O.K, so, the summer before last, I was in Joseph and teh Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in the west end. Great fun! But what I'm talking about right now is the guy who played Pharoh. His name is Simon Bailey and he was absolutly aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing! And totally amazingly nice too! 4laugh
So, anyway, long time ago, I went to see Joseph a bit after I left it, he was still in it and as good as ever, but Josephs shut down now and I hadn't seen him since.
So, last Friday, me, my mum and my bro went to see Les Miserables (something I've wanted to see for ages), and guess who's in it! I bought I programe, and was reading it, and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw him! He was great, and I talked to him after too.
Now, it also said in his little bio thing in the programme that he had reacently been working on an exciting new progect with the BBC called Jamie Kane that could be viewed on the net. So, the next day, I look and find it, and it was an ARG (a virtual reality game thing). So I joined.
Basicly, Simon is playing Jamie, a popstar who died, or did he? You, and some characters in the game, have to work out exactly what happened. They email you, and live chat, there's even your mobile involved. It's pretty simple, and lasts over 15 days.
It's really weird though. They've set up all these sites for it, and many dont' say that Jamie isn't real and this is all an ARG. So, if you ound one and didn't know what it was, you could think he was real! They have recorded several songs for him too (sung by Simon I assume).
Of course, it's doubley weird for me, 'cause it's Simon, a guy I know, a guy I performed with, a guy I talked to last Friday! 'Course, most people playing don't know this, he's not exactly famous.
Isn't life weird! mrgreen
Some Jamie Kane sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/jamiekane/
(sign up and play)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/kanejamie.shtml
(Jamie Kane, Artist profile - so weird!)
http://www.jamiekane.co.uk/
(Official Jamie Kane site)
http://www.jamierules.co.uk/
(Unofficial Jamie site, where you interact with the characters)
Simon (Jamie):
