Helen Arney – Page 2 – Comedian. Writer. Presenter. Geek Songstress

Christmas Magic can be yours!

Children's choir singing Christmas Magic

Those of you on my mailing list will know how proud I was of the festive song Lucy Armstrong and I wrote for Glyndebourne Opera and Create Music last year, called Christmas Magic. More than 2,000 primary school kids from Sussex stomped their feet, clapped their hands and sang about flying reindeer and the Northern Lights during December…

…and now YOU can sing it too!

Lucy has all sorts of arrangements ready for primary school choir, mixed adult/children’s choir, with small musical ensemble or just piano. Email me if you’re interested and I can share all the options with you.

Sadly I don’t have a recording of the song that I can share in public – yet – but … Read the rest

New Year, New Musical, New Website!

in Uncategorized on 02/08/25

Things are moving on apace with the musical I’m writing about Girton College Fire Brigade, as part of the Birmingham Hippodrome New Writers Group!

If you’re free on Thursday 6th March 2025 at 1.30pm or 7.15pm you can see two songs and scenes from the show at the Hippodrome, or if that doesn’t work for you, go browse our new Fire Brigade Musical Website. You’ll find links, songs and blog posts about the process. Firemen, assemble!… Read the rest

Bertha Benz Takes A Ride

in Uncategorized on 03/21/24

Click here to listen to the nine-minute musical Jenni Pinnock and I wrote about motoring pioneer (and joyrider) the somewhat complicated and conflicted character of Bertha Benz.

It took us most of a year to write, in bits and pieces, and it was first performed at the Royal Institution in October 2023 at An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail. We’re still not quite sure what it’s for or what to do with it, but Helena Raeburn sang it so fabulously in the studio that we’ve put it online for everyone to enjoy this mini-musical full of motoring drama and authentic German swearwords…… Read the rest