Out of The Blue Set for 11-12 June at Oxford's New Theatre - As Seen on Britain's Got Talent
By: James T Harding May. 15, 2012
Following their feature on Britain's Got Talent last year, Out of the Blue is putting on the largest professional show run entirely by students in the history of university a cappella in the UK. The concert will run on the 11-12th of June at 7:30 PM in the New Theatre, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2AG.
The group's 15 members hail from throughout the UK; they range from 1st year to 6th year students studying subjects ranging from biochemistry to business. They are all joined by a love of music and, more importantly, a willingness to make a fool of themselves onstage.
Formed in the year 2000, Out of the Blue has gone on to enjoy national and international success, having sung in France, Spain, Scandinavia and the USA to school kids, Presidents and everyone in between. They are expanding their international profile on a region-by-region basis, with tours to Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore planned for next year.
In the UK, Out of the Blue sing at a number of events, the most prestigious being the Edinburgh Fringe Festival -- the largest arts festival in the world -- where they have won the Fringe Sell-Out Award for the past five years and gained great critical and popular acclaim.
Last year, they made it to the live semifinals of Britain's Got Talent, where they performed live to the nation and received fantastic reviews from the judges – even Simon Cowell.
Out of the Blue is also one of the university's only large-scale ambassadors for the arts, a mission it fulfills by conducting dozens of school workshops every year to instill in children a sense of courage and adventure when it comes to performing and engaging with music. On the second night of the group’s concert run in the New Theatre, it will be holding a workshop before the show with students from around England, and will invite the students onstage for part of the performance that evening.
The group has fostered local roots with Helen and Douglas House, an Oxford-based charity that started in 1982 as the world's first children's hospice for those with life-shortening illnesses and their families. Each year, Out of the Blue performs alongside the likes of Michael McIntyre and Jimmy Carr at the charity's annual fundraising event (also at Oxford's New Theatre), and it will be collecting donations for Helen and Douglas House at the concerts in June.
Tickets are £16/10 general admission from www.atgtickets.co.uk/oxford or 0844 871 3020.
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