It's almost Christmas and I'm in London because there is a very special treat lined up for me
and it includes my favourite things music singing dancing and even a talking snowman
Frozen the musical is one of the biggest theatre shows in the UK and today I get to go behind the
scenes I can't believe I'm actually on the set of Frozen the musical Emily, Djavan you're back! Wait
pinch me am I dreaming okay so I play Princess Anna who is such a iconic you know loved role
in Frozen and tell us a bit more about your character Djavan I have the honour to play
Kristoff the reindeer King best friends with Sven now we have to talk about the set
would you like a go on the bridge let's go okay right welcome on the ice bridge
I'm on the bridge it's all sorts of magic that happens on it including a skateboard a slide and
this is our playground every night and this is all like made to look like it's ice it's really
cold so when I walk past I go like oh that's really cold you know a bit of acting there for
you very good at acting I can't believe this is real which takes us down to this point here where
we have a slide during work hours it's such hard work do you wanna give it a go yes Emily not then
let's go oh my gosh it's me and weeee snow
now I've seen the set I'm heading backstage to meet the wig mistress I've never seen so much
hair so in one night how many wigs would Elsa wear so Elsa wears four Anna wears seven oh wow yeah I
mean there's 121 weeks in the show so there's all those different hairstyles right this is what we
look and Liv even lets me have a go at prepping Anna's wig ready for tonight's performance next
up we're going to meet Sven the reindeer and learn a few moves from Puppeteer Ashley nice
to meet you this goes on our head and we've got a full body costume that goes underneath and we've
got two feet that I'm going to show you how we do it if you're up for it I'm up for it yeah let's go
the feet of the reindeer have blocks at the end that act like stilts they're tied on securely
with laces and a zip to protect your ankles okay they're officially on but how do I walk
so we go up on our stilts like this so our arms go into other stilts in our hands just
lean forward and just rock up you'll feel it just lift your feet off there you go so move
your arms forward a bit more okay can you feel that so you need to come further up on your feet
so then what we would do then is we'll do it slowly move your right arm forward
and then your left foot forward there you go then you're left and your right
there there you go I spin keep them feet up
it's a lot of um core strength just a little bit I'm not quite
sure I mastered the reindeer walk it takes a lot of strength and practice
perhaps I can try out another character I wonder who's behind this door
hello wow welcome Samantha of course plays the iconic character of Elsa how does that
feel to play the main character in Frozen the musical just feeling the atmosphere hearing
the reaction from the audience some people you know singing along moving along I get a
lot of people doing the arms actually so if someone wanted to play Elsa oh hello do you
have any tips for me there is so much magic going on on that stage so you have to remain
calm and composed cool calm head you got it let it go let it go exactly okay everyone
freeze I'm off to meet the musical director he's teaching me the song do you sing I do
but first vocal exercises your voice is like a muscle that needs warming up before you exercise
I think we should tackle the first bit of the song to begin with you're following your lead okay
here we go let's have a go the snow glows white on the mountain
tonight not a footprint to be seen a kingdom of isolation and it looks like
like I'm the Queen the wind is swirling storm inside
couldn't keep it in heaven knows I tried nailed the singing now it's time for
costumes costumes there's so much to see there's wigs dresses oh I like this one oh
it's been amazing to be behind the scenes on
Frozen the musical I wonder if they'll let me keep this coat
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