STUCK ON A CRUISE SHIP!

MY 10-month contract with the Celebrity Eclipse was my first professionally paid contract after graduating in 2018 from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. The gig started with two months of rehearsals in Miami, Florida, before we travelled to Vancouver, Canada, where the cruise ship was docked. Our itinerary was incredible and we were lucky enough to have regular port changes – either every two weeks or each month – so we never saw the same place more than twice. We travelled to Alaska, Hawaii, California, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Antarctica to Brazil and back down the South American coast to Chile, where we finished our trip.

We would usually perform two shows every second night. Sometimes a matinee. Guest entertainers performed on the alternate nights. This meant we had every second day off to rest, go to the gym, explore the port we were docked at and prep for the next show. On the show day we would either rehearse at 10am or