Author: Louise

Jon Allen: Tower Theatre 2013

October 19, 2013

Our musician-friend, Jon Allen, came back to The Tower Theatre in Folkestone last night!! He performed an acoustic gig which was a mixture of songs from both his albums. Jon has been touring over the past few months and is currently recording some new material at the moment – some of which, he played for us last night. It was such a good gig. Acoustic gigs are always brilliant, there’s just something about pure, acoustic live music… I can’t explain it, but I just love it so much!

This is me and Abi with Jon after the gig:

Also, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has ‘liked’ my music page on facebook!!! It’s now reached 620…. So, THANK YOU!!!

It would also be amazing to build up the www.facebook.com/OrfilaMusic page too because… well ….. we may or may not have some exciting news coming up soon…!!?

SO, I thought I’d leave you with a link to one of Jon’s songs. I do love a lot of your songs, J-man, but I think this one has to be my favorite.

Louise xx

Orfilary Things!

October 13, 2013

I have always loved performing, whether it’s in a musical or at a gig. Been gigging a lot over the past few months with ‘Orfila‘ and we are having so much fun! Literally feel so lucky to play music and write songs with my brother and sister – love them both so much!

Here’s a few pics from our gigs this weekend:

Huge thank you to everyone who came along to support us – never goes unnoticed and we really do appreciate it! Also, well done to the other acts who we shared the stage with this weekend, all brilliant performers!!

As well as gigging as much as we can, we’re off to Birmingham in a couple of weeks to carry on recording our album! Lots of things happening in preparation of this album… all very exciting!

To get updates of what we are up to follow us on twitter and like us on facebook:

http://www.twitter.com/OrfilaMusic

http://www.facebook.com/OrfilaMusic

Louise xx

Slightly New Venture…

October 11, 2013

Have had a brilliant few days in London filming for new feature films ‘The Theory of Everything’ and ‘Legacy’. This is something different for me and I really enjoyed it. I thought I’d share some pics of the madness that is ‘behind the scenes’…!

Above: In my 70s costume with my new lil film-buddy, Oscar! (The Theory of Everything)

Above: The guys from costume decided I needed a lil green owl on my shoulder! Rather cute companion and was very well behaved! (The Theory of Everything)

Above: One of the scenes is set here, will look completely different when edited for the film as it was transformed into a 70s-street in Cambridge!

Above: Snazzy shots of the door signs for Legacy Movie UK… ’cause, why not!? (For those who don’t know me well, I take lots of pictures… of everything!!)

Above: This is a lil pic of where I had my hair and make-up done for Legacy Movie UK.

Both very different settings and experiences but both just as good! Met some brilliant actors and made some lovely friends!

Also, managed to finally go and see ‘The Book of Mormon’ and meet the cast. It’s such a fantastic show!! THE funniest musical I have ever seen!! (My own, personal opinion)

Many more exciting things are happening over the next few months, cannot wait! Feeling very lucky, blessed, focused and determined ♥

Louise xx

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

September 24, 2013

I have recently been cast as ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past’ in ‘A Christmas Carol: The Musical’.

I have always loved this christmas story. When I was in primary school, our christmas show was ‘A Christmas Carol’ – I played Mrs Cratchit… Oh the memories!!? However, this time I am in a musical version and its brilliant!

Rehearsals are now underway and the show will be running at The Tower Theatre in Folkestone from Saturday 30th November-Sunday 8th December!

It’s such a pretty musical! I’m so excited!! ♥

Louise xx

Birmingham: Take Two!!

September 19, 2013

So, our second musical-adventure to Birmingham was another successful trip! Our album is starting to take shape now and the songs are beginning to come together. It’s becoming more and more exciting every day! Working on our own material and getting stuck in to the recording process is just the best… words can’t explain it!

Here are a few pictures from the past few days… (I say ‘a few’ because if you know me well then you know I take thousands of pictures wherever I go…!!)

Above: Just before we went to the studio on Wednesday morning!

Above: Fascinated by the mirror in the lift so we decided it was necessary to pull impromptu facial expressions… easily pleased!

Above: The all important studio-snack-bag!

Above: Studio fun!!

Above: The designated tea-time-chair!

Above: Us with our musician-friends who are playing on our album, (in order from the left) Matt, Abi, Thomas, Ben and me!

I feel so incredilby lucky to have such talented siblings and a very supportive network of people around us putting so much hard work and every bit of faith they have into this album. We are so grateful for everyone’s continuous support with our music.

So, as far as album-news goes… We are heading back to Birmingham in a few weeks to continue recording!!

Louise xx

Taking a moment in the madness!

September 18, 2013

I am in Birmingham with the rest of the Orfila family. This is our second trip here and we are here because we are recording our album which we are so excited about it!! I thought I’d just take a moment in the madness to write a blog entry as I haven’t had a chance to do so for a while now. Been so busy and I’m loving every second of it! So, here is just a quick update of what has been happening:

We (Orfila) have been gigging, rehearsing and recording non-stop over the past few months and its been so much fun!

Here (above), we are just about to go back on stage for our second set when we played our very own gig at one of the Hythe Venetian Fete live concert evenings – thank you to everyone who came to support us!

Here we are with James Vince after we played our set at Quiet Riot 2013! Thank you to James for having us on the bill for such a good cause.

Me and Abi when we played at a fundraiser for a lovely little lady, Gracie Sims. We were very happy to have been asked to support this event.

We played at Hythe Aid, a local charity fundraiser, the first of many more to come, which we really enjoyed!

We did a ‘cover week’, where we posted a cover video on our youtube channel every day for a week – if you check out our youtube they are all uploaded on there. We are going to be doing a ‘Request Week’ soon, which we will announce on our facebook and twitter pages!

I am also really excited to have been cast as ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past’, in ‘A Christmas Carol: The Musical’. The show will be running at The Tower Theatre in Folkestone from 2nd-8th of December 2013!

All these experiences and opportunites are so incredible, I feel so so so lucky. And to be able to share them all with my beautiful, talented siblings makes it even more worthwhile. The past few weeks have consisted of many meetings and the next few months are going to involve putting our plans and ideas into practice.

I am going to try to write blog posts a lot more but as you can imagine, I have been a busy bee and haven’t had a chance!

So, for now, I am in Birmingham continuing to record with Orfila, gigging, rehearsing, back to University next week, will be in rehearsals for ‘A Christmas Carol’ and organizing some reaaaally exciting things that I can’t quite reveal just yet!!

Louise xx

Orfila – Cover Week!

August 18, 2013

Last night we played in Hythe. It was so beautiful – there were pretty fairy lights all along the canal where we were playing. Thank you to everyone who came along to support us and thank you for all the lovely comments!

Thank you to Sarah Reeves for this photo – more pictures to come, watch this space!

SO, last night we announced that we are doing a ‘Cover Week’ where we will be posting cover versions of some of our favourite songs everyday for a week… the first video will be uploaded tomorrow!

Make sure you check out the links below to keep up to date!

www.facebook.com/OrfilaMusic

www.twitter.com/OrfilaMusic

www.youtube.com/OrfilaMusic

Thank you!

Louise xx

London!

August 18, 2013

Ok, so as per usual, I have been a busy bee!

Over the past few months I have been all over the place doing all sorts of amazing things – I feel very lucky! Thought I’d share just one of the many things I have been up to lately… Me and Abi went to London and performed at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End. We met some amazing people and made some incredible memories.

Lots more exciting things coming up and I will be updating you soon so watch this space!

Take a look at my latest video blog – managed to capture a few of my favourite moments from our west end stage experience 2013!

Enjoy! 🙂

Louise xx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZTG1E6mynY&feature=c4-overview&list=UUqyMSwShItC6BceRrP0-c8Q

Exciting News!

July 19, 2013

So, Orfila supported Albert Hammond back in April this year. We were so lucky and grateful to have had such a wonderful opportunity to meet such an inspiring song writer who is well within the music industry…

We are even more grateful to announce that we are going to be recording with Albert Hammond’s tour manager in Birmingham over the next few months in Highbury Studios. Acts such as Kodaline, UB40 and Duran Duran have also recorded there. We are so excited that words are not enough! www.highburystudio.com

And by Albert Hammond’s manager, we do mean THIS Albert Hammond:

http://www.alberthammond.net/

We will be tweeting and instagramming as much as we can to keep you up to date – SO EXCITED!

Louise xx

Quiet Riot 2013!

July 19, 2013

Orfila are taking part in this year’s ‘Quiet Riot’ festival in Ashford, Kent and have been recording live music videos to help promote. Check out the videos and also take a look at the facebook link for more information on the event: http://www.facebook.com/events/509887425720685/

“Quiet Riot! 2013 is a charity acoustic festival based in Ashford in aid of The Meningitis Trust. 43 acts will be performing across the four days. It is is going to be spectacular! The Meningitis Trust is an amazing charity so any donations would be greatly appreciated. Entry to the Platform 5 shows will cost £3 per day. All shows are age 20 + in accordance with Platform 5’s licence.”