Video: BOXED – a beatboxing adventure (the full show)
Here it is in full: BOXED is the Vocal Orchestra stage show we created last year. I would love to develop this into a fully blown West End production. My dream is to create beatboxing’s answer to Stomp. Would love to hear your comments and feedback below. Enjoy!
Recorded live at Bristol Old Vic, November 2010
The Vocal Orchestra are:
Shlomo
Alyusha Chagrin
Claudia Georgette
Johannah Jolson
Grace Savage aka Gracious B
Andy Brooks aka Testament
Robin Bailey
Matthew Featherstone
Understudies: DJ Walde and Chewy
Credits
Written and directed by Shlomo
Sound – Speth Hughes
Lighting Design – Tom Richmond
Stage Manager – Surenee Chan Somchit
Assistant Creative Director – DJ Walde
Movement Director – Simeon Qsyea
AV Design – Chris McGill and Tim Baxter at Dusthouse
Costume Supervisor – Nadia Malik
Filmed and edited by Roswitha Chesher
Produced by Bristol Old Vic, Southbank Centre and Shlomo
Special thanks to
PRS Foundation, Tom Morris, Daffyd Launder, Emma Stenning, Jude Kelly, Simon Godwin, Irit Kahn
Video: Everybody’s Gotta Daydream by Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra
Come and see our full show @ the e4 udderbelly festival, southbank centre, london 15 & 30 may 2011
recorded live at the bristol old vic
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
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.
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
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
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.
