice of, and arrangement of her 4 pieces (both classical and modern) simply as stunning as her personality, beauty and dress sense. This is one lady whom I shall be following the career of with the greatest of interest.

Source: The Edinburgh Playhouse Reviews