Golden Buzzer act Chickenshed bring Alesha to tears! | Auditions | BGT 2023

We are Chickenshed! Chickenshed is an amazing theatre company based in North London. Everyone and anybody from all walks of life come to Chickenshed. How are you feeling about performing in the Palladium? It's so cool. Seeing all the judges and seeing Ant and Dec. Chickenshed is a place for people where they don't have a place before. It's like we're all a big family. If someone's upset, we say, come on, join us, let's have some fun. It's just a lovely place to be. Feels like a home to me. Just can't wait to perform and see what we've got. We're going to blow your socks off, so get ready. Chickenshed! Hi there. How are you? Good, how are you? Everybody seems very excited. Yeah, we are really excited. We can't wait to see it. Let's get you on there, shall we? Let's go. Good luck. There's so many of us. There's loads of you, isn't there? Hi, how are you doing? How are you doing? You look hyped up and ready to go. Oh yeah. We're ready. What are your names and where are you from? Well, I'm Gabriel. I'm Jimmy. I'm Cara and we're from Chickenshed Theatre Company. Can you tell us a bit more about them, please? Well, Chickenshed is so many things for so many different people. We're all about if you have a passion for theatre and you love theatre, then you're welcome. We're an inclusive company. We don't audition. That's why there's so many of us and we celebrate our differences and we love that. That's what makes us us. We've been going for almost 50 years now, but there's still so much change to make. It's about celebrating our young people. Whenever you're ready, the stage is yours. Thank you. I know you're feeling down But one day you'll be victorious Wearing the crown This is our chance to speak to the world For every young person Every boy and every girl I can beat the night Afraid of thunder Like I'm full of Like I'm full of wonder What's upon our shoulders We are full of wonder I can feel the energy around me Sometimes I slip up and it feels like I'm dying But the power's inside of me It's causing fear in my veins I've got a shock And you're wrong if you doubt me Forget the drama Cause I had a little setback Fighting with the power So I had to get some get back Grow with it Tripping my shoulder Had something to prove in my mind Got all the picks And I'm doing just to watch this world Grow and people be running You're a grand cheat And I want it cause I I can't help but smile Can you watch this? It's like it's contagious Go, go tell your neighbours Just reach out and pass it on Oh yeah It's like it's contagious Go, go tell your neighbours Just reach out and pass it on It's like it's contagious Go, go tell your neighbours Just reach out and pass it on Congratulations Beautiful and powerful Every character came alive The story came alive We can all hear you loud and clear Don't you think? I thought the singing was amazing The choreography was fantastic You were all in sync And for me it's all about the love That's on that stage in front of us And everything that you represent It was a brilliant performance Wonderful, well done I've known about Chicken Shed for a long time And I've always wondered When's the year you're gonna come on? And the work you do actually is incredible And this performance summed up everything you do This really, really, really, really Is a golden buzzer of audition That's what the golden buzzer is for I love every single thing that you stand for And what you represent Inclusivity is so important Everybody feeling represented And you do that in abundance And you're giving young people this Incredible opportunity and platform And honestly, I don't know what else Is more important than that So it's my honour Go and celebrate Well done, well done It was incredible Thank you Just pure joy Well done Thank you so much Now that's a golden buzzer That's why we have the golden buzzer Thank you Yo, you did it I'm so happy You should be happy