The world was waiting for the premiere of Mamma Mia the movie and it all happened last night in Melbourne. Meryl Streep & Colin Firth were in town to premiere the film to a very enthusiastic audience at Melbourne Central and to celebrate at a fabulous after party with entertainment by yours truly!!

I got to see the film a couple of weeks ago so that i could be inspired to create the after party show, and inspire me it did! The film was so camp! To prepare for the show I purchased the Abba Number Ones album off iTunes… OMG! I had always liked Abba’s music, but never really… felt it before. But when I cranked that album through my apartment and danced away to all of the fabulous tunes from Gimme Gimme right through to I Have A Dream I fell in love with Abba for the first time.

You just can’t go wrong with the music of Abba, and with the whole after party getting a good camp dose of it (and Meryl) only moments prior to my show I knew I was onto a good thing. I had six wonderful dancers led and choreographed by the fabulous Yvette Lee. Yvette did a fabulous job on the chore, it was fun, exciting and looked beautiful (as you will see in the video). We had one little wardrobe malfunction but nothing that inhibited the show. Meryl was up out of her seat dancing and the audience was loving it sick!

Afterwards I came out to meet the crowd and got to spend a couple of minutes chatting with Ms Streep and her makeup & hair artist, Roy. Roy used to be a drag queen, once again proving that we know how to make women look good! Speaking of … Meryl… What a beautiful lady, I shan’t gush on, but she had a very peaceful aura about her.

When I had finished beating my path through the thongs of women to say hi to Colin Firth I was delighted to see my favourite set of legs and yours… Rhonda Burchmore! She is always a slide of heaven. She complimented me on my Christmas cards (what am I going to do this year) and we compared legs! She is just such a fun lady, I would really love to work with her one day. I then got a happy snap with Colin and continued on my way home.

And here is the video:

I have to make the following thank you’s:

Michael Whitemore - official companion, video and stills, McGayver and undoer of what he had done

Ian Gordon @ Atlas Worx for the amazing show audio

Yvette Lee & all of the dancers for such a fab rehearsal and performance!