photos by Gabrielle Motola
Here are some cool pics from our shoot with Gabrielle Motola during our run of BOXED – the camera was suspended above us 
BOXED HITS BRISTOL: 10-11 May at Bristol Old Vic
“BOXED – a beatboxing adventure” is the new stage show by Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra.
We’re so excited to announce that BOXED will hit Bristol Old Vic on 10-11 May, followed by London at the E4 Udderbelly on the Southbank from 17-22nd May.
Book your tickets now to join our beatboxing heroes on an epic journey to the future and back via outta space, and witness an evening of vocal wizardry!
“Brilliant… Slick theatrics… soulful vocal gymnastics” **** Evening Standard
“Effervescent, energetic and audience grabbing… The all-vocal versions of Stevie Wonder’s Superstition and OutKast’s Hey Ya were both roaring, rousing show-stoppers.” **** The Times
More info and tickets:
http://boxedtheshow.com
BOXED video diary – part 1
The cast of BOXED, the new stage show from Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra, prepare for their shows in May!
BOXED: Suggestions for time travel tunes!
On Thursday I’m going to visit the legendary DJ YODA who is helping me construct some DJ style mixes for one of the key sequences in BOXED, my new stage show. I’m then going to turn the DJ mixes into Vocal Orchestra arrangements.
Why? Well, in a nutshell, in the show the gang invent a human time machine and go back to the 90s to sing an amazing medley of awful 90s tunes. Then they go back to the 80s, 70s, 60s, 1720s, and so on.
What I want to know from you is:
If you could choose any song for the Vocal Orchestra to recreate, what would be your ultimate tune from each decade?
Please leave a comment below, or hit me on twitter @shlomo or on Facebook
Video: Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra reworking the Prodigy classic ‘Out of Space’!!
Shlo and the VO present Out of Space by the Prodigy, reworked with 8 mouths and 8 mics.
Me gabbing on about Beards and BOXED on BBC 6 Music
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rwwcc#p0078j1d
You can listen again to me on BBC 6 Music this morning with Shaun Keaveny for the next 7 days.
Video: One Hit by Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra
One Hit by Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra
BOXED IS BACK! E4 UDDERBELLY, LONDON, 17-22 MAY
E4 Udderbelly, 17-22nd May 2010
We’re excited to announce that BOXED, Shlomo’s theatrical beatbox show, is back for one week only at the E4 Udderbelly, an upside-down purple cow on London’s Southbank!
Join our beatboxing heroes Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra on an epic escapade as they travel to the future and back via outer space, dropping slick theatrics and soulful vocal gymnastics along the way. Pure raw talent mixed with innovative and imaginative use of their 10 voices lead to an adrenaline-charged vocal performance reminiscent of Stomp, Into the Hoods or Blue Man Group.
“An effervescent, energetic, audience-grabbing show – the all-vocal versions of Stevie Wonder’s Superstition and OutKast’s Hey Ya were both roaring, rousing show-stoppers.” The Times
BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW: http://boxedtheshow.co.uk
competition winner
Congratulations to Arike who won the prize draw for a copy of the Vocal Orchestra DVD after handing in a feedback form at the recent production of BOXED.
Photos from BOXED – a beatboxing adventure
Check out these photos by Nathan Gallagher.
The cast – lovely bunch
Getting in our time machine!
Back to the 90s!
And the 70s!
Training Montage!!
What’s in the Box??
Human Drumkit
Human Turntables!
Our villain: Beatrix Badmouth
Look at me doing ‘acting’! yikes.
BOXED round 1 is over!
We did it! We went from an idea to an actual show in less than a month. 14 days of rehearsals and a week of shows. It was so much fun, but I’m dying to do it again and make it a million times better. Fingers crossed this could really go somewhere. Big love to all who came down and to all involved. Bring on chapter 2!
New BOXED logo
Here’s the finished logo for BOXED, designed by the lovely people at Bullet who I met on a boat in the Arctic about a year ago. Let me know what you think of it!
video: RFH security bust us for swearing during BOXED workshop
LOL. We’re now thinking of putting this in the show…. a security guard might come in mid-performance and shut the whole gig down due to complaints from next door!!!
Just to clarify, we weren’t calling the security guy a twat! It was part of a workshop exercise. Anyway we renamed it ‘arrogant cat’ after this incident
BOXED is coming!
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Spent the last two days workshopping the story i’ve created for our new show BOXED. Apparently my suggested ending of the gang all landing in the future with a gospel choir of aliens and doing a big Stevie Wonder finale requires a bit more work.
Today we have an experimental workshop with performance artist Stacy Makishi who apparently mashes with your head so I’m looking forward to that!!
What do you guys think of this as a potential logo? Designed by the brilliant guys at Bullet
Win backstage passes for BOXED – Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra's new "beatbox theatre" show
Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra in: BOXED
January 7-8 2010, 7:45pm
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Southbank Centre are proud to present the first performances of BOXED – a brand new “beatbox theatre” show from Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra.
This epic escapade sees our beatboxing heroes travel to the future and back via outer space, dropping some soulful vocal gymnastics and slickly staged theatrics along the way.
“This show will be like beatboxing’s answer to Stomp, Blue Man Group and Into the Hoods.” says Shlomo. “I can’t tell you how excited I am about it!!”
BOXED is a turbo-charged story of friendship and adventure demonstrating the power of unity using nothing but the voice boxes of the 10-strong cast. Performing jaw-dropping vocal routines and tunes spanning the musical spectrum from hip hop to jazz to drum n bass and opera, BOXED is not to be missed!
“This brilliant, effervescent ensemble of rapping, riffing, improvising youngsters could drown out the QE2’s foghorn… Slick theatrics… soulful vocal gymnastics.” – Evening Standard
Win Backstage passes to meet the crew
There will be a random prize draw to select one winner who will win a pair of backstage passes to meet the cast of BOXED at the Purcell Room on January 8th 2010. All ticket holders for the Friday 8th January performance will be automatically entered into the competition.
