tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53505434891974695772024-03-19T01:47:55.640-07:00Theatre ReviewsKev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.comBlogger1287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-90650413690728628182024-03-15T16:29:00.000-07:002024-03-15T17:21:11.329-07:00<p> <span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Passing Strangers" by Eric Chappell.</span></p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Riverside Drama Company.</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Duchess Theatre, Long Eaton.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpaSe6Oy49e9M8hl7NnafmUf9lW1JdAPTprS94tMPCm5Vl5d27CkH-5Ow9g8972EYNiKBNtUxFPT6wFGkhKJLyjVu32-0vT-FWdacqUd9xoBkX2oAJ2dHoK0MmmJpmp7bYyF0XznY13d87_k8C2JAoH-qpjfTJLUg7Z3N6-wA7vIWIqJL4MQX899pC5Ma/s1202/passing%20strangers.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpaSe6Oy49e9M8hl7NnafmUf9lW1JdAPTprS94tMPCm5Vl5d27CkH-5Ow9g8972EYNiKBNtUxFPT6wFGkhKJLyjVu32-0vT-FWdacqUd9xoBkX2oAJ2dHoK0MmmJpmp7bYyF0XznY13d87_k8C2JAoH-qpjfTJLUg7Z3N6-wA7vIWIqJL4MQX899pC5Ma/s320/passing%20strangers.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here's a little gem of a play that I've not heard of, never mind seen before, and written by Eric Chappell. Now, if the name of the writer seems to ring a bell, he is the person who penned the brilliant "Rising Damp" on TV.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Malcolm takes his friend Clive to a singles’ evening at The Royal Hotel. Clive, a hospital porter masquerading as a doctor, has just been left by his wife, while Malcolm is a confirmed bachelor and “big in imports” - really a market stall trader. In the deserted hotel bar, to the depressing soundtrack of the next-door ballroom - well let's face it "Thorn In My Side" by Eurythmics is just what you want to hear at a singles night disco isn't it? - they meet two recent divorcees; upwardly-mobile Julie and cynical, defiant Liz.</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Malcolm is determined to break down Liz’s defences while trying to pair off Clive with Julie. But the women have a few tricks of their own, and Malcolm soon finds that life, like the evening, is full of surprises.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2dO6l8eZ3yMueUxKfFmedgT41KCmS29opjhM-pCTwKidkgOO38XdArIz0Dfot6w18YyUQ874JE3EzmGGceJo7XME5MwKw9PlFtABal9Jq8usb5J9eO01OARIWlq6VuFYmjowSZpcKE0yn9VpxJeKytOrgZ0z3A5a_QhK3N3K8MXNdT9JMAcMyXPwcK1C/s1600/passing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2dO6l8eZ3yMueUxKfFmedgT41KCmS29opjhM-pCTwKidkgOO38XdArIz0Dfot6w18YyUQ874JE3EzmGGceJo7XME5MwKw9PlFtABal9Jq8usb5J9eO01OARIWlq6VuFYmjowSZpcKE0yn9VpxJeKytOrgZ0z3A5a_QhK3N3K8MXNdT9JMAcMyXPwcK1C/s320/passing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Celia Billau plays Cynthia Lamour, the host for the singles evening, and it's incredible when something as basic as a wig can change how a person looks, as I had to look twice at Celia. Cynthia is typical of some of the Northern lady club hosts with the blond hair, glamorous costume and patter, but we never did get to hear those jokes did we.......</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Donna Osmond plays Liz, who is a recent divorcee, has been dragged to the singles night by her mate, Julie. She volleys away Malcolm's advances in the same way as Serena Williams would volley a tennis ball onslaught.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkXdReBvardtSsDk2qeXNcBXzztBNIjpeKz7tJah7YHvGPjXzqBGEfDJsLqlJv7wSbekuJ5JuFYdODtZbBcOwOPzUMUPgMSU4K6rVpprimNJ3fc-JacZm9MB-NQP9EjOhIlxf49-awDJmS006n1FqZ8Hw6mm3-AOOZ3XUGia__zHUbiNvzmewF-Te4LBf/s1600/passing3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkXdReBvardtSsDk2qeXNcBXzztBNIjpeKz7tJah7YHvGPjXzqBGEfDJsLqlJv7wSbekuJ5JuFYdODtZbBcOwOPzUMUPgMSU4K6rVpprimNJ3fc-JacZm9MB-NQP9EjOhIlxf49-awDJmS006n1FqZ8Hw6mm3-AOOZ3XUGia__zHUbiNvzmewF-Te4LBf/s320/passing3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">John Sully plays Malc, a seasoned singles-bar cruiser and the oldest swinger in town. He uses one of the oldest chat up lines ever - well so I'm led to believe - the one that states that he knew her from a while ago, all in an effort to strike up some past event that they may have in common. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Malc has some brilliant comic, and cheesy, lines but none are working on Liz. Malc is a Liverpudlian, but I can't remember if he had an accent when I last saw John in "Caramba's Revenge". If Malc isn't a Scouse, then he has an excellent and fluent ear and ability for accents, because I certainly believed that accent throughout.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCg60VnFFebfGolwRWvvxX7saWUlDLaykbuYzk-62eNr6_EAsWjuy8MFGWNR1j_FTyE7Q3Gey1bY6K42xd7PrM915Zrb8knX1GLKjm_6HTSOGgafEfoMxPSOXIheCeF3iFugnQPrMz7CFpGNhONDuKmnKaiLscccAvZ-D6gueB7cMOWuAPrpGl6TSG11m/s1600/passing1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCg60VnFFebfGolwRWvvxX7saWUlDLaykbuYzk-62eNr6_EAsWjuy8MFGWNR1j_FTyE7Q3Gey1bY6K42xd7PrM915Zrb8knX1GLKjm_6HTSOGgafEfoMxPSOXIheCeF3iFugnQPrMz7CFpGNhONDuKmnKaiLscccAvZ-D6gueB7cMOWuAPrpGl6TSG11m/s320/passing1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jonathan Greaves plays Clive, who is still madly in love with his ex and isn't bothered about spouting this fact to Malc, as well as to Julie. Julie is very impressed that Clive is a doctor, and sets Clive in her sights, but the truth will always out, especially when there's a need for a doctor mid way through the evening at the singles night!</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lizzie Norris plays the upwardly mobile Julie. Julie loves a second hand - sorry, that should be "pre-loved" bargain - which is probably why she is at a singles night! Julie is in no way backwards at coming forwards, but only if the standing and status is right for her, she wouldn't just match up with just anyone like a hospital porter. Her history of previous dates bear evidence to that!</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">The script is very funny, with many lines that you may even know - possibly used - back in your dating days. Liz certainly put Malc in his place when he says that "he thought that he was going to die young", to which she retorted, "well, you didn't". Talk about a cat with her claws out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBX1fGnCKELP9I0C2BvxTG2Wn78z4WWHXqUzzkqNEiC0z43EaoOHxpUUZoXhsY42Lv0hbO6g0n_tCplZ1_VDBrZ68VaiYwqaggtrYQFuPvqRQBlFDD-n6q-IF2whagFUXWUTDcHHA8jBJ0gHKNz4DJ1SnuVg1IsO05Rf27YTuZ_vGejITwIU0nrwDeTmE1/s1264/passing%20strangers2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBX1fGnCKELP9I0C2BvxTG2Wn78z4WWHXqUzzkqNEiC0z43EaoOHxpUUZoXhsY42Lv0hbO6g0n_tCplZ1_VDBrZ68VaiYwqaggtrYQFuPvqRQBlFDD-n6q-IF2whagFUXWUTDcHHA8jBJ0gHKNz4DJ1SnuVg1IsO05Rf27YTuZ_vGejITwIU0nrwDeTmE1/s320/passing%20strangers2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">There's so many brilliantly comical and bitchy swashbuckling of lines between the two couples, and then there's a rather superb twist in the tail for one of the couples.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Directed by Jonathan Greaves, this is not his first connection with this play, so he knows exactly what is needed in this production, and delivers a wonderfully sharp piece of theatre. If I am advised correctly the role of Cynthia is normally just a voice over, but Jonathan, and Assistant Director Liz Turner have given a physical role to the hostess with mostest, with Celia Billeau.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">The set design and construction is thanks to Bob Baron. Three tables, six chairs, a backdrop of glittery working men's club style curtaining and a lovely electric screen advertising the singles night, courtesy of Dave Martin. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am so pleased that with the props, the glasses were actually filled with actual orange juice and a red liquid cocktail. Sandra Read is responsible for the props on show.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Cast provided the costumes and I loved the "mink" that Julie wore. That coat itself gave rise to a lovely comedy routine between Julie and Liz regarding the "previous owner".</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sound design is by Keith Salway, and as the main area for the play is on the other side of the dancefloor doors, the music was muted but with seepage of some lovely cheesy floor fillers.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lighting design is by Rob Osmond, and with the whole show being set in just one place, the bar area, well just away from the bar area, but away from the actual dancefloor, we got the lighting of a "mature" singles night disco affect. Sometimes less is more to create the right atmosphere and that really worked well in this production.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj9sEKBsu3SMw_FoW6nDWuYrWAjDTyeymno6_abUFnl8nqZdbIVZWZ3ZJctWKB3AgAZBJqu7QQZbtVVIz1s5kaerqo4xt6TNeurSBYwc0gUmBFvTpf9HXeBXSxtjY7iJ_uW9Lz871MvSqm8V_dfLXK5ruEbQko4y7NjRVk1sRr2hgb_hnGltX6Kd2VVM8/s844/passing%20strangers1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj9sEKBsu3SMw_FoW6nDWuYrWAjDTyeymno6_abUFnl8nqZdbIVZWZ3ZJctWKB3AgAZBJqu7QQZbtVVIz1s5kaerqo4xt6TNeurSBYwc0gUmBFvTpf9HXeBXSxtjY7iJ_uW9Lz871MvSqm8V_dfLXK5ruEbQko4y7NjRVk1sRr2hgb_hnGltX6Kd2VVM8/s320/passing%20strangers1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">If you liked the quick fire and acutely observed comedy of "Rising Damp", you will love this comedy play. many moons ago I used to provide the "disco" for a singles club, and instantly recognised all four characters from back in the day, which could be why I found this play such a joy.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">There were a couple of prompts needed, which I wouldn't have expected at this stage of the run, but this is quite a wordy script.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Passing Strangers" is at the Duchess Theatre, Long Eaton until Saturday 16 March. Make sure this play doesn't pass you by!!</span>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-15933298164068992692024-03-14T17:43:00.000-07:002024-03-14T17:43:43.459-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"Handbagged" by Moira Buffini.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ashby Dramatic Society.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Venture Theatre, Ashby de la Zouche.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_tYT_sQEhcpVT71xWaCMBL9SeHBPXkbMnnioTvdhsrgolj4Us2DAEuTtyTf1bUu6N9DozsN6xvPKWYiGkMvEsKg9PHelqrG0nnaO5oVCJOcjRjBgIoux4_xWiFg1Li-QSzXjMsfyG-S2wrz85zRhE_U5E_KsraGGVIBtAZ-xKul7sCJgacuUx699r6Vx/s852/handbagged.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="603" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_tYT_sQEhcpVT71xWaCMBL9SeHBPXkbMnnioTvdhsrgolj4Us2DAEuTtyTf1bUu6N9DozsN6xvPKWYiGkMvEsKg9PHelqrG0nnaO5oVCJOcjRjBgIoux4_xWiFg1Li-QSzXjMsfyG-S2wrz85zRhE_U5E_KsraGGVIBtAZ-xKul7sCJgacuUx699r6Vx/s320/handbagged.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />Although nothing has been written down and recorded for posterity, this play indicates what the conversations may have been like between The Queen and Margaret Thatcher in their weekly meetings at Buckingham Palace. Given their public persona this at first glance, may not seem the most interesting of plays. But how wrong you may be.....</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The play shows The Queen as having a sharp and wicked sense of humour who at times seemed bored in the presence of Mrs T, zoning in and out of the conversation. Mrs Thatcher was serious throughout and the only time she neared cracking a joke, she denied it vehemently. It's rather nice to see The Queen portrayed as having a fun and humorous outlook as well as being laid back, and, even though I'm not a royalist, I'd love to think that her Maj was really like this behind closed doors. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The period covers the whole of the Thatcher years in just over two hours and, I felt, depicts both female icons as powerful but likeable women, but as I said at the start this is not re-told from literal records and is just in the imaginary story-telling of the author, Moira Buffini. But whose to say this isn't a true picture of what they were like behind closed doors?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXDtFl0DgslsG1oBanIKHkReYbZtEBYBVMuKcdmKjGjoyiTxIFk-5hqQ3iwTo9aHafwqf1e4zOI_YeuwVJAL66M3pHhhofTucuMym8KqXSOApTp0QhFMTXkQ4TvSarBbrkHZ-3GNruncQC2S324xst7mZZSxVjHotKanfp2gxIaq6ZgLH6MpSy1rHKPJd/s2048/handbagged2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="2048" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXDtFl0DgslsG1oBanIKHkReYbZtEBYBVMuKcdmKjGjoyiTxIFk-5hqQ3iwTo9aHafwqf1e4zOI_YeuwVJAL66M3pHhhofTucuMym8KqXSOApTp0QhFMTXkQ4TvSarBbrkHZ-3GNruncQC2S324xst7mZZSxVjHotKanfp2gxIaq6ZgLH6MpSy1rHKPJd/s320/handbagged2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Handbagged", by the way, was coined by Margaret Thatcher early into her term of office as a symbol of her power and a political prop.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maggie, in her later years is played by Mel Mitchell and absolutely captures the elder PM. The look, the voice and the physicality is all there. In Maggie's later years her voice developed a lower timbre and slightly more soothing and that has been captured by Mel.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The younger Maggie is played by Rachel Wallis. Again, the look, voice and physicality have all been nailed, and we see an altogether more ruthless, power-hungry Prime Minister, but lacking the Queen's sense of humour. There's a line from the Queen that shows she has spotted a "joke" from Maggie, although Maggie's comment was not meant to be funny at all.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvZcU8W4FM-WV-s3Ay_25t5kSFyFrEp030icI0hFF_6wq_uyP14SIU7zylMoAQWe-A3LBH1Njwwni5bkRBHfc9Yt-1ijuZDsexNCgHmB1OE1cssInfzm3r7YVZweb7D3J11ZSoFhVpXOR4iGwYuXNhyphenhyphenCGEfFF82hlGGtaNJJGWOPgff5Mcoh0Ycwb_35A/s2048/handbagged3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="2048" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvZcU8W4FM-WV-s3Ay_25t5kSFyFrEp030icI0hFF_6wq_uyP14SIU7zylMoAQWe-A3LBH1Njwwni5bkRBHfc9Yt-1ijuZDsexNCgHmB1OE1cssInfzm3r7YVZweb7D3J11ZSoFhVpXOR4iGwYuXNhyphenhyphenCGEfFF82hlGGtaNJJGWOPgff5Mcoh0Ycwb_35A/s320/handbagged3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The older Queen Elizabeth is played by </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Norma Morris-Chapman, and Norma shows us a Queen with a dry sense of humour, and again, an all-over softer persona.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The younger Elizabeth is played by Jo Coupe, and matches Maggie's energy but also has a lovely clipped accent that is so reminiscent of the younger Queen.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ron Ghosh plays the role of a Palace Footman who only strays from the Queen's throne side to introduce the scenes in a brilliantly dry way, matching his employer's dry sense of humour.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs4OpawVGQALUPicPxPxUGaS_jlYmSmZriD_8y26D0PW8c7xu-sqQ8SzwWvoAJcGqlWolVQ2tpcftDHhxkT6SBRnN67qsMFFIHEXNUQt-3JXZnAzQFhfdAdTwrRcytEZZmVsSxXxoI8-OsSLS8_atZqSPNHFDLq4Wbqu9pBmtjjUUJazj0NJHu22YXa81/s2048/handbagged4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1246" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs4OpawVGQALUPicPxPxUGaS_jlYmSmZriD_8y26D0PW8c7xu-sqQ8SzwWvoAJcGqlWolVQ2tpcftDHhxkT6SBRnN67qsMFFIHEXNUQt-3JXZnAzQFhfdAdTwrRcytEZZmVsSxXxoI8-OsSLS8_atZqSPNHFDLq4Wbqu9pBmtjjUUJazj0NJHu22YXa81/s320/handbagged4.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paul Smith plays another palace footman, as well as Nancy Raegan, yes you did read that right. Looking a bit like Tim Healey's character, Les, in "Benidorm", Paul is a well rounded actor, shall we say, and that played to the Nancy Raegan role, especially with one line which commented on how thin she was, which caused a brilliant response from the audience.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Phil Deakin is the only cast member that I have seen before on stage. Phil plays a plethora of characters with various costumes, wigs and accents including Enoch Powell, Kenneth Kuanda, Kenneth Clarke, Neil Kinnock, a Protestor, Gerry Adams, Ronald Raegan, Arthur Scargill, Rupert Murdoch and Prince Phillip. Always great fun to see Phil perform in any role and here we are treated to several.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">David Hare plays Denis Thatcher, Peter Carrington, Michael Heseltine, Geoffrey Howe and Michael Shea. While his characters are presented with such comic skills, I also found David, outside of these characters, a very funny actor. he obviously has funny bones!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibI2ktUunTNXLP1axB9QbrUSCebUtOUlos1H6QwtN-Gd5Sr_CzrUQb-ARhLdohW8fquaGemjMjK1JKL-kUFg0LBC3IwaHsqJN-FcpdVt4hOdbEN1XXK0s511mKfqaxdz7oWeXuYzYfgcjQfKaA3mYOF394mW6KCHaGbYJ06jCTQpwSlMerfOyV4MCY46Xs/s2048/handbagged1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1404" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibI2ktUunTNXLP1axB9QbrUSCebUtOUlos1H6QwtN-Gd5Sr_CzrUQb-ARhLdohW8fquaGemjMjK1JKL-kUFg0LBC3IwaHsqJN-FcpdVt4hOdbEN1XXK0s511mKfqaxdz7oWeXuYzYfgcjQfKaA3mYOF394mW6KCHaGbYJ06jCTQpwSlMerfOyV4MCY46Xs/s320/handbagged1.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are some lovely banter sketches between David and Phil in between the characters, and some comical breaking of the fourth wall. Even Queen Elizabeth told Maggie that what was said would go no further than the three walls.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's writing like this that makes this play such a humorous piece of theatre and such a joy to see. I have no real political leanings but can appreciate the political humour that seamlessly makes this play such a lovely comedy.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The play is produced and directed by Terry Hammond and Anna Golden. The theatre, which I have never been to before, is centred as an "in the round" setting which makes addressing the audience very easy. I have a feeling that some of the falling over the words actually make this play even better because the flow came over more natural. Maybe this is how Terry and Anna intended the flow of the script to be. Either way, it worked for me. The flow of the script has been well observed and executed, and both Directors have ensured that the comedy elements have been showcased excellently by the cast.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The costumes, provided by Mary Barker are absolutely wonderful, especially those for the Queens and the Maggies.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Another aspect of this play I really appreciated were that the </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wigs and make up for the male characters were not perfect and we saw the skull caps below the wigs. This is another brilliant comedy side of the play. So many times we see a play and the wigs are perfectly applied. this takes me back to watching some of the old variety shows where they have impressionists who do a quick fire costume and wig change and they "deliberately" have wigs on cock eyed. This aspect created an additional seam of comedy.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The wigs for Maggie were wonderfully coiffured into the style that we recognise for the PM. The wigs for Queen Elizabeth looked slightly as if they had been pulled backwards through a hedge. That in itself made me smile as we all think of the Queen as having been styled, but the image we saw on opening night made the Queen such a fun character. You can imagine from this script that the Queen may just have enjoyed sitting in front of some quiz show, hair in curlers with a drink in one hand and a fag in the other. Wouldn't that be fun? Or is that me reading more into the People's Royal Favourite than I should be.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sound design and operation is by Martin Pritchard. Carefully cued sound effects and music sound bites make the play an even more interesting viewing.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lighting design is by Paul Smith, and operated by Griffin Bayley. Just one blackout that should not have been there, but this was opening night, so forgiven. The fade to black to close the scenes gave Ron Ghosh, who also designed the set, chance to move into position for the fade up, dividing the scenes and making introductions to the upcoming scenes almost seamless.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stage management, when performed in the round and where there are several entrance and exit points, can not be the easiest of jobs but Stage Manager, Nicky Miller, and Assistant Stage Manager, Peter Robson made this style of performance look very smooth.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There's some unpolitically correct comments, ironic as this is partly about politics, but all the same a very funny play which paints a different picture of both women to the one that the public image depicts. It knocks a lot of the sharp edges off of Thatcher and presents the Queen in a rounder, more jovial image we may have had of her. A play not to take too serious though and for entertainment purposes only!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Handbagged" is at The Venture Theatre in Ashby de la Zouch until Saturday 16 March, and then from Wednesday 20 March until Saturday 23 March. Best parking, for those who don't know the area, is at the Library car park at the bottom of North Street, and is free after 5pm.</span></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-61750972996164967112024-03-13T18:15:00.000-07:002024-03-13T18:31:01.432-07:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Les Miserables - School Edition"</span></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="c1h8r-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1h8r-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="c1h8r-0-0" end="23" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Arts Theatre</span><span data-offset-key="c1h8r-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="1gtkj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1gtkj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1gtkj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="6km0p-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6km0p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6km0p-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmv7ZWVSuy4EmMp_lKbl3XE46Ys4JcKf3woH2ncyBAQmFgZo9KKLNlahcBSczdDQu5JrohCAZg87IGR_cA3SFdVMwzGuQ3INN0vacxFVgm8IyR_AdfgdpdzGw51ex-la4h8UkLbjMTQ4KgfyKXPjgjakxA7FThg_mNLzXXcnQlCV_-9Z7KF7ztqf5RTT5/s842/Les%20Mis%20Arts%20Theatre.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="595" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmv7ZWVSuy4EmMp_lKbl3XE46Ys4JcKf3woH2ncyBAQmFgZo9KKLNlahcBSczdDQu5JrohCAZg87IGR_cA3SFdVMwzGuQ3INN0vacxFVgm8IyR_AdfgdpdzGw51ex-la4h8UkLbjMTQ4KgfyKXPjgjakxA7FThg_mNLzXXcnQlCV_-9Z7KF7ztqf5RTT5/s320/Les%20Mis%20Arts%20Theatre.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />Not even a little fall of rain this evening could keep me away from seeing one of my favourite musicals on Wednesday night.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="25d7g-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="25d7g-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="25d7g-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="fh8i3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fh8i3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fh8i3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Les Misérables - School Edition" tells the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict who spends a lifetime seeking redemption. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France and the aftermath of the French Revolution, this story of intertwined destinies reveals the power of compassion and the quiet evil of indifference to human suffering.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="93gd6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="93gd6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="93gd6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="bhk4b-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bhk4b-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bhk4b-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">As Valjean’s quest for a new life carries him into Paris and to the barricades of the Student Revolution, he is hunted by Inspector Javert and the ghosts of his past. Amidst the battles, he discovers the true meaning of love and salvation.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="4eh3e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4eh3e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4eh3e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="rvtj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="rvtj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="rvtj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">What, may you ask, is the difference between the "School Edition" and the original full length musical? the answer is, not a lot. There's just a few minor changes in the lyrics.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZejyHHYAiznvilPMGf5Hjf2TIADNUMGlBDsqkATVcqrN830hia67OZJOqEgmkZ4R_ie2arZOS5RWy6HfT0PTH0TAruvzTiAmlNA2mSd0KyZFLvI0i3JW5eTkXnhd8U64K0_7Bz6XqUVLK2zEzIOPU8Z7pgEf70KbpKK0-f2NdOPzx98cVicsKdK0z_yrx/s2048/les%20mis.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZejyHHYAiznvilPMGf5Hjf2TIADNUMGlBDsqkATVcqrN830hia67OZJOqEgmkZ4R_ie2arZOS5RWy6HfT0PTH0TAruvzTiAmlNA2mSd0KyZFLvI0i3JW5eTkXnhd8U64K0_7Bz6XqUVLK2zEzIOPU8Z7pgEf70KbpKK0-f2NdOPzx98cVicsKdK0z_yrx/s320/les%20mis.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="9uir9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9uir9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9uir9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="845ma-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="845ma-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="845ma-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I was chatting to my friend and fellow reviewer, David Allen, in the interval and he said that you could sum up this production in just two or three words; all of them being extremely complimentary. I completely agree with David, but I'm sure we'll both use a lot more than that.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="cp7ft-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cp7ft-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cp7ft-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="bjaor-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bjaor-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bjaor-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">This show is an emotional one. Not just the storyline, nor the lyrics, but for me, another reason. I have had the pleasure of seeing many of these young actors in shows over the last few years, and I've seen their progression. To watch them deliver this musical in such a passionate and professional way fills me with emotion, so goodness knows how proud the parents and family members of this cast must be feeling after this first night show.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="737uq-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="737uq-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="737uq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="4i3pb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4i3pb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4i3pb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I first saw "Les Miserables - School Edition" at the Nottingham Arts Theatre back in 2015, and it's been in my top five favourite musicals since that day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRLQK5Wirn_YmugBiRMG20bia3skKQvlSYKulpdT6dZpOEFHm1kdJHL5Me_f6uIpXqKlgi2QPNlPGLCmhXu3nllB67KFzuMysQS9lfw2vvP712J9DisJipQutRk43EZa_qMPlZfOGwtQBQxWxhBVETAUoZ6sj4QVkhMgWK33I1MICKKaF3ePQf2UVlljj/s2048/les%20mis5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRLQK5Wirn_YmugBiRMG20bia3skKQvlSYKulpdT6dZpOEFHm1kdJHL5Me_f6uIpXqKlgi2QPNlPGLCmhXu3nllB67KFzuMysQS9lfw2vvP712J9DisJipQutRk43EZa_qMPlZfOGwtQBQxWxhBVETAUoZ6sj4QVkhMgWK33I1MICKKaF3ePQf2UVlljj/s320/les%20mis5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="mkmk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="mkmk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="mkmk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="f6f11-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f6f11-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f6f11-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Jean Valjean is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="f6f11-1-0" end="38" spellcheck="false" start="26" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">George Young</span><span data-offset-key="f6f11-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. George has always had a very strong voice and taking on the mighty "Bring Him Home" is no easy feat. To me, it sounded like a new arrangement of the song; an arrangement that allowed George to dampen his range, but to amplify the emotional side of the song, and that worked really well, in my opinion. You see the age progression from his prison days to his final scenes by the greying of his hair, but also in the physicality of the character and in Valjean's face you could see the weariness. I've seen George in a lot of stuff from "Seussical" and "Matilda Jr" to Ren in "Footloose", and seeing him play such an iconic and more mature character really suits George, showing him as a powerful character actor with a strong and emotive voice. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlvPauwUT7jmrPvf3ViZAwlG1u-k5rTI46RrHyCal_zmJiizxa69s7Pfz3clRDTnPTY8tDZ376uLRoPA5MX7OHUmM2vserLwpsd6KYqPEyfA9ysyvUi7yAJ6AXDO5DM3xx2wnzIg4bjnM3P8BlzNZ72mB6WRs_UYNlsvFi-XNotyFbuqFtWCaJqttLDX_/s2048/les%20mis3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlvPauwUT7jmrPvf3ViZAwlG1u-k5rTI46RrHyCal_zmJiizxa69s7Pfz3clRDTnPTY8tDZ376uLRoPA5MX7OHUmM2vserLwpsd6KYqPEyfA9ysyvUi7yAJ6AXDO5DM3xx2wnzIg4bjnM3P8BlzNZ72mB6WRs_UYNlsvFi-XNotyFbuqFtWCaJqttLDX_/s320/les%20mis3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="bsqq8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bsqq8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bsqq8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="7la22-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7la22-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7la22-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Fantine is played by Chloe Chapman-Deas. Fantine is a strong and determined female character in "Les Miserables" and Chloe brings these attributes to the fore in this role. She also brings emotion, especially on the deathbed scene, and her version of "I Dreamed A Dream" started off a run of "tingles" for me. You felt Fantine's pain and determination every step of the way.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="75lub-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="75lub-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="75lub-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="4130i-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4130i-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4130i-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Javert, the complex police inspector obsessed with upholding and enforcing the law, is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="4130i-1-0" end="113" spellcheck="false" start="97" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Jonathan Jaycock</span><span data-offset-key="4130i-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, a young man I first saw on stage as Daddy Warbucks back in 2015 at the Arts Theatre. Since then I have seen Jonathan grow into a fine performer who can perform a character role as well as perform a song and bring out the meaning and power of the song lyrics. There are so many classic songs in "Les Mis", shared among many of the main characters; Javert's song is "Stars" which grows and grows in intensity. This is one of my favourite songs in the soundtrack and Jonathan's version was spine tinglingly good.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUovnYFarjm7t3wkQz0K5O5VyHzujgKGNIcy5NGObASKS1GFElWB6OphzxJgxjXyA13m5r2rjRNPQI53e62S4BUQTKsJNw60VwwdHQn8G72tBP8Jz5r0J5ggDTt9W5H0VTPVdZX8jdeLPzVbtZ19dvq81rMJFU0KmL-ZP-F5sCYHvni1h5ggYqwtadGnFF/s2048/les%20mis9.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUovnYFarjm7t3wkQz0K5O5VyHzujgKGNIcy5NGObASKS1GFElWB6OphzxJgxjXyA13m5r2rjRNPQI53e62S4BUQTKsJNw60VwwdHQn8G72tBP8Jz5r0J5ggDTt9W5H0VTPVdZX8jdeLPzVbtZ19dvq81rMJFU0KmL-ZP-F5sCYHvni1h5ggYqwtadGnFF/s320/les%20mis9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="5k82e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5k82e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5k82e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="93ce9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="93ce9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="93ce9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Little Eponine is played by Chloe Samuels.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="ciq7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ciq7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ciq7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="ak2oc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ak2oc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ak2oc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Éponine is the eldest daughter of the Thénardiers and is played by Francesca Lewis. I already knew what a gorgeous voice Francesca has, after singing "Almost Paradise" in her last role as Ariel at the Arts Theatre in "Footloose". This role gives you the opportunity to hear what a gorgeous voice she has. Another classic song from the soundtrack belongs to Eponine in "On My Own" and you get all that passion wrapped up in an incredible young star. The scene with Marius and Eponine at the barricades is possibly one of the most emotive performances of the two characters. Both Francesca and Joshua put every ounce of emotion into that one scene.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVcD4Wta3BMaGjYW9UnMvLl54uYl2wvd0-vuejrEEazoFUzP6297beI6P_VRuh_JE5H8qhtPt8kGr-C8xG9kKlQPjyCDqfrtzmZGF3jtR7dlHv3ZROhgJEQHnvFi0qRPICFRBqk1NwXsBv3kz-rvysqlNYk7lKFmIZsDF83JBmhx6S-5cQObcbD9qmJr1/s2048/les%20mis6.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVcD4Wta3BMaGjYW9UnMvLl54uYl2wvd0-vuejrEEazoFUzP6297beI6P_VRuh_JE5H8qhtPt8kGr-C8xG9kKlQPjyCDqfrtzmZGF3jtR7dlHv3ZROhgJEQHnvFi0qRPICFRBqk1NwXsBv3kz-rvysqlNYk7lKFmIZsDF83JBmhx6S-5cQObcbD9qmJr1/s320/les%20mis6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="9gsja-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9gsja-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9gsja-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="71s4e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="71s4e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="71s4e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Marius, who is close friends with Eponine but falls heavily for Cosette, is played </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="71s4e-1-0" end="95" spellcheck="false" start="83" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Josh Preston</span><span data-offset-key="71s4e-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. Since seeing Josh in "Grease", and that was my first time that I'd seen Josh as well, I have become a fan of this teenager, and especially his voice. It is so rich and mature and that richness and maturity is on show every time that Josh steps onto the stage. This role is a long way from playing "Teen Angel" in "Grease" but that shows what a flexible and talented actor this young man is. Josh's version of "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables", which I also think I heard a new arrangement there, was superb.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="5vu1b-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5vu1b-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5vu1b-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="894t3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="894t3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="894t3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Little Cosette is played by Elizabeth Kenny and Skye Grimsey. On Wednesday night I saw Lizzie. Lizzie is one of those young actors who you just gravitate towards; not only because of her lovely voice but that lovely face as well. Being cast as the sickly young Cosette was a brilliant piece of casting as she is so tiny, and while she looks just right for the part, just look at her face in the ensemble pieces as she takes on a look of a tough cookie, and I love her obvious confidence.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNWFk9N-ytX4ADLKdsPWK0L2bnGR5_dUhQyzSqC_FSz3lJFj2irnxhIrXNuBDSZnZs_0FerwvAeLRJTbg-fMe-ikpeyQJBfzKEqJzVzLhd1AB1HVBMiz1w5rQhoYQM77AYrJPCEBXSZbzAKdj5JDvHsw-pvRjbm0BXtcKAIPmwprirk5U20V6h0YfNnm4/s2048/les%20mis8.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNWFk9N-ytX4ADLKdsPWK0L2bnGR5_dUhQyzSqC_FSz3lJFj2irnxhIrXNuBDSZnZs_0FerwvAeLRJTbg-fMe-ikpeyQJBfzKEqJzVzLhd1AB1HVBMiz1w5rQhoYQM77AYrJPCEBXSZbzAKdj5JDvHsw-pvRjbm0BXtcKAIPmwprirk5U20V6h0YfNnm4/s320/les%20mis8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="e5vsg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e5vsg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e5vsg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="5h30s-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5h30s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5h30s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Daughter of Fantine and the adopted daughter of Valjean, Cosette is played by Mia Rathbone, making her debut appearance at the Nottingham Arts Theatre. This is the first time that I've seen the award wining Mia Rathbone on stage, and everything that everybody told me about Mia's voice didn't come near to the beauty of those vocal chords. "Les Mis" soundtrack is quite operatic, for both male and female actors, and Mia just smashed it, especially in the Wedding Scene in the second act. The relationship that she has with Marius looks and feels completely natural, and when they sing together, you believe the attachment.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkczBDZYTosPTogtq6Q9X-1Oi8UrhHLJMkgjEXDN6rSu8JuxfPeYaek7N8B06dlGuu6aoSgrzjZlbMMl635_-eJv4A1p5Rs4smIb1Wa6ADwrVmqV3Y76Ypbji8xHysF36ezHPbjnuK4uZC4KRn335mrTFf-BufyVDjMprOWjUhakjAeA0283_IDa0kOh-C/s2048/les%20mis7.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkczBDZYTosPTogtq6Q9X-1Oi8UrhHLJMkgjEXDN6rSu8JuxfPeYaek7N8B06dlGuu6aoSgrzjZlbMMl635_-eJv4A1p5Rs4smIb1Wa6ADwrVmqV3Y76Ypbji8xHysF36ezHPbjnuK4uZC4KRn335mrTFf-BufyVDjMprOWjUhakjAeA0283_IDa0kOh-C/s320/les%20mis7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="ru5j-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ru5j-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ru5j-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="cf6g7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cf6g7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cf6g7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Thénardier is played by one of my favourite young actors Jamie Adlam. as soon as I knew that Jamie was in this show, I straight away guessed the role. Jamie is an excellent comedy character actor and this role was made for him. This young man has funny bones and is a natural comic. I also know that he is looked up to by several of the cast for his own personality, as well as being one of the first actors to be "off book". A really nice bloke and a professional young man. He creates a lovely sparring style relationship with his on stage partner Madame Thenardier.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0sBmiYn_Gz-QhtLJ9NiJfqaOYrRaSGXM_v2quS50qWxVFq8O3g_Vb7sswY_EH3XV9v6Mt8LAHcarZpp5qc4Bn3uVWEOTq1CIHRil9kUk1oAdJkC2YUAXJhwe63G3rExII6dPdCcEghLIw6kgVwd5KGDdYG24dPALm64QHmFgP59VI0qvRS-cx8jHEd9kR/s2048/les%20mis2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0sBmiYn_Gz-QhtLJ9NiJfqaOYrRaSGXM_v2quS50qWxVFq8O3g_Vb7sswY_EH3XV9v6Mt8LAHcarZpp5qc4Bn3uVWEOTq1CIHRil9kUk1oAdJkC2YUAXJhwe63G3rExII6dPdCcEghLIw6kgVwd5KGDdYG24dPALm64QHmFgP59VI0qvRS-cx8jHEd9kR/s320/les%20mis2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="3b813-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3b813-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3b813-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="7dtor-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7dtor-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7dtor-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Madame Thénardier is played by Elizabeth Fitzgerald. You would not argue with this Madame, which creates that sparring style with Thenardier, she is definitely the one in charge, despite Thenardier feeling that he wears the trousers in their relationship. Both Jamie and Elizabeth provide the comic relief in "Les Mis" and are a great comedy character pairing.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="6qegu-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6qegu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6qegu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="59dv0-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="59dv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="59dv0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Enjolras is one of the most important and charismatic characters in the revolution, and is played by Tony Foad. I cannot remember seeing Tony before in anything, but I am so pleased that he decided to audition for this show. Tall and good looking, Tony creates an imposing figure on stage and his vocals build anthemically, especially with the songs "Red and Black" and "Do You Hear the People Sing".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bBwRhVQD5FfWbUhde5hD7h4ooUa-zUh_tOzbHmt4xLnZ26vh345ujv0f5XGDo8A8QIbrouWzn5dBqHn0OZhP8F8dcgOS7Nte_EQRUsGsPK_SbZy2wPUnLw4DEmRyWbers2niE5LSi0ghIXZpyeMqyK_K0gn2KItPn-huJTtrjb-svZkyeskYdOsJjeqF/s2048/les%20mis1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bBwRhVQD5FfWbUhde5hD7h4ooUa-zUh_tOzbHmt4xLnZ26vh345ujv0f5XGDo8A8QIbrouWzn5dBqHn0OZhP8F8dcgOS7Nte_EQRUsGsPK_SbZy2wPUnLw4DEmRyWbers2niE5LSi0ghIXZpyeMqyK_K0gn2KItPn-huJTtrjb-svZkyeskYdOsJjeqF/s320/les%20mis1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="97epl-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="97epl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="97epl-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="1k77l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1k77l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1k77l-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Gavroche is played by Seth Burgess. I feel that I have seen Seth somewhere before but can't remember if it's from one of the "Show In A Week" projects run by the Arts Theatre; his face seems so familiar. Nevertheless, playing the cheeky but valiant Gavroche is yet another highlight for me in this musical.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="eaia0-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eaia0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eaia0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="1nhcp-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1nhcp-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1nhcp-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The supporting cast, who play several roles throughout, are a tour de force and include many actors who I've seen previously and have highlighted.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dq48r-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="aff7h-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aff7h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="aff7h-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Reuben Thrower, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="aff7h-1-0" end="29" spellcheck="false" start="16" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Sophie Benner</span><span data-offset-key="aff7h-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="aff7h-3-0" end="43" spellcheck="false" start="31" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Preston Nash</span><span data-offset-key="aff7h-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> - who gets better every time I see him, takes on several roles including the Bishop who helps Jean Valjean by taking him in and stopping the police from arresting him again. </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="5dsbm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5dsbm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5dsbm-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="5cam5-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5cam5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5cam5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Emily Holder, Arlo Perrons - another young actor that I have picked out in previous productions for his confidence and stage presence. </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="97bbb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="97bbb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="97bbb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="fr150-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fr150-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fr150-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Grace Eccles-Jones, Giles Briggs, Connie Tegerdine, Alexander Nickson, Chloe Samuels, Jack Kent, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="fr150-1-0" end="109" spellcheck="false" start="97" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Kate Russell</span><span data-offset-key="fr150-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, Charlotte Fisher, Lucy Wilson, Caitlin Young, Eliza Szeida, Eloise Rees, Harriet Campion, Morgan Spencer, Summer McNorton, Liberty Whitehouse, Megan Holder, Esmie Smith-Cockayne and Florence Everitt.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORS1riAhFvT-78SCERlG5fYpjZwQLY6iyKxff7GHspoSSNVxKma2QFycikACEV1Bg412P-Gu5sqH-VybcHAMPS8idZsW0SWwSW6wADssblrbIn6XlvcDcFC8A6iwrDevmByTTHK7Z4QHA9RPpH_n-KI7pTa4TiCo8K9p2ExVaw9pZdLWyWiT8dJqGaUyK/s1170/les%20mis10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1170" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORS1riAhFvT-78SCERlG5fYpjZwQLY6iyKxff7GHspoSSNVxKma2QFycikACEV1Bg412P-Gu5sqH-VybcHAMPS8idZsW0SWwSW6wADssblrbIn6XlvcDcFC8A6iwrDevmByTTHK7Z4QHA9RPpH_n-KI7pTa4TiCo8K9p2ExVaw9pZdLWyWiT8dJqGaUyK/s320/les%20mis10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="a5r43-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a5r43-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a5r43-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="7f96i-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7f96i-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7f96i-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Charles Beckett, Oliver Sheard, Sonny Noble and Liam Brown, four young actors who I've seen several times at the Arts Theatre and never fail to deliver solid performances.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="98s4s-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="98s4s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="98s4s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="d6smi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d6smi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d6smi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Director/Choreographer </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="d6smi-1-0" end="33" spellcheck="false" start="23" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Abby Wells</span><span data-offset-key="d6smi-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> has pulled out all the stops, especially when you look at how big the cast is. The ensemble pieces like "Master Of The House" and the barricade scenes are quite spectacular both from a directorial and choreographic view.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="5fd58-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5fd58-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5fd58-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="c56k8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c56k8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c56k8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Production Manager is </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="c56k8-1-0" end="37" spellcheck="false" start="22" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Jessica H Royce</span><span data-offset-key="c56k8-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, assisted by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="c56k8-3-0" end="69" spellcheck="false" start="51" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Emily-Hope Wilkins</span><span data-offset-key="c56k8-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="bdhic-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bdhic-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bdhic-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="bmtmj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bmtmj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bmtmj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Musical Director is </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="bmtmj-1-0" end="32" spellcheck="false" start="20" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Gareth Wynne</span><span data-offset-key="bmtmj-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, assisted by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="bmtmj-3-0" end="60" spellcheck="false" start="46" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Jonah Williams</span><span data-offset-key="bmtmj-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. If you weren't able to see this band actually on stage, you'd think that the backing music was from a recorded track it was so good. The band were the size of an orchestra, numbering fourteen.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="cpis3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cpis3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cpis3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="6s9gg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6s9gg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6s9gg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Lighting Design and operator is </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="6s9gg-1-0" end="43" spellcheck="false" start="32" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Oliver Read</span><span data-offset-key="6s9gg-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. Apart from a couple of spotlights not finding the performer quite quick enough - it's first night so I know that Oliver will sort that out for the rest of the run - the lighting was exciting and really added to the whole atmosphere of this musical.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="eqtum-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eqtum-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eqtum-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="4cfet-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4cfet-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4cfet-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Sound Design and operator is </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="4cfet-1-0" end="42" spellcheck="false" start="29" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Rob Kettridge</span><span data-offset-key="4cfet-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> and, even though some local productions seem to suffer from missed mic cues, there was not one late cue and when you look at the size of the main cast and the ensemble, that is no mean feat. Excellent sound. the sound effects were spot one and the volume of the battle scenes really gave you the impression that you were in the middle of an actual battle. You could feel the volume of the guns and explosions resound in your chest. Frighteningly realistic.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="73em3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="73em3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="73em3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="3dvn2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3dvn2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3dvn2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Stage Manager/Tech Support is </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="3dvn2-1-0" end="42" spellcheck="false" start="30" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Evie Webster</span><span data-offset-key="3dvn2-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> with Deputy Stage Manager, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="3dvn2-3-0" end="82" spellcheck="false" start="70" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Nigel Newton</span><span data-offset-key="3dvn2-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, ensured that the stage was never a barren space and everyone was exactly where they should be. No easy task with this cast size.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="7vfpd-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7vfpd-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7vfpd-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="5bfe5-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5bfe5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5bfe5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The multi levelled set design is by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="5bfe5-1-0" end="46" spellcheck="false" start="36" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Abby Wells</span><span data-offset-key="5bfe5-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="5bfe5-3-0" end="63" spellcheck="false" start="51" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Mark Russell</span><span data-offset-key="5bfe5-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> and incorporates the musicians as well.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="etlhh-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="etlhh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="etlhh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="c7nas-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c7nas-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c7nas-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The costumes are fantastic, just take a look at the accompanying photos. </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="bs72-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bs72-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bs72-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="1i2m2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1i2m2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1i2m2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Every single young student on that stage are stars, so don't leave it one day more before getting a ticket because you may miss out on an incredible show. This production puts the dramatic into "amateur dramatics" and I also saw something in the Arts Theatre that I had not seen for a long while, a complete standing ovation, and deservedly so as well.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="cs0b7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cs0b7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cs0b7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="asmns" data-offset-key="510r1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="510r1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="510r1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Les Miserables - School Edition" will be performed until Sunday 17 March at the Nottingham Arts Theatre.</span></div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-14471194764751714882024-03-12T15:44:00.000-07:002024-03-12T15:44:23.343-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World"</span></p><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; 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font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREbWYafPMGH_Oz_KMIxAoS5HSqE-yfjg5ePuNlQxx-DB_qZE_rXYqcBRidoB6b8FffjsymqQEbcf_ioFqF2ov_J3r56__QeHFirsfYXR9Lmb75aLYHfRo7iv0JrCN2OzCYsn7SYqiGgs9mvBJyrfb5OPkIZ49xHWUlP1vx4LqhhRI1VoiBN2gx3hmtCoW/s310/fantastically%20great.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREbWYafPMGH_Oz_KMIxAoS5HSqE-yfjg5ePuNlQxx-DB_qZE_rXYqcBRidoB6b8FffjsymqQEbcf_ioFqF2ov_J3r56__QeHFirsfYXR9Lmb75aLYHfRo7iv0JrCN2OzCYsn7SYqiGgs9mvBJyrfb5OPkIZ49xHWUlP1vx4LqhhRI1VoiBN2gx3hmtCoW/s1600/fantastically%20great.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div><br />Based on the Kate Pankhurst "Fantastically Great" set of books of the same name.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jade is on a museum tour with her school, but breaks away from the class, her teachers Miss Morris, Miss Johnson, Miss Richards and Miss Ashley, and gets lost. She discovers a section that is not open to the public called the "Gallery Of Greatness" where she meets the likes of Emmeline Pankhurst, Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart and Marie Curie among the collection of historical and powerful women.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAR2rBzscIfTpXx67hLtvc-uUqudUBd8xsBoEFtfijvrvY3SZqmYKuQmkGrybGhSvNtPjm_tDWh7RAMoAY1Og9t-SSYx-hl0TJHPwZpVXrmjFBxJX1osFIgpXefPIHNqZMSH8sXWE5jqzUsoo6kYF-VJod4vMH5EhHngeOvpTFsiPsn69OmN423KTXYI3w/s1671/fantastically8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1671" data-original-width="1671" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAR2rBzscIfTpXx67hLtvc-uUqudUBd8xsBoEFtfijvrvY3SZqmYKuQmkGrybGhSvNtPjm_tDWh7RAMoAY1Og9t-SSYx-hl0TJHPwZpVXrmjFBxJX1osFIgpXefPIHNqZMSH8sXWE5jqzUsoo6kYF-VJod4vMH5EhHngeOvpTFsiPsn69OmN423KTXYI3w/s320/fantastically8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First off I need to say that these ladies vocals sound so good; whether they be solos or group numbers, they're all fantastically great vocalists.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I discovered why this show sounds so much like the musical "Six", and that is because one of the show's producers is Kenny Wax, who is responsible for "Six". That said, I think that you'll get the idea of the musical style. It's modern, there's rap, hip hop and r 'n' b, and a gorgeous ballad called "Lullaby".</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jade is played by Georgia Grant-Anderson. Now I don't know how old Georgis is but she makes you believe that she is eleven, nearly twelve years old, in this role. She also makes you believe that she is one of those kids that fly under the radar of the elders and is ignored, making Jade feel that she is not important. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsNU3KGEj4YBxKhTZwwudceyAGkw7fMc6ikO5bwEH-qOurtVxh8YC-p2y61Sx7ahvdB9a7PFmK246WLrqqbYRmluiEwPm2nHN5EyQdhk99L14wkNvgl9VkFvu3iEOZhyphenhyphenyx1cVF_UfO1alauKQr373A39udFGHw26L-UPQpanHViXwT-AYBw8dYqzv2-Uy/s1000/fantastically6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1000" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsNU3KGEj4YBxKhTZwwudceyAGkw7fMc6ikO5bwEH-qOurtVxh8YC-p2y61Sx7ahvdB9a7PFmK246WLrqqbYRmluiEwPm2nHN5EyQdhk99L14wkNvgl9VkFvu3iEOZhyphenhyphenyx1cVF_UfO1alauKQr373A39udFGHw26L-UPQpanHViXwT-AYBw8dYqzv2-Uy/s320/fantastically6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Emmeline Pankhurst, Agent Fifi and Miss Johnson are</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> played by Jennifer Caldwell.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elena Breshchi plays Frida Khalo, Sacagawea, who uses sign language as part of her story telling, Marie Curie and Miss Morris.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jane Austen, Gertrude Ederle, Mary Anning and Miss Richards are played by Chloe Hart.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Amelia Earhart, Mary Seacole, Rosa Parks and Miss Ashley are played by Leah Vassell.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDvQ5QjGmihhuKynH5mdd49t8d5bx2yaWtDjHxHUMVe8vArbrzZPJka34SFPUDSsbqdx6zDHvkafgLccWGseVFm7h2PgGlt-39T838a20uCL449B-YoiaAzk642LKeukgpSckeI_RU6VfxeJonHuqc90LMWfW7utBlb3eEOjmElv08XUiKhueUMaoT1J1/s1200/fantastically2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If only my history lessons at school were as entertaining as this trip down history avenue. A lesson that highlights just how terrible these women were treated, and how they were held back by their male counterparts.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Directed by Amy Hodge, I love theatre that entertains and educates me, and these stories need to be told. I knew some of the stories as I've seen a musical called "Fierce" created by a local theatre group who told the stories of Kahlo and Anning plus several other women in the same situation. It's not until you see productions like this that you realise the barriers that have been put in the way of so many fantastically great women in history; some only just getting the recognition that they deserve. The idea of putting a schoolgirl at the heart of discovering these female icons, showing that women can be as vital to creating the world and making history is inspired.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6BRHdI7KNW7TMOWEP5JstN0wSJPwVCvEDKavTJAedFTIElSk2VLJ3dXGCg1k9jC5rb3eTCkrg7tB2wna6KEFEeTveDqRWw9Ng-JVtRcysJLa5YKhznDAcyz11EnYvWT-jrX_AbodpkiP5hGZX6OMcsJORv5SksO7vnuWuX1lUhkRkyzPUN9rzmN7rDPh/s1125/fantastically5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1125" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6BRHdI7KNW7TMOWEP5JstN0wSJPwVCvEDKavTJAedFTIElSk2VLJ3dXGCg1k9jC5rb3eTCkrg7tB2wna6KEFEeTveDqRWw9Ng-JVtRcysJLa5YKhznDAcyz11EnYvWT-jrX_AbodpkiP5hGZX6OMcsJORv5SksO7vnuWuX1lUhkRkyzPUN9rzmN7rDPh/s320/fantastically5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The set and costume design are by Joanna Scotcher, both areas are like being trapped in a 19080's/1990's time warp with so many florescent colours, the set made up of a multitude of giant glowsticks, and the costumes just as glowing. If the music and choreography didn't make you glow, the costumes and set would.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dannielle Lecointe's choreography is just as exciting as the set and costumes; packed with energy and passion.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fgp7nvCSOv0rdNPhe1rqsqFMA_W6XgS15mu2doVsfhxGB7oTRmcyU_silHoUwSBeTvUvc3ZzF9x6ulScR38-pbr3QQC1vGI6go5Xbhry8EGhsqSSLU4XFcEVL0Ll7u2wSppohoiw0UylnUQxE_-XJ0lpgx4xW4prPmRxnpX6nt2pIUC9GnzjUkwM5F7c/s4000/fantastically9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2545" data-original-width="4000" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fgp7nvCSOv0rdNPhe1rqsqFMA_W6XgS15mu2doVsfhxGB7oTRmcyU_silHoUwSBeTvUvc3ZzF9x6ulScR38-pbr3QQC1vGI6go5Xbhry8EGhsqSSLU4XFcEVL0Ll7u2wSppohoiw0UylnUQxE_-XJ0lpgx4xW4prPmRxnpX6nt2pIUC9GnzjUkwM5F7c/s320/fantastically9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lighting design is by Zoe Spurr, assisted by James Stokes. There's not much more that could light up the stage than the actors with their energy, but the physical lighting design took me back to a concert I saw back in the early 1980's by Gary Numan. The long lighting tubes which created cubes for the three musicians to perform in are marvellous, as were the various shapes of light, and the giant G.R.E.A.T. letters at the end, which also paid tribute to another fantastically great woman when re arranged as G.R.E.T.A.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaIrJG0qlOOrG_oc9s2H0VW7PnWTNvzTfLyVfAih9bTGuv2g7wQRVKQZq4cv0TEV6DV8MrsuQAFhTd7SzXuQwf4ERCvATTaQ0YfydVKLG00pxcXBT7_mNQkEkNdaAydLGPZRqQ1Eh9pAQgJNxPUS22Z0UDbMEaiQSnOY2JGUCRPTIahl6iTDqwQySwnDJ/s1200/fantastically3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="837" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaIrJG0qlOOrG_oc9s2H0VW7PnWTNvzTfLyVfAih9bTGuv2g7wQRVKQZq4cv0TEV6DV8MrsuQAFhTd7SzXuQwf4ERCvATTaQ0YfydVKLG00pxcXBT7_mNQkEkNdaAydLGPZRqQ1Eh9pAQgJNxPUS22Z0UDbMEaiQSnOY2JGUCRPTIahl6iTDqwQySwnDJ/s320/fantastically3.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The sound design is by Carolyn Downing and Rob Bettle. Beautifully clear and punchy, I heard every word, which is vital to deliver the stories for these women.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Musical Director is Audra Cramer. I had listened to this soundtrack and loved the stories in the songs, delivered in such a contemporary way. As I said, there will be comparisons drawn between the musical "Six" and possibly a few songs in "Hamilton". Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo are responsible for this soundtrack, and Audra delivered these songs and arrangements with gusto. The songs are catchy as hell, and just when I think I've got a current soundtrack favourite, along comes another to invade my ear. FYI, at the moment it's "Mary, Mary and Marie" but ask me in ten minutes and it could change!</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World" is at the Nottingham Theatre Royal until Saturday 16 March. Go on, go see it and be inspired.</span></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-66066157743172368002024-03-09T10:35:00.000-08:002024-03-09T10:35:44.163-08:00<p> <span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"9 To 5 - The Musical" by Nottingham Medics Musical.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nottingham Arts Theatre.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6M4KTCfmIDjSeod2F5Vn-L82d0Z8Fi3Bu4a5fi8IzBLbvrS_xAHj6sEykRvU5CKY-2XwZXfXYSv5uil_eg64af7qgWQU6IJya5Ga9v9zTTx-Whh3MrsX_2VVhJnAo3olA-sZFmpjbGBTVS93EnCULfVcouItbGNGRziOKtVmd5F2_ixQRe-a_8ldJShyphenhyphen/s1080/9%20to%2051.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6M4KTCfmIDjSeod2F5Vn-L82d0Z8Fi3Bu4a5fi8IzBLbvrS_xAHj6sEykRvU5CKY-2XwZXfXYSv5uil_eg64af7qgWQU6IJya5Ga9v9zTTx-Whh3MrsX_2VVhJnAo3olA-sZFmpjbGBTVS93EnCULfVcouItbGNGRziOKtVmd5F2_ixQRe-a_8ldJShyphenhyphen/s320/9%20to%2051.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />For anyone who has never seen a show by the Nottingham Medics, the fourth year medical students put on a full blown musical every year, working around studies, lessons and exams. With this group's dedication, I am sure that the exam results will be as successful as this musical has been for them.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Based on the 1980 movie of the same name, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and the book by Patricia Resnick. It’s set in the late 1970’s and is a story of friendship and revenge and even a little romance thrown into the mix.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Three female office co-workers, Violet, Judy and Doralee concoct a plan to get even with their sexist, egotistical, hypocritical, lying bigot of a boss, Franklin Hart. While the boss is “busy”, the trio give their workplace a makeover and take control of the company that had always held them back.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Normally when this musical is staged, we first see the real Dolly Parton open the show on screen. In this production, Dolly is played live by Emily Asti who does the introductions to the musical and the characters.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Doralee Rhodes, the sexy Southern belle becomes the subject of many of the office rumours based purely on what Hart has said, is played by Tilly Bedford. I was well impressed with her Southern accent and is a great fun part. I love the song "Backwoods Barbie", showing that the fun, blonde character also has a human side.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Doralee's husband, Dwayne is played by Vaibhav Iyer, who has a really good singing voice, sounding very country-fied.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Violet Newstead, the office manager who, while Hart is in charge will never be CEO. Played by Josie Cunnington, she gives a really powerful performance as the frustrated office manager. Josie produces powerful vocals to match the performance.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Judy Bernly is the nearly divorced lady who is a novice office worker, and is played by Jillian Ee. When she sung "Get Out And Stay Out", she showed off an emotional and power packed set of vocal chords. A lovely comedy performance as well which also showed the character getting stronger and more self empowered all the way to the final. Judy's soon to be ex-husband, Dick, is played by Matt West.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The scene where the three office buddies go back to Violet's is one of the most comedic I have seen. This is due to the addition of a can of squirty cream, and that is all I will say, but is another one of those directorial amendments that added a few extra giggles to the musical.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The other three secretaries are played by Molly Smith (Margaret), Robin Ojany (Maria) and Anya Soin (Kathy).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Naomi Beale also turns in a brilliant comedy performance as Hart's love smitten secretary, Roz Keith. Her big song "Heart To Hart" normally accompanies a big transformation for Roz, but in this production there's no big transformation. Instead, everything comes from the sultry singing and looks, because we all know what Roz would like to do to, and with him, we didn't need to see what was under that tightly fastened office wear to know that this woman is oozing with naughtiness. Sometimes less can be more, and that worked very well in this scene.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Playing the sexist, egotistical, hypocritical, lying bigot of a boss, Hart is a brave man indeed, Oliver Wilkinson. The things those women do to him! His "Here For You" is delivered with a brilliant over confident, overly sexist tone. A wonderful performance which I imagine is such a great part for any male actor to get his teeth into, as long as you have a strong pain threshold. Missy Hart, Franklin Hart’s clueless wife is played by Roni Altman.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The other main male role is Joe, who has a bit of a crush on the older Violet. Played by Josh Howard who also gets to show off his fine singing voice in the duet with Josie of "Let Love Grow".</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joe Park plays the detective; Benedict Tate is Mr Tinsworthy and Andy Green is the Doctor.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The female ensemble consist of Ellie Purcell, Aisling Reid, Sarah Sprague, Emily Asti, Anya Soin, Molly Smith, Meg Henly, Roni Altman and Rioghnach Barlow.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mentions also for Ellie Pritchard, Sinead Stenson, Madeline Messenger, Annalise Kennea, Esther Sleigh, Robin Ojany, Talia Patel, Raisa Jeffer, Eleanor Andrew, Lucy Revitt and Aashlesha Galla.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The male ensemble consist of Ben Tate, Vaibhav Iyer, Joe Park, Oliver Ward, James Winfield, Miles Thomas, Matt west, Jack Berg, Max Smith and Oliver Cujic.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The tap dancing scene was one of the dance highlights and featured, instead of four main male dancers, four female dancers as well as Violet, intensifying sisterhood in the work place. The male dancers really threw themselves into the choreography and looked like they were having the time of their lives. It's also a tribute to the wonderful choreography by Meg Henly. With so many strong female roles in this play, the male dancers definitely held their own.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As well as taking the huge choreography task, the show was also directed by Meg Henly, assisted by Lizzie McShane. I've seen this musical several times over the years and what I particularly liked about this production were the little changes. The "dream" sequences that the three ladies had while "relaxing" were slightly different, especially Violet's where instead of cute little woodland furry animals, we saw cute little, and some quite burly, male ballet dancers in multi-coloured tutus! A good Director is not afraid to make changes to script to make the scenes different. This is just one of the changes that I spotted; changes that kept this reviewer on his toes!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Produced by Ellie Purcell, a role that nearly always gets missed from reviews of the show, but worthy of a mention here.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Naomi Beale is the Vocal Director, making sure that the cast deliver solid, and safe, vocal performances. I can confirm that Naomi has done a great job with the cast, and such a big cast as well.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Musical Director is Ryan Latham. I love Country music and Ryan and the orchestra created that Nashville feel. I especially noted the guitar style and also spotted an accordion in one section, whether that be a synthesised one or an actual accordion, it sounded great, as did the whole soundtrack, and it's always great to hear the music played live.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sound is by Rob Kettridge. There was just the one slight mic miss cue, which no one but myself would have noticed. A big, clear and punchy sound which was well mixed with the band's sound.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lighting is by Evie Webster. There are a couple of parts in this musical that really require well timed lighting, and I am pleased to say that these parts were spot on, matching the whole lighting design and operation.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As good and as professionally produced and presented as last year's "Rent", which I also loved. there are some fantastic singers in this group and some wonderful actors and dancers. All this talent and the future ability to save your life as a medic.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"9 To 5 The Musical" has just one more show this Saturday night.</span></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-35776364952048109472024-03-08T17:49:00.000-08:002024-03-08T17:49:22.755-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"School Of Rock" by Cabaret Theatre Company.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton upon Trent.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwt5hrCdi4jUxhwElboTkm1KrzBFDuWMxuJura2823Ujl_zykPatptnCfyT5O11NEVUrrP5dlFhgYIpIG76pwk5hE0A2P57zYooNVsbEw5GY7PLcA0K-b1vIVkAPF32VABZ4MIVXMm5T95n7bO2yRLjP4xwK140ojEprsmIRNgGBhNVeJ-jAsDgJ8M-hbv/s843/school5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwt5hrCdi4jUxhwElboTkm1KrzBFDuWMxuJura2823Ujl_zykPatptnCfyT5O11NEVUrrP5dlFhgYIpIG76pwk5hE0A2P57zYooNVsbEw5GY7PLcA0K-b1vIVkAPF32VABZ4MIVXMm5T95n7bO2yRLjP4xwK140ojEprsmIRNgGBhNVeJ-jAsDgJ8M-hbv/s320/school5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical, based on the hit movie, follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school, Horace Green. There he turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band – performed live by the production’s young actors. Not only does he do that but he awakes their inner self and they become "cool", not only in the eyes of the other kids but in their own eyes, and eventually in the eyes of their parents.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dewey wants to enter them into "The Battle Of the Bands" competition against the band that he has just been kicked out of, "No Vacancy", but this becomes more than just a revenge gig, he actually touches the lives of these kids and they also touch his life. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Andrew Buxton, an actor I've seen play many roles in local theatre, plays Dewey. I already know that he has a great vocal range, which is highlighted in this role. I also know that Andrew brings great energy to a stage, and that also is proven in this energetic role.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3h-lw6GCa-V3Ztt8DTHeUot_PN_F6vpgQ99rJ4lEHAfbddRTo3fzvUfDmS1kd3GQgFpDTVeWbJQbb2ELxAX6ve57-nKHD_TE51J0_5lq96x23J4Ag3Venz5mMGregvyUvvZis_0mJYPYVfCkUzKEnb7Ead-GA3-ifOF0_-3lds6rRd2Ob6ZPQ7YRwNzl/s2048/school8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3h-lw6GCa-V3Ztt8DTHeUot_PN_F6vpgQ99rJ4lEHAfbddRTo3fzvUfDmS1kd3GQgFpDTVeWbJQbb2ELxAX6ve57-nKHD_TE51J0_5lq96x23J4Ag3Venz5mMGregvyUvvZis_0mJYPYVfCkUzKEnb7Ead-GA3-ifOF0_-3lds6rRd2Ob6ZPQ7YRwNzl/s320/school8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dewey's flat mate, Ned Schneebly, is played by Dom White. I had to look twice at Dom in the second act where the transformation happens from nerdy teacher to Rock God as he is almost unrecognisable.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ned's fiancee, Patty di Marco, is played by Ashleigh Dudson. There's also a bit of a change in Patty as when she is first seen, she has Ned really under the thumb; she is most definitely wearing the pants in that relationship. But then, when she sees Ned at the end, she has a very different look on her face. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzr9eKknOAdvfLR6J2KR-troqU1MDEJpvJY7i0OnbkqitV2WsIB6v3uBVUhpQTR5FOB2WCkxsGsNb_s89C6BnxataJGkEYdejvWOYY8AaK1chG5ewx-P2pKe2TdjuzTJFlxlqhEqj7f0553z91DX09QJuRY3xlW7_evuua4huX8tU5o5jRryypGwUiAfKU/s2048/school6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzr9eKknOAdvfLR6J2KR-troqU1MDEJpvJY7i0OnbkqitV2WsIB6v3uBVUhpQTR5FOB2WCkxsGsNb_s89C6BnxataJGkEYdejvWOYY8AaK1chG5ewx-P2pKe2TdjuzTJFlxlqhEqj7f0553z91DX09QJuRY3xlW7_evuua4huX8tU5o5jRryypGwUiAfKU/s320/school6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The school's Headmistress is Rosalie Mullins and she is played by Sara Evans-Bolger. I love these characters who start off as one thing and mutate into a completely different character, as with Ned and Patty, and that is what happens with Rosalie as well, once Dewey discovers her Achilles heel. Sara gets to show an incredible pair of lungs in a solo in Act Two with a marvellous power ballad called "Where Did The Rock Go?". Rosalie turns from a stuffy School Head to a Stevie Nicks loving rock chick in a "why Ms Mullins, you're beautiful" transformation.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The very bossy, and very loud Ms Sheinkopf, is played with great authority by Hilary Leam. You would not want to mess with this Miss or caught running in the corridor!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRL-uYxtbTOQhGLy97Z4WnrRyTJmMdnPibzJi5vGbnqjseKiBMA_Oy0uqpT9A3it4dDQrcyyUWCX_Ek_n-zdFpranLJn5NPhAdO1rHnbHm87iniG2sFhZaygllR6RcJpexLiLBXi5bCCCVOFLAGxL0CV7EqhHqTWEBrJZSTFcW9khnHXTcIV_ayk-Idc6d/s2048/school9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRL-uYxtbTOQhGLy97Z4WnrRyTJmMdnPibzJi5vGbnqjseKiBMA_Oy0uqpT9A3it4dDQrcyyUWCX_Ek_n-zdFpranLJn5NPhAdO1rHnbHm87iniG2sFhZaygllR6RcJpexLiLBXi5bCCCVOFLAGxL0CV7EqhHqTWEBrJZSTFcW9khnHXTcIV_ayk-Idc6d/s320/school9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Olivia Burke plays Summer, the band's manager. Olivia has a lovely voice already, so goodness knows how she will sound in a few years' time.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tomika is the shy student, but Jasmine Revell, who plays Tomika has a voice that silences an audience. When Tomika sings an acapella version of "Amazing grace" as her audition for the band, the stage falls silent, to match the silence from the audience.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The band, who all have to be able to play the instruments live, consisted of guitarist Zack, played by Oskar Gladysz, Lawrence, the keyboard player, is played by Christopher McColl, Bassist Casey, whose bass guitar was almost as big as he is, is played by Jake Freestone and Freddie, the drummer, is played by Juliette Wiles. All very talented musicians at such tender ages; and we get to see them shine as the band "School Of Rock".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18MPtLXWJ920hXiLQvlsYktK17falvg0ScwXcw2vkIiDfnxdCOdQ8RBZJsXYOZkjQZZ3-5G0ANhiJNpVTg6QZ6KUqpuDYQcPY3amLvTBqHgtPmKWSaY2MABNGoN4I2rh7OexVC-Oh5mtAUcjYZbnoFyqpfuSh9GJGh6kwzUbru8S_Mdr8xFJlikU-T8NV/s2048/school10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18MPtLXWJ920hXiLQvlsYktK17falvg0ScwXcw2vkIiDfnxdCOdQ8RBZJsXYOZkjQZZ3-5G0ANhiJNpVTg6QZ6KUqpuDYQcPY3amLvTBqHgtPmKWSaY2MABNGoN4I2rh7OexVC-Oh5mtAUcjYZbnoFyqpfuSh9GJGh6kwzUbru8S_Mdr8xFJlikU-T8NV/s320/school10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Billy, the band's stylist, is played by Ted Staley. There are some nice comic moments with Billy with the flounces and the flamboyant costume designs for the band.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The rest of the children are </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Freya Moseley</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Shonelle), </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Annelise Revell</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Madison), </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sienna Hardy</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Marcy), </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Zara Aboulmajid</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Ruby), </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dotty Foster</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Sophie) and </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Zamuel Hinds</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (James).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There's always one or two actors who manages to catch your eye whenever there's a young cast, and in this production it's no different. Little Dotty Foster just drew your attention towards her with her energy and fun element of her character. Zamuel Hinds brought the "cool" Will Smith image to the rock vibe with his shades and his flossing - and that is not an orthodontic reference either!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINkNvE4xONITjPQETAklpHh9yAdHA6Uia55jWZuknGSrwCW99-gGikQFad1LbTQDsK7qp_AmjwIjDRDzRHpTmiG8mwySsnq7kf-TSRVdXNEyPjS4g7XxRRVKfwz_A8PkztPNmrn8XT_dQosxBOqmpYC2WnvOhCdy6BaTd62fKlLYQa_QMcQbyFa1WoRTE/s2048/school11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINkNvE4xONITjPQETAklpHh9yAdHA6Uia55jWZuknGSrwCW99-gGikQFad1LbTQDsK7qp_AmjwIjDRDzRHpTmiG8mwySsnq7kf-TSRVdXNEyPjS4g7XxRRVKfwz_A8PkztPNmrn8XT_dQosxBOqmpYC2WnvOhCdy6BaTd62fKlLYQa_QMcQbyFa1WoRTE/s320/school11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Teen ensemble are Ella Baker, Emily Meadows, Lydia Rowen and Evie Stretton.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Adult ensemble, who play the teachers and parents, bar patrons as well as other grown up parts are Melissa Ashenden, Lauren Bishop, Connor Bolton, Daniel Carter, Heidi Donohue, Richard Everson, Katie French, Nick Holburn, Stephanie Leeson, Maisie Parkinson and Dawn White.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Directed by Chris Moss, he encapsulated all the fun, power and energy of the original film, making this production an exciting watch. What I also liked about this production was that, with the scene changes, the lighting design took over as did the incidental and reprise music, making sure that when there was quite a bit of scene swapping and prop moving, there was always something to focus your eyes and ears on.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKR0BeHsOV6puZcnDX4PeVjLpB87KeBKPQcMSuauCJb0DfrmFRGj0oGC2RLsirF5oDwbj0LYmPGGhl2Fy-7tlad1GsiHJMqblrBfmIuubtizsNVF67d7DYmndahIhYki8hDDBpODki5mf0hfK9eLtFGJx4IzUdDKM76-YcHfXRwaPBBig6kAkuzgUT8rPr/s1080/school2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKR0BeHsOV6puZcnDX4PeVjLpB87KeBKPQcMSuauCJb0DfrmFRGj0oGC2RLsirF5oDwbj0LYmPGGhl2Fy-7tlad1GsiHJMqblrBfmIuubtizsNVF67d7DYmndahIhYki8hDDBpODki5mf0hfK9eLtFGJx4IzUdDKM76-YcHfXRwaPBBig6kAkuzgUT8rPr/s320/school2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Choreographed and Produced by Sally Everson. All the archetypal rock choreography is there for us; the moshing and headbanging as well as some very energetic moves from the younger ensemble members.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lighting by </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Matt Bancroft created a visual energy vibe, at times making you feel as if you were at a concert.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There were several sound issues with a few loud pops, some of which made the people behind me physically jump. There were also missed mic cues, some coming in late and others not coming in at all. Some mics felt a little too loud and others barely audible. I personally would have liked the individual musicians on stage playing keyboards, guitar, bass and drums to have their musical spotlight turned up more for us to really appreciate the solo spots and the talents of the young musicians.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JUnvsR9tOsOtrmtl3-JYIaFUjb-jpROSnz7qYelkLKqVxa6lWwAnvMQxS6s7GT1CBjYWggh3UiIqeg_P5V3OV4ZOLUDhuQFLAdS8_Z3V5M94lLDmOLF0go3nV_990I0q5c3Ygj4SNJ2mb4_AWHbIosUrQwTi1_HWWP5jX3Xmb9KQ05FfFIoX4FtU1zTZ/s920/school12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JUnvsR9tOsOtrmtl3-JYIaFUjb-jpROSnz7qYelkLKqVxa6lWwAnvMQxS6s7GT1CBjYWggh3UiIqeg_P5V3OV4ZOLUDhuQFLAdS8_Z3V5M94lLDmOLF0go3nV_990I0q5c3Ygj4SNJ2mb4_AWHbIosUrQwTi1_HWWP5jX3Xmb9KQ05FfFIoX4FtU1zTZ/s320/school12.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A simple enough set which worked well as the "wall" of the classroom and Ned and Patty's apartment were segmented which allowed extra entrance and exit points for the cast as well as giving perspective and depth to the set. The props easily brought on and taken off by the stage crew and the cast.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Musical Director is Ben Ward, and along with his band of musicians created a powerful rock soundtrack. There are some brilliant and catchy tunes in here, "You're In The Band", "Stick It To The Man", "Where Did The Rock Go?", "School Of Rock" and the beautifully penned "If Only You Would Listen".</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You really can't help but love this show, especially as we'd all like to stick it to the man every so often. It's fun, fast and foot tappingly fantastic, and if school had been like this when I was a lad, detention would be certainly looked forward to.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"School Of Rock" is at The Brewhouse in Burton upon Trent until Saturday 9 March.</span></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-70346803375008708512024-03-07T15:39:00.000-08:002024-03-07T15:39:08.481-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"Witness For The Prosecution" by Your Chance Productions.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">National Gallery Of Justice, Nottingham.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-ZWEi6pKFhc3uoUP6vJtdCsOPdIygsUqiyp4mZksrL1YHoIJXNiGo7cI4oVKzdmYnAG0IK6-OfqvGszVG2CleTkOagJyxcyi28tdIz1D6jN_sgmeX_D2LE5e8xJWAEUFJOYVUgg6PP9GO7ajN9HJ2vgYIAcgRR8453n7jkotHhhPaRQYqAk3uwOh3z19/s1707/witness10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="1163" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-ZWEi6pKFhc3uoUP6vJtdCsOPdIygsUqiyp4mZksrL1YHoIJXNiGo7cI4oVKzdmYnAG0IK6-OfqvGszVG2CleTkOagJyxcyi28tdIz1D6jN_sgmeX_D2LE5e8xJWAEUFJOYVUgg6PP9GO7ajN9HJ2vgYIAcgRR8453n7jkotHhhPaRQYqAk3uwOh3z19/s320/witness10.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br />I have never seen the film or know the story, which is a great way to see any murder mystery play, as you don't know what happens and, best of all, you don't know the outcome</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Leonard Vole stands accused of murdering a rich widow, Emily French. The stakes are high with shocking witness testimony, impassioned outbursts from the dock and a young man’s fight to escape the hangman’s noose. When Vole's wife, Romaine, agrees to testify, she does so not in Leonard's defence but as a witness for the prosecution. This Agatha Christie courtroom classic is regarded as one of her most accomplished plays, and keeps you guessing until the very end as to its' outcome.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The play was originally produced as a short story in a weekly magazine under the title of "Traitor's Hands" in 1925. Christie though was dissatisfied with her original outcome and changed it later on, but will we see the original outcome, or her revised version? I won't be providing any spoilers as to happens!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYpLN-bWTFAceXHfr8GQwUV4OUsQY8PjWDBMELfr2xF0_eHzYmT63E9_aDyVQStG82yIBbOJU1a0n-XBxgamTaCvc8F-Bohw9KEl4-BHyM7bV7o0JHQaGUnOz4LhENF3fYTzsdOmBgKfRai5oAguPhIfskCiIcTfglfMa3Nv-pba9YyUjzRd6u3riON0q/s1800/witness4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYpLN-bWTFAceXHfr8GQwUV4OUsQY8PjWDBMELfr2xF0_eHzYmT63E9_aDyVQStG82yIBbOJU1a0n-XBxgamTaCvc8F-Bohw9KEl4-BHyM7bV7o0JHQaGUnOz4LhENF3fYTzsdOmBgKfRai5oAguPhIfskCiIcTfglfMa3Nv-pba9YyUjzRd6u3riON0q/s320/witness4.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You could not get a better setting to perform a drama in court than in a real life court room, all of which adds to the atmosphere and intensity of this play.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Darren Taylor plays Leonard Vole, the man whose life could be snuffed out by the hangman's noose. At first, Vole doesn't seem to take the events too seriously, but is this because he knows that he is innocent or that he has his wife to provide evidence that will categorically show that he was not at the scene of the crime when the murder happened. Or is he just being over confident?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chantelle Ruston is Romaine Vole, his new wife who he married to bring into the UK. There is a mention that Romaine is an actor, but is she acting when she first meets her husband's legal advisor and his Barrister, or could she be acting when she takes the stand. The information she provides varies greatly, but why, if she is as devoted to Leonard as much as Leonard professes?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6IoChqRcUQ13-H3Oi_dZdrLgSrpR9nkz_FGfnHXnpp3RmZWKfAQmwQIif8s6KReRlEhmMRyigQ6qkcesnjvzJrkWtZ8S9scgm6UyP2AMVxcNPAQXKIZWFpAYibhbB2Lt8uRxZrHvIteNuErUIZhzZR7abzUdkOIvw0eQZ-pthRmztbqyKyLc1h_cEnib/s960/witness9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="960" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6IoChqRcUQ13-H3Oi_dZdrLgSrpR9nkz_FGfnHXnpp3RmZWKfAQmwQIif8s6KReRlEhmMRyigQ6qkcesnjvzJrkWtZ8S9scgm6UyP2AMVxcNPAQXKIZWFpAYibhbB2Lt8uRxZrHvIteNuErUIZhzZR7abzUdkOIvw0eQZ-pthRmztbqyKyLc1h_cEnib/s320/witness9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Connor Thomas plays Sir Wilfred Robarts, the Defence Barrister, and it's Sir Wilfred's job to prove that Leonard Vole is innocent and get him acquitted. This is Connor's debut for Your Chance Productions but it's quite obvious that this is not his first acting rodeo. He is at ease with this forceful character, but does he manage to convince the jury of Vole's innocence, especially when there is so much weighted evidence not in Vole's favour?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Charles Andrews is Mr Myers who is leading the prosecution, determined to prove Leonard Vole is guilty and will use any tricks he can to win the case.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6y8hjseqiwZiqHk1xMYMrLaU8aVJrWhWF2BRrQna7ZzRoSgv4VFjg0WEA1jp5seLH0oPUZPhLlm7LWJMzl9pVXLFkC6MhHymvVMobhlRRcV3WIQDSrQYYFrbpw0d_w0auQHtx9a9AnSAjUVbE3TdZc8U8lpQr35j2F76NdNRyN-KFWBZqvOW7gH4YPvZ/s1800/witness5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6y8hjseqiwZiqHk1xMYMrLaU8aVJrWhWF2BRrQna7ZzRoSgv4VFjg0WEA1jp5seLH0oPUZPhLlm7LWJMzl9pVXLFkC6MhHymvVMobhlRRcV3WIQDSrQYYFrbpw0d_w0auQHtx9a9AnSAjUVbE3TdZc8U8lpQr35j2F76NdNRyN-KFWBZqvOW7gH4YPvZ/s320/witness5.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin Weston plays Mr Mayhew, a solicitor and Leonard Vole's legal adviser. Mayhew is responsible for bringing Leonard's case to Sir Wilfred. Convinced that he's been wrongly accused and determined to prove his innocence to all.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elle Bates is Janet McKenzie in her Your Chance debut. Janet is the housekeeper to Emily French and the one who reported the murder. She insists that the murderer must be Vole, but can her evidence really be trusted when she's clearly bias against him? Robarts thinks that he has her on the ropes as he dissects everything she attests to, but she has the final answer that could close the case!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Andrew Barlow doubles as the Chief Inspector Hearne, the Arresting Officer, and a Court Usher.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">William Morgan plays Dr Wyatt, who has the job of examining the victim's body as well as a Court Usher. He provides a substantial clue to French's murderer, and just when you think you have taken that clue and detected who the murder, or murderess, may be through a deliberate slip with one of the witnesses, the Christie twist machine starts!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlx9MULbxUQ0AovfXPDHYsH1dfj-XlK6-XN89mfVFjC3E2l3Sg3uZLkzy3nyn4RL7DBk2P8EkfFzSyfRH_YMfrL1k9fPUbN3nX7Tqd8YZO_OSrkV913fdAQndWkwugsDCf6BLgM86F2hyphenhyphenUQn8VXrPGs0c3nMhhjKiDD2b7IabpiCQG_3g5rqlQVlRtb55/s1800/witness8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlx9MULbxUQ0AovfXPDHYsH1dfj-XlK6-XN89mfVFjC3E2l3Sg3uZLkzy3nyn4RL7DBk2P8EkfFzSyfRH_YMfrL1k9fPUbN3nX7Tqd8YZO_OSrkV913fdAQndWkwugsDCf6BLgM86F2hyphenhyphenUQn8VXrPGs0c3nMhhjKiDD2b7IabpiCQG_3g5rqlQVlRtb55/s320/witness8.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Samantha Badman doubles up as Greta and the Court Official. Greta is a wonderful, fun character whose typing skills leave something to be desired, and the bane of her quite bossy boss's life. The Court Official role is a complete opposite to Greta's character.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Phillippa Buchanan also doubles her roles, playing Ms Carter and Miss Clegg; again, two very different roles for Phillippa.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jeff Tullin plays the right honourable Justice Wainwright. This is also Jeff's first production with Your Chance Productions and he's playing the Judge overseeing the murder trial. The aura that Jeff provides straight away brings that air of superiority, which is what is needed for the Judge's role.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Madeleine Levy plays the Police Officer assigned to guard Leonard in court.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiht6861Q_Xuu60cDJYl2A-hfQ9g1n-vJMVs1JlnV9Rf_DhlPjfh9xgfvkSoBR_PBLIQ2L6RozjCRdSx2Ea0Lo2XK4zT8lOzItNYEW5soQ4GWqQtzLZNH7CZRiq2oukpbTcevYdAH7P89a6ELBlzh9qQ1kUYSW4jhUG-9eQ5gmNmKnVMWayA17FnAUO3iC0/s1800/witness6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiht6861Q_Xuu60cDJYl2A-hfQ9g1n-vJMVs1JlnV9Rf_DhlPjfh9xgfvkSoBR_PBLIQ2L6RozjCRdSx2Ea0Lo2XK4zT8lOzItNYEW5soQ4GWqQtzLZNH7CZRiq2oukpbTcevYdAH7P89a6ELBlzh9qQ1kUYSW4jhUG-9eQ5gmNmKnVMWayA17FnAUO3iC0/s320/witness6.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Izzy Smith plays the strawberry blonde girl who pops up in the evidence. And while this character only appears at the end of the play, she is a vital lynchpin to the whole story.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Directed by Jess McLean, she has created one of those productions that keeps you guessing all the way to the end. And when you discover who did do it, and you haven't seen the play, or film before, it does come as quite a surprise, but any Agatha Christie thriller isn't complete with just one or two more twists.........</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By the way, the Set Design is incredibly good and very realistic.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Witness For The Prosecution" will be holding court at the National Justice Museum in Nottingham until Saturday 9 March.</span></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-43052787580303308962024-03-06T16:57:00.000-08:002024-03-11T11:45:44.337-07:00<p> <span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"Kinky Boots" by Mansfield Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mansfield Palace Theatre.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLoQFOed00eNx8hcvvmkfyb_nf7AewYJQTt-0-i7OLhn5uguprgQiA27LRrbMgK91NFgTwX3LcGtRQNsOqxLbCbQVyGcMAoY8OmbUl8DdkoDEi71v92qB_uphRyrXErwgiZgbdGvKp8TtLBIqF8bjc1w-vZjWDBRROI-_ypR2nkzQB_2tZaXAumbAGLzN/s720/kinky%20boots.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="720" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLoQFOed00eNx8hcvvmkfyb_nf7AewYJQTt-0-i7OLhn5uguprgQiA27LRrbMgK91NFgTwX3LcGtRQNsOqxLbCbQVyGcMAoY8OmbUl8DdkoDEi71v92qB_uphRyrXErwgiZgbdGvKp8TtLBIqF8bjc1w-vZjWDBRROI-_ypR2nkzQB_2tZaXAumbAGLzN/s320/kinky%20boots.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Based on the 2005 film "Kinky Boots", which was in turn inspired by a BBC documentary called "Trouble At The Top" about a struggling show factory and the real Charlie Price, Steve Pateman. the musical is written by Geoff Deane, who used to be in the band Modern Romance - remember them? - and Tim Firth of Calendar Girls fame. The music and lyrics are by Cyndi "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Lauper.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Kinky Boots" takes you from the factory floor to the catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price & Son. With the shoe factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in the unlikely but spectacular form of Lola – a fabulous performer in need of some sturdy new stilettos.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One thing that I like about seeing theatre groups that I've not seen before is that there's a good chance of being introduced to new people and experiencing new talent. I have checked and I haven't seen anything by Mansfield Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society previously and there's a lot of new names to take in. And a whole lot of talent.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhAzTpxqPx-zQfrX9IhBRjO80sCkm32EqnEOUYXryuHaoESfV2egWDI0Cepb3NH6JQ0VqhtHoYrUw5TJH8su-UHWI8dtnmoUrbQhW_PkB8GSFaorn94msF0ijXnDcfoYdT46HFbg1qqXD6DTh64SKxBf5CvJpcmd9pSsOPPMS-cDvAe7D6JWIfB6oYieH/s1329/kinky%20boots2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1329" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhAzTpxqPx-zQfrX9IhBRjO80sCkm32EqnEOUYXryuHaoESfV2egWDI0Cepb3NH6JQ0VqhtHoYrUw5TJH8su-UHWI8dtnmoUrbQhW_PkB8GSFaorn94msF0ijXnDcfoYdT46HFbg1qqXD6DTh64SKxBf5CvJpcmd9pSsOPPMS-cDvAe7D6JWIfB6oYieH/s320/kinky%20boots2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jamie Savage plays Charlie Price, who has been forced into picking up the pieces of Price and Son shoe factory, but he learns very quickly! Jamie's confidence in playing Charlie's unconfident character is great to watch. This role not only requires a good character actor, but a good character actor who has a strong voice, so I can see why Jamie was chosen for this role. You really sit up and take note when Charlie loses it prior to going to the Milan gig, and you can't help but sit up and take note when Jamie sings. His duet with Lola in "Not My Father's Son" is sublime and "The Soul Of A Man" highlights a strong and controlled set of vocals that gives you the tingles.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Playing Lola is JJ McCormack. I have known JJ for quite a few years now and have seen him play most things from Oscar Wilde's "The Important Of Being Earnest" to "Chess" to Bill Sikes in "Oliver". This is a role made for JJ, and JJ is perfect for the role: you can feel that he is relishing playing Lola. He is fun and saucily wild, but there's the other side of Lola; the side named Simon. Immense fun and incredibly cheeky, all wrapped up in some gorgeous outfits and boots. Lola's not bad either!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The over confident showman as Lola and the vulnerable revelations of Simon are beautifully done and when JJ sings, the soul in his voice oozes out. The fragility in "Not My Father's Son" is as tender as any Luther Vandross ballad, as was "Hold Me In Your Heart", </span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">which would not have sounded out of place on a Whitney Houston album.</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. Then there are the disco belters like "Land Of Lola" and "Sex Is In The Heel"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nicola, Charlie's long-term girlfriend who wants to drag him away from making shoes and settle in London, is played by Helen Mumby. A brilliantly bossy character who seems intent on getting everything all her own way, and a role I can imagine Helen also enjoyed playing.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rebecca Wigman plays Lauren who has recently been "executised" by Charlie after she gave him the idea of how to turn the factory around after Charlie tried to lay her, and other workers off, unsuccessfully. Another really fun role, and her big song, "The History Of Wrong Guys" comes along complete with some wonderfully comical facial expressions. Lauren is adamant that this history is not repeated as we see by the end of this musical.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wayne Shutt plays the bigoted Don, Lola's nemesis. A burly hypermasculine bear of a factory worker. Don is one of the characters that I always enjoy in this musical due to the U Turn he makes, but without losing any of that alpha male standing. And you know, Wayne had absolutely no issues walking in those heels at the end of the show!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pat, the officious office manager who will let loose her wild side when allowed, is played by Carolyn Frith. That fiery red hair really suits the character and suits Carolyn as well. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Playing George, the factory manager who likes to keep traditions, like addressing his new boss as Mr Price and not Charlie, is Matthew Bird. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lauren Taylor plays Trish, one of the factory workers who has a husband and kids to worry about if she loses her job. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Garry Richardson is Harry, a successful discount shoe salesman to whom Charlie tries to offload some of the factory's overflowing stock. Harry is Charlie's polar opposite as he is confident and self aware, but agrees to help Charlie. There's a great duet with Garry and Jamie of "Take What You Got" which has a lovely Celtic feel.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr Price, Charlie's father, is played by Graham Berridge. Price Snr. opens the show as he is sitting with Young Charlie, who is played by Max Shaw. Their song "The Most Beautiful Thing In The World" sets the tone for the show. Both Graham and Max have brilliant voices which, even though at opposite ends of the vocal spectrum, blend really well, especially when the whole ensemble join them.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Playing Simon Snr., Lola/Simon's father is Steve Webb, delivering an unforgiving tower of anger and disappointment that Simon opted for lace gloves as opposed to boxing gloves.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Young Lola's role is also shared by Sam Harrington and Ollie Weaver</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">; tonight (Wednesday) the role was played by Ollie Weaver. It never fails to amaze me just what confidence young actors show in front of a packed theatre; no nerves at all and in the final section both Max and Ollie looked to be having a great time.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jono Cooper plays Richard Bailey, Nicola's boss, who you get the feeling is a bit of a threat to Charlie career.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Claire Harris is Marge, another of the Price and Son's factory workers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paul Marples plays the Delivery Man as well as a Hooligan.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kay Thomason-Vardy plays the Milan Stage Manager, a minor role but what a funny few minutes of stage time for this character.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lola's Angels are the drag performers who populate The Blue Angel Nightclub. This ain't a job for no wall-flowers, and Mel Gregory (Melanya La Rouge), Oliver Ward (Lucy Dani Kerrs), Ashleigh Wilkinson (Mabel Syrup), Alice Lindley (Fiona Flaps), Grace Bowskill (Honey Glaze)and Cassey Brough-Savage (Valerie Valentine) are no wall-flowers!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There's also a large ensemble made up of Claire Barlow, </span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gemma Case</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Andrea Cauldfield-Smith</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Gemma Strange, </span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ann Colgan, </span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Webb, Kay Thomason-Vardy, Garry Richardson, Jonathan Cooper, Claire Harris, </span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jan Hodgetts,</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; 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font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joanne Lee-Varley,</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Paul Marples, Lewis Mathias, </span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Becky Miller,</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Naomi Shaw</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Harriet Shaw-Browne,</span><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Emily Shutt, Gaby Smith, Geraldine Smith and Fay Walker.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Directed and Choreographed by Cassey Brough-Savage. With such a large cast and ensemble, the dance sections are incredibly well created and performed, especially the piece that closes the first act " Everybody Say Yeah" and the closing number "Raise You Up/Just Be".</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Associate Director is Pam Frith, who I had a really lovely chat with in the interval, and looked after me from start to finish.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roger Holland is the MD for "Kinky Boots". The sound of that band was loud and proud, covering the many genres in this musical score.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's always lovely to see Ann Colgan, and she was one of the first ensemble members that I recognised on stage. Ann, as well as Grace Bowskill were the show's Dance Captains.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The make up artists were Charlotte Cooling, Katie Gagg, Oliver Helm, Phoebe Wright and Eddie Ratcliffe. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It goes without saying that the costumes are very special in this show, especially that Marilyn Monroe style costume that Lola wears to perform in the Clacton Nursing Home scene, and are from D&S Costumes and Angie Lee & Company.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The lighting for "Kinky Boots" was by Nick Elliott and Alan Betton and really create a buzz, especially in the Milan section and the Blue Angel club scenes.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I could not find any mention in the programme for the sound operation. There were missed mic cues and the occasional character could not be heard as either not mic'd up or the cue was not hit. Apart from these few times, the sound was lovely and clear and well mixed with the band's sound.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A great set, thanks to Scenery Solutions.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday's opening night was a smash hit with the capacity audience, and it came as no surprise that the cast received an overwhelming standing ovation.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Kinky Boots" is a stomping good show with plenty of sole and is at the Mansfield Palace Theatre until Sunday 10 March.</span></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-59054613572838733462024-03-05T17:10:00.000-08:002024-03-05T17:10:16.949-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"Bad Girls - The Musical" by Erewash Musical Theatre.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Duchess Theatre, Long Eaton.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWKY9MbpGGvx9UkauN0QYk_Q9HrHuy97RNjGLv3MVJLpWW3pQLB3URvkat9Lp65R6AJm6Qvii0MOZjsXcoaozCMZluBojQzyZ70dyjhUYTbAWctyz-MmWPjm2Lz6zLGWhFL8eVSMbAU79d5Lqy2C7zEL_1lGdN9_D0O3pdFTPHPO24uPw7jpKcdkLqo0x/s903/bad%20girls.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWKY9MbpGGvx9UkauN0QYk_Q9HrHuy97RNjGLv3MVJLpWW3pQLB3URvkat9Lp65R6AJm6Qvii0MOZjsXcoaozCMZluBojQzyZ70dyjhUYTbAWctyz-MmWPjm2Lz6zLGWhFL8eVSMbAU79d5Lqy2C7zEL_1lGdN9_D0O3pdFTPHPO24uPw7jpKcdkLqo0x/s320/bad%20girls.webp" width="213" /></a></div><br />“Bad Girls – The Musical” is based on characters and stories from the popular television drama, first broadcast in 1999, and based in the fictional HMP Larkhill Prison. It was developed by the creators of "Bad Girls", Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, in collaboration with composer and lyricist Kath Gotts.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The main focus of the musical is on the rather detestable chief warder, Mr Jim Fenner, who uses his position for sexual gratification. He's also at loggerheads with the liberal governor, and when a newly arrived inmate commits suicide as a result of Fenner's sexual advances, he tries to usurp the governor's position to obtain career advancement.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Bad Girls – The Musical” isn’t a comedy as such as it deals with gritty issues such as sexual exploitation of female prisoners and bullying. It also highlights the effect that being in prison has on those family members on the outside.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saying that some of the song lyrics are very humorous, and it’s not often you get a full on tap routine as well as a glitzy, high kicking leggy dance routine inside a women’s prison, not that I have any prior knowledge of a women’s prison. No wonder it’s sometimes called a prison camp, with the emphasis on the “camp”, but we all love a bit of camp don’t we? Don’t we?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin Briggs plays Jim Fenner. What an absolute sleaze of a slimeball he is; Fenner, not Martin you understand. He sneers and lauds it about the place, feeling untouchable. These qualities are something new to Martin's acting repertoire, well I can't remember ever seeing Martin play such a disgustingly sleazy character before, but he does it very well. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin has a lovely voice and gets to use it well on these songs; my favourite being "Jailcraft" and the sleazy, double-entendre dripping "The Key". Not only that but he can hoof it as well as any other, complete with sparkly jacket, top hat and cane.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ladies, (SPOILER ALERT) you also get to see Martin's rippling abs in this show, so make sure you have a fan or something to cool yourself with!! The boos at his final bows were expected and rewarding to know that he brought to the stage a completely repugnant character.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anna Fitzpatrick is Sylvia Hollomby aka "Bodybag". There's a lovely "devil may care" attitude about Hollomby which Anna brings out. Hollomby thinks that her future is well and truly wrapped up, side by side with Fenner, but there's only one person that Fenner is bothered about. Apart from the wonderful "Jailcraft", Jim and Sylvia get to perform in another one of my favourite choreographed pieces, "The Future Is Bright", which is the big Hollywood style tap dance number in this production.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Emma Barnes-Marriott plays Helen Stewart, the prison boss with a conscience. Emma delivers that caring boss beautifully, and you feel the character's empathy, especially towards one particular inmate. Someone else though has designs on Ms Stewart!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Junior officer Justin is played by James Christian. Justin is eager to impress, particularly the new Wing Governor Helen. Justin's boyish good looks have also caught the eye of a few of the love starved inmates. There's an hilarious scene where Justin is mercilessly abused by the women to another one of my favourite songs "All Banged Up". I've had the pleasure of seeing James in several productions, and it's nice to see him get a nice meaty role like Justin.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The male "screws" played by Phil Deakin, Laurie Fitch, Nick Buckthorpe and Gary Fowkes, who when they're not trying to keep the peace and the inmates of this women's prison's hands off them, they are dancing around doing high kicks. It's all great fun!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">John Fletcher is "Number One" who is trying to keep his nose clean while also trying to cover up Fenner's activities. Most of the scenes with Fenner and Number One are, strangely enough, in the men's toilets, but it's great to see John in the big tap dance number, as it's not often you get to see him dance.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Vicky Byrne plays Nikki Wade, who is inside for sticking a broken bottle in the face of a bent copper who attacked Wade's girlfriend, so there's real attitude there. Vicky has two lovely vocal moments; the first as a solo when she hears that she is up for release and sings "One Moment" and then as part of a duet with Stewart on "Every Night".</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hayley Wood is Shell "The Baddest & The Best" Dockley. I imagine that Hayley had such fun in this extremely raunchy role. I loved the Country tinged "First lady" that accompanied the real raunchy scene. Both the vocals and the raunchiness were performed with great ease.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The two Julies were played by Louisa Ward (Julie Johnston), and Megan O'Sullivan (Julie Saunders) are a brilliant double act. Loved the duet of "Life Of Grime" which is also a journey into the dirty double entendre. One of the many musical highlights is when Julie Saunders speaks to her son, who has been placed by Social services into a strange home, from prison. She is ashamed of being in there and has told her son that she is abroad working. Her song "Sorry" is just gorgeous and Megan pours so much emotion into that song.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Laurie Trott plays Noreen Briggs, a wonderful character who seems to have a penchant for drugs. Laurie shows that she plays less glamorous characters just as keenly as the more glamorous characters that I've seen her play, and with some lovely comic lines.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Daya Khosse is Crystal Gordon, the inmate who spouts bible passages and quotes at her fellow inmates. The second act opens with a gorgeous gospel/blues number, sang by Daya, called "Freedom Road". </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Megan Asher plays Rachel Hicks, who we see getting inducted into Larkhill right at the start. With her being the newest of the inmates, she becomes the latest target for Fenner, which has a devastating affect on her.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lilli White plays Denny Blood. Denny is doing 7 years for arson.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alex Tavener is Yvonne Atkins, my favourite inmate. Looking like Cher and with such a powerful attitude, she shows Shell that she is not going to be her underdog at any cost. Atkins is a fantastic protagonist and Alex completely looks the part of this glamorous new inmate. The song "The A List" sets out Atkins' stall and is another of those big musical numbers. Yvonne's other big number is "All Banged Up" as she takes the lead in harassing poor Justin. Alex has a brilliant voice and that power did not go to waste in either of these songs.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nicola Tuxford, Karen Robbins, Sue Hagan, Sophie Robbins and Katie Fitzpatrick complete a wonderfully strong band of criminals who sound and look good.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are several excellent ballads in this musical like "Every Night", "Sorry" and "Freedom Road", plus some great big old fun songs here as well. Songs like "Jailcraft", "All Banged Up Without A Bang", "I Shouldn't Be Here" and "The Future Is Bright". Every song sounding fantastic under the musical direction of Dave Dallard with the six piece band. The songs can be quite tricky, especially the clever lyrics, but Dave and the band completely cracked it.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The video design, which is something that I'd not seen for this musical previously - as far as I can remember - is also the work of Dave Dallard, and also gives you all the gen on the women and the reasons why they are banged up, as well as live footage (see below).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The show is Directed by Kathi Ludlow, in her directorial debut. Making a show feel new, especially when you've seen it a few times is no easy feat, but there are several things in this production that make you feel you're watching something new and different. Look at the large screen TV to the left of the stage and you'll see, what seems to be live footage of Justin and Helen leaving the prison and waiting out in the street for a taxi, which turns up for them, plus Helen walking down the corridors of the prison and suddenly entering the entrance door of the auditorium. Kathi also uses the front part of the stage, where the orchestra normally inhabit, as Helen's front room. There are also parts of the stage used for a security office and rest room. And I haven't even mentioned the effects used, which I'm not going to, so you'll need to see them for yourselves. A brilliant debut for Kathi.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You also get a real feel for the pent up anger with the cast because there are chairs that go flying across the stage and you feel the attitude in the riot scene. An emotion that Kathi has really given the cast full rein to perform.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Choreographed by Hayden Fletcher. These pieces show what a talent young Hayden is, and like a Director can create freshness with a new eye, Hayden has also helped create fresh choreography, especially that epic tap number in the second act. I don't really need to regale Hayden with wondrous comments on his talents, because he knows the esteem that I hold him with.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Love the set design by Mark Robbins and Roydon Charlesworth. The split level set looks like something out of "Porridge", especially with the community area being overlooked by the balcony and upper cell doors. The urinal scene is discreetly hidden by a set of doors in the back of the set.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The sound is by Phil Simcox and Phil Holland, and while to start with, I would have liked the vocal mix to be more prominent, this was also recognised by the Phils and as the musical developed, the sound became more balanced. When there's a full auditorium, the sound mix will be different due to the change in the acoustics of the amount of bodies in the room. This was acknowledged and steadily remedied. While there were a few clipped sound cues, this was opening night, which is where stuff like this is noted and amended for the rest of the run. On the whole though, the sound was really good.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The lighting is by Richard Chamberlain, and there are some very nice lighting effects in this musical. I won't say where this appears, but there is a fire effect which is really realistic. The song and dance lighting designs are done beautifully, and apart from a few of the spots chopping off a couple of heads, or were the actors just slightly on the wrong stage mark, the lighting design and operation was well executed.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This musical is not performed that much, so when it does come around, and is presented as good as this is, you don't want to miss it. It's great fun, filled with some wonderful characters, and that gritty incident in the first part. The language is fruity, as are some of the scenes, but at the end of the day, it's all done in the best possible taste. This is a musical that you will remember for a very long time, and for all the right reasons.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oh, and just before I break out of here, if you're in the auditorium for any length of time prior to the show starts, pay careful attention to the music playing. I love it when thought is put into a playlist and the playlist here is very well thought out. That's all I'll say.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Bad Girls - The Musical" is at the Duchess Theatre in Long Eaton until Saturday 9 March. It would really be a crime to miss out on these Bad Girls!</span></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-46873300827106930792024-02-29T15:02:00.000-08:002024-02-29T15:02:10.703-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Animal Farm" by George Orwell. </span></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="d2gmc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d2gmc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d2gmc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Adapted for the stage by Ian Wooldridge.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="blvir-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="blvir-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="blvir-0-0" end="13" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Derby Theatre</span><span data-offset-key="blvir-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="cqim1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cqim1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cqim1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="4dsik-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4dsik-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4dsik-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiktWwNYVLZA49zQUuKttkBrAEK1XIq4HDu-faeD8X8NV2-s_Ainb5ELKdLt6rK9s55j83nOYFWOsI4hLyyZim_GW7EF_Pf1cfCJ_UYumkE5i_xm4_cgisTsUfVmCXF1IFtkW1Gic7iE-K17TABVMsqPoBK667xqyFTJ5z23h49fO6cyXuzauPQxYXHzj/s300/animal%20farm9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiktWwNYVLZA49zQUuKttkBrAEK1XIq4HDu-faeD8X8NV2-s_Ainb5ELKdLt6rK9s55j83nOYFWOsI4hLyyZim_GW7EF_Pf1cfCJ_UYumkE5i_xm4_cgisTsUfVmCXF1IFtkW1Gic7iE-K17TABVMsqPoBK667xqyFTJ5z23h49fO6cyXuzauPQxYXHzj/s1600/animal%20farm9.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Sick and tired of maltreatment under their enslavement from man, the animals of Manor Farm revolt. Released from all chains, there is but one key rule: All animals are equal. Yet, as the story progresses we soon see some animals are more equal than others…</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="ct8hk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ct8hk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ct8hk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="6r3qf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6r3qf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6r3qf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Orwell uses the turmoil faced on the farm by the animals as a metaphor for the Russian Revolution. It shows how a people's fight for freedom can quickly morph into a power play as chaos ensues.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="1s0rv-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1s0rv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1s0rv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Orwell plants lies, illiteracy and even a head hunt throughout the play to explain the oppression, propaganda and excuses that led to the rise of the Soviet dictatorship.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBt45x7kyYVVvsD6JixG1njwHO4SB5cN24KEND5BgQ_j7i1jmjvHuDDqpTaeZk_WuoMED8HQmL9ehHLf28Je1Kgn_0ZCk7aiwSv1IHapCaaaohhsdTeNYHFLpgyrNvd2lf50c9KO0pLmw6SLMsUWZWgNLVJ_uWsQZPVIVU66qubDPXs7Uz_LgJKQPNZhdN/s526/animal%20farm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="526" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBt45x7kyYVVvsD6JixG1njwHO4SB5cN24KEND5BgQ_j7i1jmjvHuDDqpTaeZk_WuoMED8HQmL9ehHLf28Je1Kgn_0ZCk7aiwSv1IHapCaaaohhsdTeNYHFLpgyrNvd2lf50c9KO0pLmw6SLMsUWZWgNLVJ_uWsQZPVIVU66qubDPXs7Uz_LgJKQPNZhdN/s320/animal%20farm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="eihmm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eihmm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eihmm-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="7f5o4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7f5o4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7f5o4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">It's relatively easy for a film to create the feeling of power and fear, but not so easy in the theatre, but both of these feelings are well portrayed here. It takes a talented group to create such an uneasy feeling over an audience but in the second part of this play, the unease of the power pig, Napoleon was apparent.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="4p0nk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4p0nk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4p0nk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="2jrsu-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2jrsu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2jrsu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Napoleon is played by Ida Regan, Napoleon emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Joseph Stalin, Napoleon uses military force to intimidate the other animals and consolidate his power. In his supreme craftiness, Napoleon proves more treacherous than his counterpart, Snowball.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqe2wKfoMQWg2esh03zEVmslmhao5jF71jiX2AG8KgDgr1YpFG7Tdl32he9ZKQkIw9TlFs0mV7hutQB1xfx_PQywwpKGkn5WXH8rQoRmD4WdJJipmHvySa2Lk5icrXmmYIVMEBKL45ZYsMceXU180lh-0ooEjym2Yq2cPgF-zW1pcc_jTRo66vUcE3z0r/s512/animal%20farm2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="512" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqe2wKfoMQWg2esh03zEVmslmhao5jF71jiX2AG8KgDgr1YpFG7Tdl32he9ZKQkIw9TlFs0mV7hutQB1xfx_PQywwpKGkn5WXH8rQoRmD4WdJJipmHvySa2Lk5icrXmmYIVMEBKL45ZYsMceXU180lh-0ooEjym2Yq2cPgF-zW1pcc_jTRo66vUcE3z0r/s320/animal%20farm2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="bc284-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bc284-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bc284-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="9n41l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9n41l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9n41l-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Snowball, played by Samater Ahmed, is one from the old school, following the rules of Old Major, but when he comes up against Napoleon and his dogs, he is soon dispensed. The pig challenges Napoleon for control of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Leon Trotsky, Snowball is intelligent, passionate, eloquent, and less subtle and devious than his counterpart, Napoleon. Snowball seems to win the loyalty of the other animals and cement his power.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="85fgu-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="85fgu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="85fgu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="2p751-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2p751-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2p751-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Boxer, played by Sam Black, is a solid supporter of Napoleon's, even though there's doubt towards the end, he too is sold down the river by Napoleon. The cart-horse whose incredible strength, dedication, and loyalty play a key role in the early prosperity of Animal Farm and the later completion of the windmill. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DNG6SbOwM6AifUWWNe4yhyfyY_zaGxPcudOOjglHt1X_Q9GWSZxCFhV5Ui1e95Mba4D1Df0egBskYxr02iN_4De_j3FACwZ9g7T5oTFx__IQG588qniYFX288IFP7WrouGVuZjGwMdQcBoeg4lm52p9rD05CGGIipOdui89ahyphenhyphenu-NSxsFXJARHznUTX3/s1280/animal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DNG6SbOwM6AifUWWNe4yhyfyY_zaGxPcudOOjglHt1X_Q9GWSZxCFhV5Ui1e95Mba4D1Df0egBskYxr02iN_4De_j3FACwZ9g7T5oTFx__IQG588qniYFX288IFP7WrouGVuZjGwMdQcBoeg4lm52p9rD05CGGIipOdui89ahyphenhyphenu-NSxsFXJARHznUTX3/s320/animal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="bidqf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bidqf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bidqf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="ae2bp-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ae2bp-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ae2bp-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Quick to help but rather slow-witted, Boxer shows much devotion to Animal Farm’s ideals but little ability to think about them independently. He naïvely trusts the pigs to make all his decisions for him. His two mottoes are “I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right.”</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="dnaj9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dnaj9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dnaj9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="dtvo6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dtvo6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dtvo6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Killian Macardle, as Squealer, is Napoleon's right hand pig and helps convince the rest of the farm animals that what Napoleon says is the best way forward. The pig spreads Napoleon’s propaganda among the other animals. Squealer justifies the pigs’ monopolization of resources and spreads false statistics pointing to the farm’s success. Orwell uses Squealer to explore the ways in which those in power often use rhetoric and language to twist the truth and gain and maintain social and political control.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkXNA5a1WSdBPq7fe-wKH7gSyVxE7D8DSrE3dWLfnskojnd18Dz_mKUxGH5aA7wMBKeObIKtPCjZ78WdX5SjFNlkpMKyTwPzbBckD3I68KVrq_1Ff0vvnPW44zxGo6lqejUrM-7AxP9d2vVXLfJenTEYWuIJghELs32EtfcxW4nDxI3v9yUZLpkx5_PYi/s1100/animal2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1100" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkXNA5a1WSdBPq7fe-wKH7gSyVxE7D8DSrE3dWLfnskojnd18Dz_mKUxGH5aA7wMBKeObIKtPCjZ78WdX5SjFNlkpMKyTwPzbBckD3I68KVrq_1Ff0vvnPW44zxGo6lqejUrM-7AxP9d2vVXLfJenTEYWuIJghELs32EtfcxW4nDxI3v9yUZLpkx5_PYi/s320/animal2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="ff9pj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ff9pj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ff9pj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="8dssu-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8dssu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8dssu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Mollie is played by Amy Drake. Mollie is the vain, flighty mare who pulls Mr. Jones’s carriage. Mollie craves the attention of human beings and loves being groomed and pampered. She has a difficult time with her new life on Animal Farm, as she misses wearing ribbons in her mane and eating sugar cubes. She represents the petit bourgeoisie that fled from Russia a few years after the Russian Revolution.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="2rroe-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2rroe-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2rroe-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="ehge9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ehge9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ehge9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Polly Lister plays Old Major, the prize-winning boar whose vision of a socialist utopia serves as the inspiration for the Rebellion. Three days after describing the vision and teaching the animals the song “Beasts of England,” Major dies, leaving Snowball and Napoleon to struggle for control of his legacy. Orwell based Major on both the German political economist Karl Marx and the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilych Lenin.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjfAWp3UA58_5ZtBOsQOMIZXNtxa-6MHairSNA5_zjywsvHA0i5SSWjlr_qT-Zm9J3YAVS_QTYbDhac1r8Pv65YQM5b7L3dGSj91TKysJi94tRk61k8YVcEcNDtm1arN0nkEpPON8YvdyVqfylyIn9LUfF8GVB9ufncUFT465DA1ZCB83kMp7ITi0X2WN/s512/animal%20farm3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="345" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjfAWp3UA58_5ZtBOsQOMIZXNtxa-6MHairSNA5_zjywsvHA0i5SSWjlr_qT-Zm9J3YAVS_QTYbDhac1r8Pv65YQM5b7L3dGSj91TKysJi94tRk61k8YVcEcNDtm1arN0nkEpPON8YvdyVqfylyIn9LUfF8GVB9ufncUFT465DA1ZCB83kMp7ITi0X2WN/s320/animal%20farm3.jpeg" width="216" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="cfb70-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cfb70-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cfb70-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="68i2e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="68i2e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="68i2e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">All other characters that we know from Orwell's novel are played by the cast. The hound dogs are represented by puppet style rods with vicious canine heads that almost glow in the dark, and with the sound effects for the bunch of hounds, almost make you fear for your life, never mind their on stage victim.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="2lvbv-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2lvbv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2lvbv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="ntgh-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ntgh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ntgh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Iqbal Khan, assisted by Jack Clearwater, this production is not the same as any production I've seen before. For one, a lot of the story is condensed and related by the characters; the whole play, with the interval, only lasts just under two hours.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="d5lkk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d5lkk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d5lkk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="agp95-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="agp95-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="agp95-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">There's a lot of comedy, that I may have missed in other productions, and there's a breaking of the fourth wall as the new animal rules are explained to the audience.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="5d8bb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5d8bb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5d8bb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="a2ik4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a2ik4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a2ik4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The various animals are differentiated by animal shaped headgear, designed by Sarah Worrall, which leaves the rest of the actor free to act the physicality of their animal character, and to clearly deliver Orwell's chilling script.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcgOANqgvUxCfrDEPAIgLhPpSIj0xhxWitSw_zTZxMr2hSrMZ2ZMp0sfI4hazFN_GNzmQzQNgYSwtBXXuV8vbMnXB3noPTw-IEkvzBtAJcEmoE5qWrbyJ44meVQg06veC8ev-YZvzeQDLz5ZBYPsc8Mg1v0EpyjWx1HPrN2m2XmqmbSvXeyQAWyqETFTD/s512/animal%20farm1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="341" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcgOANqgvUxCfrDEPAIgLhPpSIj0xhxWitSw_zTZxMr2hSrMZ2ZMp0sfI4hazFN_GNzmQzQNgYSwtBXXuV8vbMnXB3noPTw-IEkvzBtAJcEmoE5qWrbyJ44meVQg06veC8ev-YZvzeQDLz5ZBYPsc8Mg1v0EpyjWx1HPrN2m2XmqmbSvXeyQAWyqETFTD/s320/animal%20farm1.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="chnqi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="chnqi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="chnqi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="7924k-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7924k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7924k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">At the end when the human farmer from the next farm appears, they are presented as aliens, and we see this through the eyes of the animals, with several red "eyes" and in giant puppet form, almost like some creature from "War Of the Worlds" with a robotic voice.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="73jtt-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="73jtt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="73jtt-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="976jo-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="976jo-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="976jo-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Set & Lighting Designer is Ciaran Bagnall. With most of the lighting being of a blood red colour, it accentuated the danger and the off-stage animal assassinations. There's a clever use of lighting used to highlight the animal rules and the amendments of those rules.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="8uq6k-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8uq6k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8uq6k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="6gn2l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6gn2l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6gn2l-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The set itself is also a clever creation with part of the stage being tore up by the animals at the start; those parts being used to create the windmill that controversially split the animals even more than previously.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="fbaag-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fbaag-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fbaag-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="dhf68-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dhf68-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dhf68-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Su Newell's costume designs do not distract from the story, nor the actors. While they look like the rags used for painting your house, take a closer look as they also give the hue and feel of the animal that the actors are bringing to life, and the trousers also give a hint to the several characters that the actors take on beside their main roles.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Qk1raGIMZTN_IGGl2sCHE-UvG6Cw6lA5Xh1EGPlLJww09DDlptTEjQj6WB6GrxrR6DMMohk0-LmbVLgIRDaa167uNvufwspELb8QUmmqde0IxVUKC6TyL2w6Bg_pKyNfRaHZuTIL8FfaeSQRbz91r0-MZp-P-KclLPh2ZDN1zHwH_B1YaD4islBLRTU6/s1280/animal1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Qk1raGIMZTN_IGGl2sCHE-UvG6Cw6lA5Xh1EGPlLJww09DDlptTEjQj6WB6GrxrR6DMMohk0-LmbVLgIRDaa167uNvufwspELb8QUmmqde0IxVUKC6TyL2w6Bg_pKyNfRaHZuTIL8FfaeSQRbz91r0-MZp-P-KclLPh2ZDN1zHwH_B1YaD4islBLRTU6/s320/animal1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="bdhlr-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bdhlr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bdhlr-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="na49-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="na49-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="na49-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The music has been composed by Dylan Towley. The highlight piece for me is when Moses delivers a piece that sounded like it was being performed in the interval of an American Superbowl. Big and proud, regaling the loveliness of the Sugar Candy Mountain, presenting images of an almost Willy Wonka style paradise.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="4qj4s-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4qj4s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4qj4s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="2joo3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2joo3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2joo3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The sound design, by Gerry Marsden is crystal clear, which it always is at Derby Theatre. There are parts that make you jump if you're not ready for the sound impact.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="sas9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="sas9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="sas9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="c1qtn-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1qtn-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c1qtn-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not a political person, but I love the politicalness Orwell presents, which as everyone knows is the same story that is going on today as was in 1945 when the novel was first published.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7HD2rF8PjUcIyb6feyDCUU_DoL_rF5VmuIKWumujzyP8C1XE8T2Vjo9yFr1yM4dP53VfjH2t61JJ82zMH30THGSvQi_dX_dd1IpNCvRwlY4LWosMXQ61ag5ZzbRnxfkkcuLYPw5tvfjsLi7nO6hBYWoWRREuNcbt-iu4_8SJTqYbUD-w0eqiwbfEamuA/s225/animal%20farm8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7HD2rF8PjUcIyb6feyDCUU_DoL_rF5VmuIKWumujzyP8C1XE8T2Vjo9yFr1yM4dP53VfjH2t61JJ82zMH30THGSvQi_dX_dd1IpNCvRwlY4LWosMXQ61ag5ZzbRnxfkkcuLYPw5tvfjsLi7nO6hBYWoWRREuNcbt-iu4_8SJTqYbUD-w0eqiwbfEamuA/s1600/animal%20farm8.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="c8mih-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c8mih-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c8mih-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="dnjcg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dnjcg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dnjcg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Who could not raise a snigger when the animals who were "all for one" and equal became power hungry, promising everything, making rules to live by, and then breaking the rules for their own benefit, and then when the rules are broken, amendments presented until the greed takes over completely creating an animal class system where the rich get richer and the poor....... Almost surprised that one of the characters' names isn't changed to Boris!</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="1laq6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1laq6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1laq6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="fs0f5-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fs0f5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fs0f5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I am a fan of Orwell's work and this is certainly one of his best pieces, made even better in this adaptation. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="eb70q-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eb70q-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eb70q-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="16jf5-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="16jf5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="16jf5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Can I also just add that, as a fan of accents, this production has so many accents for the different characters that it made the production even more interesting and enjoyable to me.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="cnhko-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cnhko-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cnhko-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="9n0mp-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9n0mp-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9n0mp-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">There is an age guidance of 11+ and I can understand that because right from the start there are sections that will make you jump and could rattle the nerves of a younger audience member. But anyone over 11 years of age is going to love this very entertaining production.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="cpkbc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cpkbc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cpkbc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="tutg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="tutg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="tutg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Animal Farm" is at Derby Theatre until Saturday 16 March.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8c9vr" data-offset-key="fo34g-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fo34g-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fo34g-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Photography by Pamela Raith.</span></div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-14866917557909196092024-02-28T14:50:00.000-08:002024-02-28T14:50:36.911-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Minority Report" By David Haig. Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/nottmplayhouse?__cft__[0]=AZUdPsmm1H4LXRSPjsZWZw_bn38n5-jsD2WIvI0H66GYQQ-c_TJNShpeba6rS_4bmP8JsAsk8NT0Fwb6qGl0S-ZdKHxZYn8j4Mq3udCq1I6ZPVJGOBVzBYEUG_PQjWVP4_6-ovy7TBA1XfhFjR9K73Ss9mvh-EuRNIEZRzP1Hx1ISg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Playhouse</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-Q8sePnhBunNFE-rs6mdVLpK-uDgoTHTVpltRQ3C9icR8DabpFslQXyLL2nlqaLTp7lLIO6iN1uLdP1iGPVKY1SSI_3k4YANHDJtqSMCaKV_9XDSduPOoDKL2o24lHHsPHY78-fpjHeG6FsToOZcnyqxn5hysGHKU6FoTOLoFRu5yx37L7rQydHV9-Z3/s691/minority5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-Q8sePnhBunNFE-rs6mdVLpK-uDgoTHTVpltRQ3C9icR8DabpFslQXyLL2nlqaLTp7lLIO6iN1uLdP1iGPVKY1SSI_3k4YANHDJtqSMCaKV_9XDSduPOoDKL2o24lHHsPHY78-fpjHeG6FsToOZcnyqxn5hysGHKU6FoTOLoFRu5yx37L7rQydHV9-Z3/s320/minority5.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br />I've never seen the film, so didn't know the story or what to expect from this play. This production though is based on the original short story and not the three hour long film starring Tom Cruise and Nottingham's Samantha Morton.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">In <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>2050, neuroscientist Dame Julia Anderton is about to launch the next phase of her pioneering Pre-Crime programme, detaining people for crimes before they are committed and getting them off the streets. But when Julia is accused of pre-murder, she’s in a race against time to save herself from her own system.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It's strange just how quickly this production had me changing my mind about the subject matter. After the first five minutes I was all in favour of the chip in the back of the head to detect future offenders. Then after Julia was pronounced a pre-murderer suspect, your mind gets to wander while you watch as to the accuracy of the programme; could the CEO of the programme really fall foul of her own life work? Could there be a flaw in the programme? If there was, how did it occur and who could be responsible? The answers to these questions are provided as the play continues.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGiEc_kARF2150jZuvN2jvNP9PlwR8trRenP52YyTayfH6L_sBkVMcRnvfzlRkqNvYfsmRyJieyW8wl1gVELOzgg7Ep3_vwhj-XhrpaSl249Ovaj4N_o9gpYDPYuQiFHqRUHdAH6-7-KOHjefHeSEWnFZSrCYXzGIsRZPJMdW0LE-yBq0oyuSDcCn0ina/s660/minority7.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="660" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGiEc_kARF2150jZuvN2jvNP9PlwR8trRenP52YyTayfH6L_sBkVMcRnvfzlRkqNvYfsmRyJieyW8wl1gVELOzgg7Ep3_vwhj-XhrpaSl249Ovaj4N_o9gpYDPYuQiFHqRUHdAH6-7-KOHjefHeSEWnFZSrCYXzGIsRZPJMdW0LE-yBq0oyuSDcCn0ina/s320/minority7.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Jodie McNee, who never seems to be off stage all the way through the play, plays Julia, in what develops into a really physical role for Jodie. Putting a woman in the central role really turns the whole idea on its' head. You don't see that in many Sci-Fi thrillers on TV or on stage, and definitely not done with this style and technical visuality. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">George, Julia's husband, is played by Nick Fletcher. The character, from the start, comes across quite nerdy, but as you get to see more of him, he does become slightly more likeable, but can he be trusted?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKIKGEP73s-IdtViBF5qIr_kQqhJeVl7ol30sINgOsD0OQx3vDEwdQdKeF8ejs1Hz1zCWT13W4BzqMfXp3Sngx3WQSToVz9pAvx2GpjYIJljT2AhA4zoZs6_PRKVx35QtEdZ-bqEpGFPJ78Ks-nXBvll-Up8_wROORe0qyRxToh9SJJY9cvKUzqlZaNqQ/s900/minority1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKIKGEP73s-IdtViBF5qIr_kQqhJeVl7ol30sINgOsD0OQx3vDEwdQdKeF8ejs1Hz1zCWT13W4BzqMfXp3Sngx3WQSToVz9pAvx2GpjYIJljT2AhA4zoZs6_PRKVx35QtEdZ-bqEpGFPJ78Ks-nXBvll-Up8_wROORe0qyRxToh9SJJY9cvKUzqlZaNqQ/s320/minority1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Tanvl Firmani plays David, Julia's voice assistant, who magically seems to appear out of nowhere when commanded, almost like a genie from a bottle. the visual effects on her person really create that almost holographic look.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Michelle, the American assistant, who seems to have a thing about nerdy men (no spoilers), is played by Xenoa Campbell-Ledgister.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Nicholas Rowe plays Ralph, the slick-talking politician.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Chrissy Brooke plays Christina.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP3NluhVEznU6Mb_h-bv5UtVSRso9QzF4h96Cjtk2ot5ABtUkD_hANioMRGSP35mDuEh2-sWXuIsPpIJyJqFYdzDZ2LnLDtrUn0mcJqhivOChc5XRosDJVkhDik1prgmyP0g37nmcPbjAmgO-qV8RV6jBGsd7BmArIG4JVX5dmnnZkXWAWEWj42G_bZrn/s2048/minority.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP3NluhVEznU6Mb_h-bv5UtVSRso9QzF4h96Cjtk2ot5ABtUkD_hANioMRGSP35mDuEh2-sWXuIsPpIJyJqFYdzDZ2LnLDtrUn0mcJqhivOChc5XRosDJVkhDik1prgmyP0g37nmcPbjAmgO-qV8RV6jBGsd7BmArIG4JVX5dmnnZkXWAWEWj42G_bZrn/s320/minority.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ricardo Castro plays Sergeant Harris, a power-hungry policeman who is intent on delivering his target. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Danny Collins plays Fleming and Roseanna Franscona plays Ana, the protesters who end up helping Julia in an unexpected U Turn.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Max Webster, there is so much more to concentrate on with a technical play such as this, but boy is it worth it!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Tal Rosner's video design is insanely exciting to watch. I have not seen anything like this before; the only thing that seems to come anywhere near it is the video designs for "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time". </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Nicola T Chang is the Composer and also is the Sound Designer for this production. The sound builds tension and, at times makes you feel quite uneasy. The timing of the sound design with the actor obviously has been synchronised well to the physicality of the play and the actors.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfTfUdJDk1_Nt0693iU8P0ib-7RIwF684IhAuXxl7xLF39d-2t8iO1dZJL7WAD8PfAzSqSjB9kK6rfcfPuI7oDtLaF2yRpuUiAnVDktdn7hdUmW9N4cFQ5j2kKu39WcVmnrwAGCcQmg_RgAZyOpfw-GyW6ZNZll1vW9OkVfQaFgW-i_8XRE7pY5jS88ar/s660/minority6.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="660" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfTfUdJDk1_Nt0693iU8P0ib-7RIwF684IhAuXxl7xLF39d-2t8iO1dZJL7WAD8PfAzSqSjB9kK6rfcfPuI7oDtLaF2yRpuUiAnVDktdn7hdUmW9N4cFQ5j2kKu39WcVmnrwAGCcQmg_RgAZyOpfw-GyW6ZNZll1vW9OkVfQaFgW-i_8XRE7pY5jS88ar/s320/minority6.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Lighting Designer is Jessica Hung Han Yun, and compliments the sound design brilliantly, making the show a feast for both eyes and ears</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Jon Bausor's set design is quite literally out of this world with sets lowered from the ceiling, sliding in from either side and all over the place. The technology that has gone into the staging of the play, as well as the set designs, is as futuristic as the storyline. You really felt that the driverless car was moving at speed, due to the visual effects. The fluidity of the scene changes are to be credited as well and move the story on perfectly.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The choreography included is great, showing the people on the interim of the story in slow motion, creating quite a cinematic effect. The Movement Director is Lucy Hind.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Minority Report" is at the Nottingham Playhouse until Saturday 9 March and is such a clever, futuristic piece of theatre, that you really do not want to miss it.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-24010211848844330622024-02-27T15:59:00.000-08:002024-02-27T15:59:27.028-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1063541321721225/?__cft__[0]=AZXhkmpXO9g7JJtNtLYYcv1t955q1g8jQb_mKNZY8qk0MKIB0bS8h1OBQJkC8l4DJN86Mc2WYDKDMEmuDhfCZjSCr3oqt91jHD2XuvyHfhrrS4Qlgayali_GFGxiE9gEPw0&__tn__=-UK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Edward Scissorhands</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">" by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/MBNewAdventures?__cft__[0]=AZXhkmpXO9g7JJtNtLYYcv1t955q1g8jQb_mKNZY8qk0MKIB0bS8h1OBQJkC8l4DJN86Mc2WYDKDMEmuDhfCZjSCr3oqt91jHD2XuvyHfhrrS4Qlgayali_GFGxiE9gEPw0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Matthew Bourne's New Adventures</span></a></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Nottingham <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/RoyalNottingham?__cft__[0]=AZXhkmpXO9g7JJtNtLYYcv1t955q1g8jQb_mKNZY8qk0MKIB0bS8h1OBQJkC8l4DJN86Mc2WYDKDMEmuDhfCZjSCr3oqt91jHD2XuvyHfhrrS4Qlgayali_GFGxiE9gEPw0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Theatre Royal</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWp-ErGMmQ_wYfBVLy2Nro_TSoBSynE1UjwKNz7RRqMnUjpmFm6r6vm62ldGsb8qla46CsO4H9bxlSFqd_iH1ItZO-Xa6P7pyz823jwGpvsazB-zxFu4BsIKWWxe7kZAdf9YG80mLrSs7Bhyw4Rf7X8gnvU8H45mRV-qeXOSMrB455-SPFFZQMtYnJA77W/s799/EDWARD%20SCISSORHANDS7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="799" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWp-ErGMmQ_wYfBVLy2Nro_TSoBSynE1UjwKNz7RRqMnUjpmFm6r6vm62ldGsb8qla46CsO4H9bxlSFqd_iH1ItZO-Xa6P7pyz823jwGpvsazB-zxFu4BsIKWWxe7kZAdf9YG80mLrSs7Bhyw4Rf7X8gnvU8H45mRV-qeXOSMrB455-SPFFZQMtYnJA77W/s320/EDWARD%20SCISSORHANDS7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I saw this gorgeous ballet the last time it came to Nottingham's Theatre Royal, back in 2015, so jumped at the chance of seeing this beautiful and whimsical ballet again.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Based on the classic Tim Burton movie and featuring the hauntingly beautiful music of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/dannyelfman?__cft__[0]=AZXhkmpXO9g7JJtNtLYYcv1t955q1g8jQb_mKNZY8qk0MKIB0bS8h1OBQJkC8l4DJN86Mc2WYDKDMEmuDhfCZjSCr3oqt91jHD2XuvyHfhrrS4Qlgayali_GFGxiE9gEPw0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Danny Elfman</span></a></span> and Terry Davies.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">In a castle high on a hill lives Edward; a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies he is left alone and unfinished with only scissors for hands until a kindly townswoman invites him to live with her suburban family. Can Edward find his place in the well-meaning community which struggles to see past his curious appearance to the innocence and gentleness within?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbVV1fef1xno_lTzHNEYJs7KIMTN_PMXsEgmlwK8NAgcUPW_JbkQLJqVWJeKvLhPCjypBwcSOCYe829gMcqITd3xF-B9jXpHR1Cmr4VDEEfH7v-D22tLspn5zC3jGTB_jmDwLB30ewqEW2k_9rFbaY4SB163hI1fI4P7k20S8erc-lSiwTAwXPX3IK-60/s1600/scissor3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1600" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbVV1fef1xno_lTzHNEYJs7KIMTN_PMXsEgmlwK8NAgcUPW_JbkQLJqVWJeKvLhPCjypBwcSOCYe829gMcqITd3xF-B9jXpHR1Cmr4VDEEfH7v-D22tLspn5zC3jGTB_jmDwLB30ewqEW2k_9rFbaY4SB163hI1fI4P7k20S8erc-lSiwTAwXPX3IK-60/s320/scissor3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It would be very easy to make comparisons with Johnny Depp's film characterization of Edward, but even though the character and story are the same, you soon forget a certain Mr Depp because Liam Mower, who played Edward here, is instantly hypnotizing.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Every time Liam appears on stage you are drawn to him like a magnet to those sharp, metal hands of his. He has great stage presence and the dancing is en point, but then again Liam has an impressive history of dance and ballet based theatre work in his wake, most notably playing Billy in the original cast of "Billy Elliot".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidf87sqKMFn8c25ovZ8pZlhtY_ip5i2SdnDdOVRY41pZ3tPNo8LqElLglXR7kTKhKZ7XdPAhbs9-JblaTV5BSm4Pe9alOdmxPdg5DvrQ3IHSOLPe6cA_1N32BD-6TlZYhnKtn_NlNgqD5IuQSTeG4Z7tJ0TScbyJnHksaFsQv851kj8NTm0zhHiBtTqMcg/s7906/scissor1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4122" data-original-width="7906" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidf87sqKMFn8c25ovZ8pZlhtY_ip5i2SdnDdOVRY41pZ3tPNo8LqElLglXR7kTKhKZ7XdPAhbs9-JblaTV5BSm4Pe9alOdmxPdg5DvrQ3IHSOLPe6cA_1N32BD-6TlZYhnKtn_NlNgqD5IuQSTeG4Z7tJ0TScbyJnHksaFsQv851kj8NTm0zhHiBtTqMcg/s320/scissor1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Edward Scissorhands is a love story at heart and his longing to be accepted and loved for who he is, is portrayed beautifully, drawing comparisons with Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". After all, both gothic characters were created from bits of other people's body parts, sewn together to make a monster, but with that inner desire to be loved, and being very misunderstood.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It's a large cast and there is always something going on in all four quarters of the stage. The cast are among some of the best dancers in the world because that is what Mr Bourne brings out of them with his imaginative choreography, Creating laughter and sadness through his work and the dancers channelling of his ideas.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G7z7VVeh0hfsRbsHvZBD_-qzrKzZD_Qsiks0WP6BaIanzjzLa3YWLkcce1maMlWuMw4PAMNM-mkLG9nGWHd1OohdG7gcnEnswvuL60iN6E-U0GYWFi5ZYGhn1Vr5AGGSN9b0HJpjfNNgNVHdL0oin4ESOW6KKeAbYi7d0c-3j8etzHbNRh_pJc_se1Ik/s4749/scissor10.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4749" data-original-width="4198" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G7z7VVeh0hfsRbsHvZBD_-qzrKzZD_Qsiks0WP6BaIanzjzLa3YWLkcce1maMlWuMw4PAMNM-mkLG9nGWHd1OohdG7gcnEnswvuL60iN6E-U0GYWFi5ZYGhn1Vr5AGGSN9b0HJpjfNNgNVHdL0oin4ESOW6KKeAbYi7d0c-3j8etzHbNRh_pJc_se1Ik/s320/scissor10.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The ensemble work is electrifying and at the other end of the scale the solo and duet dances are tender and at times emotional, great shades of black and white. Characterization wise, all the main characters are different and entertaining in various ways. Take the hussy vamp who, as soon as her husband is out of the way, drags in the nearest hunk, and reels in Edward as well. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There is her "theatrically camp" son, all "eyes n teeth" and always performing, the over protective boyfriend of the girl who Edward falls for in a big way, and then the over excitable young son of the family who took Edward into their homes. The gay couple remind me of the same sex couple in American shows like "American Dad" and "Modern Family". So many varied characters all having a story to tell.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8CkOPYi_sotRtFM-tz2QbqT8y8eAd53uLumB4RY92ObnGCSNRSqYvJtzgdJjDOM5vMKk6y71-ag0_j1PAILDFG4ZpBzXfJWTYbwrrxmwKq98FsFZMvrHryySWGYzyapAjeBvZYDO-W1LlAONCkTlP8zseBlMQOR8YX9bHq5YwUMuTWCBi1K-8RDKtrEl/s5407/scissor11.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3605" data-original-width="5407" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8CkOPYi_sotRtFM-tz2QbqT8y8eAd53uLumB4RY92ObnGCSNRSqYvJtzgdJjDOM5vMKk6y71-ag0_j1PAILDFG4ZpBzXfJWTYbwrrxmwKq98FsFZMvrHryySWGYzyapAjeBvZYDO-W1LlAONCkTlP8zseBlMQOR8YX9bHq5YwUMuTWCBi1K-8RDKtrEl/s320/scissor11.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The sets are just as magical as you would expect with this fairy tale; swiftly placed and amazingly deceptive, especially the neighbouring houses. The costumes are just as amazing as well, really creating that 1950's fashion vibe. The topiary characters make me want to go out and buy a privet hedge and a pair of hedge cutters. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">One section of the set shows three pictures of cheer-leaders on Edward's bedroom wall. One of the pictures suddenly appears to come to life, as if in animation, leading to a dance scene involving all three as they all appear in his bedroom. Both sets and costumes are designed by the incredibly talented Lez Brotherston.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrYeTJbj2HX0__pOuGrqYGNiT76c8ZKq29e70_hZNeOFP46h2kjoQ3OWbJ42Wk9sgo91ehBecInGheeuT0HRKp6KSQ-u4KrOM2wGp0aDddMK7fmASAJxrZqtip4ipndLnl5BMdVYTdCQnHGwygsoCGkUtMBCwZLuL3MAlpRmruUECQY_qBf0q7bURDbjO/s1552/scissor6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrYeTJbj2HX0__pOuGrqYGNiT76c8ZKq29e70_hZNeOFP46h2kjoQ3OWbJ42Wk9sgo91ehBecInGheeuT0HRKp6KSQ-u4KrOM2wGp0aDddMK7fmASAJxrZqtip4ipndLnl5BMdVYTdCQnHGwygsoCGkUtMBCwZLuL3MAlpRmruUECQY_qBf0q7bURDbjO/s320/scissor6.jpeg" width="247" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Duncan McLean's projection design creates a 3D effect with the rain and the snow and the horizon aspect, creating real depth to the scenes.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Edward Scissorhands" features Liam Mower and Stephen Murray as Edward Scissorhands throughout the tour, with Katrina Lyndon and Ashley Shaw as Kim Boggs. Kerry Biggin, Sophia Hurdley, Etta Murfitt and Mami Tomotani as Peg Boggs and Glenn Graham - who I believe is a Bulwell born lad - and Dominic North as Bill Boggs. Benjamin Barlow Bazeley and Ben Brown play Jim Upton with Stephanie Billers, Nicole Kabera and Ashley Shaw as Joyce Monroe. James Lovell, Luke Murphy and Reece Causton as her husband, George.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Completing the cast are Andrew Ashton, Jade Copas, Jamie Duncan-Campbell, Anna Maria de Freitas, Perreira de Jesus Franque, Molly Shaw-Downie, Megan Ferguson, Savannah Ffrench, Christina Gibbs, Aristide Lyons, Xholindi Muci, Barnaby Quarendon, Edwin Ray, Holly Saw, Nikolas Shikkis, Xavier Sotiya and Carrie Willis.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKM1n6H-feROKV4uWFzb_xgqKhX1Q1o9ISvSlNvTnjucAoVfmphPLp5rlEohpNb_75xTe40oiNKSBmQ9BBcUJN894eNd9sjg5NgHpM59_-u2GJ54yrQvIJPtbTGQ60NvUItzoyrArD_2dT3Xm_K1Dx0mfkg1e3jxIfxdhtoJSuJJtPu3qx08qh3o8KMLC2/s7560/scissor.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5040" data-original-width="7560" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKM1n6H-feROKV4uWFzb_xgqKhX1Q1o9ISvSlNvTnjucAoVfmphPLp5rlEohpNb_75xTe40oiNKSBmQ9BBcUJN894eNd9sjg5NgHpM59_-u2GJ54yrQvIJPtbTGQ60NvUItzoyrArD_2dT3Xm_K1Dx0mfkg1e3jxIfxdhtoJSuJJtPu3qx08qh3o8KMLC2/s320/scissor.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Devised, directed and choreographed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mortbutane?__cft__[0]=AZXhkmpXO9g7JJtNtLYYcv1t955q1g8jQb_mKNZY8qk0MKIB0bS8h1OBQJkC8l4DJN86Mc2WYDKDMEmuDhfCZjSCr3oqt91jHD2XuvyHfhrrS4Qlgayali_GFGxiE9gEPw0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Matthew Bourne</span></a></span>. The thing about Sir Matthew is that everything, unless you've seen one of his productions before, is unexpected. The music used is unexpected; definitely not what you'd expect to hear in a ballet. The choreography is not what you'd expect from a ballet. The costumes are a very long way away from tutus and ballet pumps; in fact I didn't see one set of ballet pumps. This shows just how much Matthew Bourne has changed the image of modern ballet, but still retains the beauty, elegance and special story-telling that ballet has at it's core.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpppbJe7Ka-A3hZRiniJsLviYjHcIo-P9Zm0uzF3a3ztzwfQKZFcihK8BAodigTGss_5_nola4BU8T2qcV5arj7bcaVCKhtSloPyMHl7yc4heBAaTnEMJJ_ktf8z2rpNseDEyVXFthQudSj4R9QbRZYlla3eL102gpe7V0nJdjpxeCT225XF4X7uJvKip/s1600/scissor5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1140" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpppbJe7Ka-A3hZRiniJsLviYjHcIo-P9Zm0uzF3a3ztzwfQKZFcihK8BAodigTGss_5_nola4BU8T2qcV5arj7bcaVCKhtSloPyMHl7yc4heBAaTnEMJJ_ktf8z2rpNseDEyVXFthQudSj4R9QbRZYlla3eL102gpe7V0nJdjpxeCT225XF4X7uJvKip/s320/scissor5.jpeg" width="228" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">For some reason whenever I come out of seeing a Matthew Bourne show, I always feel so incredibly relaxed.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lighting designed by Howard Harrison, and there's a beautiful lighting moment - among many - where there's a music box with a ballet dancer inside, up lit from below, which creates a shadow that looks life size onto the bedroom wall, making it seem as if there's another dancer in the scene. The Christmas scenes are incredibly colourful and make you feel festive to the core, while the cemetery scenes are gloomy, dark and gothic.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sound designed by Paul Groothuis; perfectly balanced and at the perfect listening level.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I promise that you will be so enthralled by this production that, like myself, the interval will come far too early for you and will leave you wanting more, anticipating the second act.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">If you ever thought that ballet is not for you, you need to see this production because you'll soon change your mind. Matthew Bourne and New Adventures will change your mind!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Edward Scissorhands" is at the Nottingham Theatre Royal until Saturday 2 March.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-51503387856680462122024-02-23T16:24:00.000-08:002024-02-28T02:41:00.005-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"9 To 5" by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/BelperMusicalTheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Belper Musical Theatre</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Belper Community Theatre, Belper School.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoicdoNvJ-3EyKsgaINmjbgSc_TcvIzUWS6502BpG4TYxvL_yAF4fqqmjLdWOjeotvEIqSQ0ZQt88fjJKK-Ry80u5h6ItA5-tHxqFnVfAUc8NwW8zS8LHx-haSDAL4hnrIApy_f8bfOJgH1IlL6FnXHjn6siQVoF6JVd8JubS9e-8aaXiptdlZGuHhM8Gu/s1170/9%20to%205.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1170" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoicdoNvJ-3EyKsgaINmjbgSc_TcvIzUWS6502BpG4TYxvL_yAF4fqqmjLdWOjeotvEIqSQ0ZQt88fjJKK-Ry80u5h6ItA5-tHxqFnVfAUc8NwW8zS8LHx-haSDAL4hnrIApy_f8bfOJgH1IlL6FnXHjn6siQVoF6JVd8JubS9e-8aaXiptdlZGuHhM8Gu/s320/9%20to%205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This is my first visit to Belper School as well as my first time of seeing a Belper Musical Theatre production.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Pushed to the boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Well, a girl can scheme, can't she?</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The music and lyrics are by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/DollyParton?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Dolly Parton</span></a></span> and the musical is based on the 1980 film, which also starred Dolly. Dolly also pops up during the show.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgul0P1KsA7OOkVhXL3JPrgGmw9aYpyIBocmdclIQ3J9qQICsCIUuvIR_ckzhcGLhFL3nT148Kna0QIYoeJ8Ezi8rDTHEQkrTSFTB1v-w0zEyIkot7kqDc4Djj6IxfZlDuf8IodajXIfxGebMBhXImI23y3HRqqzKw42lM3ts2fvOAAtfqGZdsU3scjJlFH/s843/9%20to%2052.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgul0P1KsA7OOkVhXL3JPrgGmw9aYpyIBocmdclIQ3J9qQICsCIUuvIR_ckzhcGLhFL3nT148Kna0QIYoeJ8Ezi8rDTHEQkrTSFTB1v-w0zEyIkot7kqDc4Djj6IxfZlDuf8IodajXIfxGebMBhXImI23y3HRqqzKw42lM3ts2fvOAAtfqGZdsU3scjJlFH/s320/9%20to%2052.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Mr Franklin Hart, the sexist, egotistical, hypocritical, lying bigot of a boss, is played by Joe Woffinden. The things those women do to him doesn't come cheap in specialist magazines (so I'm led to believe). His "Here For You" is delivered with such an overly sexist tone, I'm surprised that he isn't on some register, Hart not Joe. A fun performance which I imagine is such a great part for any male actor to get his teeth into, as long as you have a strong pain threshold.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Missy Hart, Franklin Hart’s clueless wife is played by Natasha Barney.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/megan.v.harman?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Megan Gibson</span></a></span> plays Doralee Rhodes, the role that Dolly Parton played in the film. Doralee, the sexy Southern belle becomes the subject of many of the office rumours based purely on what Hart has said to his male colleagues, but has leaked to the female contingent. I was well impressed with her Southern accent and is a great fun part. I love the song "Backwoods Barbie", showing that the fun, blonde character also has a human side. I must mention as well that Megan looks a lot like Jane McDonald in a blonde wig, and I love <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/janemcdonald?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jane McDonald</span></a></span>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjeQy5q7h6t2CcXGSyHvJSlHXX8_G0P2zdY6AqDCmeTUPhor7w5sRT7Sbk1ci5BbVfone9lMx7wRfA6VzPma3QbcB7xLwAe6exTThPtP4Y5YVbKT8An-azWFK4XQ206MnzFzCBh71ihcE7I5j0ycgv6xPJtMGct7JPz5kc1tdXCqStTa85Gnz47umSwkB/s1080/9%20to%2054.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1080" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjeQy5q7h6t2CcXGSyHvJSlHXX8_G0P2zdY6AqDCmeTUPhor7w5sRT7Sbk1ci5BbVfone9lMx7wRfA6VzPma3QbcB7xLwAe6exTThPtP4Y5YVbKT8An-azWFK4XQ206MnzFzCBh71ihcE7I5j0ycgv6xPJtMGct7JPz5kc1tdXCqStTa85Gnz47umSwkB/s320/9%20to%2054.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Violet Newstead, Head Secretary of Consolidated who, while Hart is in charge will never be CEO, is played by Jennifer Lewis. What a voice Jennifer has, and looking through the programme, I can see why as she has been a member of a few societies that have "opera" in their name. A powerful performance that matches her voice with some brilliant comedy lines thrown in the mix.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Violet’s son Josh and Doralee’s supportive husband Dwayne are played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551887488451&__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jaye Turkington</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/dominic.osin?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Dominic Osin</span></a></span>, respectively.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Judy Bernly is the nearly divorced lady who is an office worker for the first time and is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/slhyndman?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Stacey Hyndman</span></a></span>. When Stacey sung "Get Out And Stay Out", she showed off that emotion and power packed set of vocal chords that I found that she has. A lovely comedy performance as well which also showed the character getting stronger and more self empowered all the way to the final.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Judy’s soon to be ex-husband Dick, is played by Gavin Brookes.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X4f894HwwFk42eMlr___1YSZZQTS4uW7cdEHDcs71Iv0hpSb6hsxW3u3DWxVafGKn6PvblrydK7rd-8X99sz49lgyGMJJLwkL6epWYCpDGO12J6HhBctAIIg8oGaddOx0MGm3BVAoaZLA-F-9hP6q0a-VDN9T4pzAKMOQiOkltc7WJG94pL2c5M2M3Df/s1080/9%20to%2051.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1080" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X4f894HwwFk42eMlr___1YSZZQTS4uW7cdEHDcs71Iv0hpSb6hsxW3u3DWxVafGKn6PvblrydK7rd-8X99sz49lgyGMJJLwkL6epWYCpDGO12J6HhBctAIIg8oGaddOx0MGm3BVAoaZLA-F-9hP6q0a-VDN9T4pzAKMOQiOkltc7WJG94pL2c5M2M3Df/s320/9%20to%2051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Every office has a gossip queen or king, and the office gossip queen at Consolidated is Roz Keith, played by Sarah Stone. Sarah also turns in a brilliant comedy performance as Hart's love smitten secretary, Roz Keith. And what a transformation in her big song "Heart To Hart", which raised a few temperatures in the audience, and they in turn, raised the roof!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/izzy.davidson.3?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Isobel Froston</span></a></span> (Margaret), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/katy.varney?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Katy Varney</span></a></span> (Maria) and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/sydney.hemstock?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Sydney Hemstock</span></a></span> (Kathy) are the office's secretaries.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Joe, the nice guy at Consolidated Offices is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/morgan.hemstock?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Morgan Hemstock</span></a></span> and has just a bit of a crush on Violet. The 1970's costumes and the glasses really make Morgan look like the office nerd. Morgan also gets to show off, not only his fine singing voice in the duet with Jennifer of "Let Love Grow", but also gets to showcase his tap dancing skills.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppW02w0Myxs_79Dh_iQ_fHoAa7YwmeWIHcg2D9rJ29pK6gi1428kdynM8KDhLQN10rLeYUPOXHZDx9Yuh11rgMxpbSmmMdBXAJSPIuADB_kxXHLx7NWYU1u3Fk6LM4R2KrSTbmr0kCGidGuOPLgEYL7zLd0JqOv92-3XOPVi-X58Y18zCt7w8aBlpef5y/s960/9%20to%2053.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="960" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppW02w0Myxs_79Dh_iQ_fHoAa7YwmeWIHcg2D9rJ29pK6gi1428kdynM8KDhLQN10rLeYUPOXHZDx9Yuh11rgMxpbSmmMdBXAJSPIuADB_kxXHLx7NWYU1u3Fk6LM4R2KrSTbmr0kCGidGuOPLgEYL7zLd0JqOv92-3XOPVi-X58Y18zCt7w8aBlpef5y/s320/9%20to%2053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Talking of which, that tap dancing scene was one of the highlights and featured the male dancers, as well as Jennifer. The male dancers, I must say, really threw themselves into the choreography and looked like they were having the time of their lives. The male ensemble consist of Jake Eyles, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/dhind?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Dale Hind</span></a></span>, Rob Moseley, Richard Stonier, Ben Thompson and Sam Varney.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The ladies ensemble consist of Gill Hutton, Alison Walker, Jessica Fernie, Steph Hayes, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jessyhutty?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jess Dolman</span></a></span>, Abbie Bowen, Cass Barrett, Ellis Bonsall and Lorna Bramall.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Chairman of the Board, Tinsworthy, who brings the final twist to the play is played by Matthew Shaw.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Jennifer Lewis and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/megan.v.harman?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Megan Gibson</span></a></span>, they extract every drop of comedy from these characters via the actors. There's plenty of pace in this musical and the decision to change the set and props behind the actors make the scene changing fast and smooth. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxwAIdPpxcjH6zSqrR83_2r7A-d0nook0LeyDfIPJvDf8kJAKOxnV2oMWDg36iUKO9MbiWH-dWxsk85NnwqDZEFw6uFY9FpQ3AmqbypCqVvIoGJ04HU0hiiAcodmD7_D49yX7VTe_0unKgJQX0GaN-kWMxyb7CzVJbdzgYP_QfWHjhVgEKxDoz8ahVhhd/s1962/9%20to%2055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1962" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxwAIdPpxcjH6zSqrR83_2r7A-d0nook0LeyDfIPJvDf8kJAKOxnV2oMWDg36iUKO9MbiWH-dWxsk85NnwqDZEFw6uFY9FpQ3AmqbypCqVvIoGJ04HU0hiiAcodmD7_D49yX7VTe_0unKgJQX0GaN-kWMxyb7CzVJbdzgYP_QfWHjhVgEKxDoz8ahVhhd/s320/9%20to%2055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Very well stage managed by Lucy Hassall, assisted by Richard Poole and Henry Pratt with the Stage Crew, Elizabeth Brookes, Charlotte Hanser, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/cat.howourth?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Cat Howourth</span></a></span>, Mark Jennison and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jake.perry.50309?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jake Perry</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Choreographed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/cat.howourth?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Cat Howourth</span></a></span>, there are some lovely Hollywood style routines included, especially with the number "One Of The Boys", which opens the second act, and there's plenty of jazz hands on show also.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Richard Hodges is the Musical Director who, with his six piece musical ensemble, created the various music genres required for this soundtrack.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lighting design and Sound Design are by Paul Frost and Nigel Johnson.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/darren.salt.98?__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Darren Salt</span></a></span> and Mark Jennison operated the Projection backdrop, which, especially in this musical really create that extra sheen, and of course that is how Dolly comes into play and creates interaction in the musical.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Loads of props, thanks to Anne Dunning, Kirsty Williams and Emily Woodward.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Taking everyone all the way back to 1979 with the costumes are Chris Varney, Mary Jackson and Anne Dunning.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a brilliant musical because it also delivers messages, as well as a fun and fluffy soundtrack. On the outside light, fluffy bundle of fun, but under the surface there is a relative and serious reminder of issues still rife in the world today. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/metoo?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVsOcw6XWSRPngaFcxCXwhYTjSodL0JManp1zikEdWAK5XVVZzsfqWJ3zMV5L_thjvethhz7OywrYbTL2CjPtET_vlHIHA5WT2oqnxXcN-ZwZRTFcki0oVb_MLec6-hpiQ&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#MeToo</a></span>. The subject of equality with equal pay for female workers and the way that women are treated in the workplace are to the fore, but the main vibe is one of positivity and being the best "you", you can be.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">You have two more chances to see "9 To 5" at Belper Community Theatre at Belper School; a matinee at 1.30 and an evening performance at 6.30 on Saturday.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-34631508278889360582024-02-22T16:46:00.000-08:002024-02-27T16:27:36.001-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"The Sound Of Music"</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/nottinghamartstheatre?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Arts Theatre</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjHiITI2WwQgTKZ-qnzoH45D-Grih2Gr5jD_1c95X3VSqVposb4mNE6IUk665MUfWZDJxahKdH_ul9C9jc4P6m-3SiuZhX1rmW757fN0xnNDfbkuAa9jepxc3KBLwk2qzXzsg9uRtl8koOm4GlJdPMFDAIeMT2gNurUmsT4BGR3mcLYZ6Cdmv4jvlbix7/s526/sound%20of%20music.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjHiITI2WwQgTKZ-qnzoH45D-Grih2Gr5jD_1c95X3VSqVposb4mNE6IUk665MUfWZDJxahKdH_ul9C9jc4P6m-3SiuZhX1rmW757fN0xnNDfbkuAa9jepxc3KBLwk2qzXzsg9uRtl8koOm4GlJdPMFDAIeMT2gNurUmsT4BGR3mcLYZ6Cdmv4jvlbix7/s320/sound%20of%20music.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />The 1965 film was adapted from the 1959 stage musical and has since been a favourite of many film lovers as well as musical theatre patrons. This production follows the stage version as opposed to the film version, so you may spot a few songs in different places.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Maria is a free-spirited young Austrian woman studying to become a nun at Nonberg Abbey in Salzburg in 1938. The Mother Abbess sends Maria to the villa of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp to be governess to his seven children—Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl, who she managed to win over with her attentiveness and kindness, as opposed to Captain von Trapp's military upbringing. This causes friction between von Trapp and Maria and orders her back to the Abbey.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Music saves the day after he hears the children singing, which brings back memories for the Captain. After Maria returns to the villa, she learns about the Captain's engagement to the Baroness Elsa Schraeder and agrees to stay until they find a replacement governess. The Captain though has feelings for Maria which are now stronger than those for the Baroness, so calls of the engagement and marries Maria instead.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9qjmjqgcly19IEqaZ_fvHMr6ReuBECRRMGV6RkXof6d0Jsq43b41eJ-XWrEBDrSeICJC_HTOcUJY69y7uAev07VtogwRo9AgcCmB4__ui5hMWGalP0SmhNkDoM_zRbYzqnihmeX4rODOrNC9XFSmqR2O06cevEpxFFSW2coD3Flc0BkTySzKZOuZwLtE/s2048/sound%20of%20music3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9qjmjqgcly19IEqaZ_fvHMr6ReuBECRRMGV6RkXof6d0Jsq43b41eJ-XWrEBDrSeICJC_HTOcUJY69y7uAev07VtogwRo9AgcCmB4__ui5hMWGalP0SmhNkDoM_zRbYzqnihmeX4rODOrNC9XFSmqR2O06cevEpxFFSW2coD3Flc0BkTySzKZOuZwLtE/s320/sound%20of%20music3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">While they are on their honeymoon, Uncle Max Detweiller enters the children in the Salzburg Festival against their father's wishes. The couple return home, where a telegram informs the Captain that he must report to the German Naval base at Bremerhaven to accept a commission in the German Navy. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Strongly opposed to the Nazis, the Captain tells his family they must leave Austria immediately. That night, the von Trapp family attempt to flee to Switzerland, and it is the Music Festival, that the Captain was set against taking part in, that enables their freedom.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzChwafxr9AkneNonZ8-SwYjLd4O4NDx3f9qiVXKc2hRUaOxnaZovPVIvtiUPG5de2xNbPBLR1KHSiW4RzR-dgTA5QUuqutOBci5xck1R5xUBR2iwwbjq-cuRmQaDPBBqCIrlFHt9b9ylMuI7kGI0iRA9w6q7GRBC_5ORcWg7sI-17COJbn6d5q4sVdJv/s2048/sound%20of%20music2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzChwafxr9AkneNonZ8-SwYjLd4O4NDx3f9qiVXKc2hRUaOxnaZovPVIvtiUPG5de2xNbPBLR1KHSiW4RzR-dgTA5QUuqutOBci5xck1R5xUBR2iwwbjq-cuRmQaDPBBqCIrlFHt9b9ylMuI7kGI0iRA9w6q7GRBC_5ORcWg7sI-17COJbn6d5q4sVdJv/s320/sound%20of%20music2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/erin.g.hill.9?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Erin Hill</span></a></span> plays Maria and what I liked about the way that Erin played the role was the connection that she had with, not only the children, but also with Captain von Trapp. Maria is an intelligent woman and this is shown throughout, and especially when one of the children pretends to be another; she sees through it straight away. The connection that grows between Maria and the Captain is highlighted in one section in Act two when they sing to each other and the intensity of their eye connection is electric. Anyone who has seen Erin before knows what a lovely clear voice she has, so this role is the perfect vehicle to show off her vocal talents.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bTXNHmWsHyDwGLiSk46cOM7U34sGZDnHINdAYAOpLXSHPWcuZO2PpGYxO2FulyriTrO7Hcr_xNbjeANeKLSdgqtT491JzctmZb9D9qFIMCnAp0-Fj88ZyE88dvXbxV5wmdgYijC8e1CWcRv7H4nT0Nh7aarMRLoAaFSxaI7coo_hUtkUsYKXWigTivsl/s748/sound%20of%20music1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bTXNHmWsHyDwGLiSk46cOM7U34sGZDnHINdAYAOpLXSHPWcuZO2PpGYxO2FulyriTrO7Hcr_xNbjeANeKLSdgqtT491JzctmZb9D9qFIMCnAp0-Fj88ZyE88dvXbxV5wmdgYijC8e1CWcRv7H4nT0Nh7aarMRLoAaFSxaI7coo_hUtkUsYKXWigTivsl/s320/sound%20of%20music1.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Naval Lieutenant Commander Captain von Trapp is the father to the children and is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/samuel.joseph.howard?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Sam Howard</span></a></span>. You can see, and feel the icy, regimented Captain melting like an iceberg in a heatwave, and Sam brings the mellow melting, especially when he realises what he is missing with his children, as advised by Maria. Sam also knows how to emote; just see him sing "Edelweiss" near the end, in the Salzburg Festival, you can almost see the lump in his throat as The Captain realises that he is escaping from a country that he loves but can now not call his own.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008681984353&__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Emily-Hope Wilkins</span></a></span> plays Leisl von Trapp, the eldest of the children at sixteen. Emily shows the free spirit and rebel side of Leisl, and there's a lovely scene with Rolf where they sing "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" with a lovely choreographed section, including a bit of tap. I can remember the dance section for this scene in the film but can't recall this section being this length in the stage version, and not that I am complaining because it showed the wistful, teenage love this pair have in the musical. As always with Emily, a lovely vocal performance on every song.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7QK3FZ0tGsUwnBbbU3q5-3j9ZEbk3jruodmEtLA8XJUwENAWZuYPbb-9NMxSD4MUQd0uCU4yWgJUtrZLItKUqXO9HhsfhU8yzu6Jzmk2vMj5mdzATSgimKETH589g-lPvbpbTxV2lM759tVCCNDlgh-SGpfPQFWFscCDxI3mhrjg8PRxoUY037x3b5pE/s2048/sound.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7QK3FZ0tGsUwnBbbU3q5-3j9ZEbk3jruodmEtLA8XJUwENAWZuYPbb-9NMxSD4MUQd0uCU4yWgJUtrZLItKUqXO9HhsfhU8yzu6Jzmk2vMj5mdzATSgimKETH589g-lPvbpbTxV2lM759tVCCNDlgh-SGpfPQFWFscCDxI3mhrjg8PRxoUY037x3b5pE/s320/sound.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Friedrich von Trapp is the oldest boy in the family and is played by Sonny Noble and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/brogan.haynes.37?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Brogan Haynes</span></a></span>. On Thursday night it was Sonny's time to shine. I last saw Sonny playing Doody in "Grease" at the Arts Theatre last year, and this is a very different role for Sonny. He is a very confident performer, and you can see that he enjoys his time on stage. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Louisa Von Trapp is played by Daisy Hillery and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/kate.russell.123829?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Kate Russell</span></a></span>. Thursday's show saw Daisy's turn. Like Sonny, Daisy is building up a lovely musical theatre CV after being in "Grease" last year.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Kurt is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100072507696838&__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Liam Brown</span></a></span> and Harry Keiller. Liam played Kurt in this performance. I've seen Liam in several shows now, and notably playing Oliver in "Oliver", and since then he has grown, quite literally, as a performer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJED-CyqgooftQdFCNqu20-PVLBpeiZ0ZAW0a6oi05OWRcvXMACSBmAFxP67i7Vl9qs0fgqol90jbXlsAxHu2cq3-Xe1kpPwGNNxv-mJnQ3zJBxvhYmNXUic2_GJgIb8qRNzX3OOkpKyyyRHRq4zcKgozJKeyDIy43EugMjw8gEAOhSPqk7bt2vYjlb-8/s2048/sound1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJED-CyqgooftQdFCNqu20-PVLBpeiZ0ZAW0a6oi05OWRcvXMACSBmAFxP67i7Vl9qs0fgqol90jbXlsAxHu2cq3-Xe1kpPwGNNxv-mJnQ3zJBxvhYmNXUic2_GJgIb8qRNzX3OOkpKyyyRHRq4zcKgozJKeyDIy43EugMjw8gEAOhSPqk7bt2vYjlb-8/s320/sound1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Brigitta Von Trapp is played by Amelie Tindle and Grace Moroziuk. Thursday night saw Amelie play the role. I don't recall seeing Amelie before, so it's nice to see a new face on stage. Another confident young lady and I can't wait to see what Amelie appears in next.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Marta Von Trapp is played by two young ladies, Orla Donohue and Atia Morrell. Orla I can remember being part of the ensemble of "Oliver" around a year ago.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The youngest of the Von Trapp children is Gretl and is played throughout the week by three young actors, Esmae Rhodes, Lauren Burton and Ella-Louise Rhodes. I think that it was Ella-Louise that took the part on Thursday night, and what a cutie she is. I don't know why it surprises me to find one so young being so confident in front of a full theatre, because there are so many youngsters finding drama in local theatre and being so good at it and not being phased by anything. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Uncle Max Detweiler, is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/shantanu.bhumbra?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Shantanu Bhumbra</span></a></span>. Shan seems to be able to morph into any role, and with the help of costume and make up, and Shan's acting skills, as Max, he looks a lot older than he actually is. He carries off this mature role well, his voice sounded good and blends in nicely in the duets he has in this show,</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/pippa.ward.92?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Pippa Ward</span></a></span> plays Elsa Schraeder, Von Trapp's short term fiancée. There is a wonderful scene where she breaks off the engagement in front of Von Trapp and Maria, and the withering look she gives Maria is marvellous, showing that Elsa has read the room perfectly on stage. Love the wig as well.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Frau Scmidt, the von Trapp housekeeper, is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/alison.russell.374?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Alison Russell</span></a></span> and Franz, the butler is played by Michael Coles.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/louis.chadburn?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Louis Chadburn</span></a></span> plays Rolf Gruber, the telegram boy who's fallen for Liesl. Everyone knows what a big fan of Louis I am, and in this part he turns from being a lovelorn seventeen year old into a rather nasty Nazi, but we know that Rolf's feelings for Liesl come through at the end, saving the family. Knowing what an absolute gem of a young man Louis is away from the stage, it's really good to see him stretching his acting talents to bring out a darker character. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Vocal wise, I don't really need to express my appreciation for his vocals, but I will. He nails "Sixteen Going On Seventeen". I am looking forward to Louis's first album of musical theatre greats - and just before Louis gets inundated with enquiries about this, there isn't one, but a reviewer can wish can't he?</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/beccyburgess?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Rebecca Burgess</span></a></span> plays the Mother Abbess for most of the run, but tonight (Thursday) we experienced <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/lindsey.jaycock?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lindsey Jaycock</span></a></span>. I first saw Lindsey in a musical called "The Legend Of Lady Rock" eight years ago, and instantly became a fan. Lindsey brought the tingles on again with an incredible, powerful rendition of "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" which completely raised the roof. I had not realised what a beautifully operatic voice Lindsey has, until tonight. It also goes without saying that her acting ability as the gentle and caring Mother Abbess matches that beautiful voice.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/eloise.lowe.125?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Eloise Lowe</span></a></span> plays Sister Sophia, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/emily.l.brighton?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Emily Hudson</span></a></span> plays Sister Margaretta and Emma Nicol plays Sister Berthe whose voices harmonised so well in the song "Maria".</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Postulants are <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/sophie.benner.3?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Sophie Benner</span></a></span>, Olivia Rose <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085521106910&__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Bonham</span></a></span>, Hermione Cumbers, Evelyn Johnson and Connie Thomas, who created such a heavenly sound, it was like being in church.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.russell.378?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Mark Russell</span></a></span> plays Herr Zeller, the enemy of the Captain and the villain of the story! Mark is only in a few scenes but what an impact he made on the audience who booed him when he came on for his final bows. This reaction of course shows that the audience completely believed the villainy provided by Mark.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Another villainous character in this musical is Von Schreiber. An admiral in the Nazi navy, who arrives to collect Captain von Trapp and bring him to Berlin. Played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/joe.pritchard.3914?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Joe Pritchard</span></a></span>, he also received his fair share of the final bow boos.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The dinner party guests included Barry Hobbs as Baron Elberfield and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/barbara.c.benner.9?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Barbara Benner</span></a></span> as Baroness Elberfield.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Ensemble are made up of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/barbara.c.benner.9?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Barbara Benner</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100062885731427&__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">James Fleming</span></a></span>, Barry Hobbs, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002266375637&__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Isobel Munden</span></a></span>, Arlo Perrons - another young actor to keep an eye on, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/joe.pritchard.3914?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Joe Pritchard</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.russell.378?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Mark Russell</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/roy.smith.96995238?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Roy</span></a></span> Smith.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/lindsey.jaycock?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lindsey Jaycock</span></a></span>, this musical is a longish one, but it didn't seem to be as long as I was expecting, mainly because of the way this musical is paced; there's no waiting around for anything, which is a tribute to the stage crew as much as Lindsey. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Stage Crew, under the Stage Managers of Anna Humphrey and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/matthew.allcock.96?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Matthew Allcock</span></a></span>, are <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073392930722&__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">George Wilson</span></a></span>, Andrew Burton, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/cathyy.bodman?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; 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cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Riya Passmore</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/louis.barnescupit.7?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Louis Barnes-Cupit</span></a></span>. The work they have put in meant sure that this show was possibly one of the smoothest flowing shows I've seen at the Arts Theatre.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Choreographed by Daniel Stringer. What I noticed was that there appeared to be more choreographed pieces than I remember from previous productions of this musical. Now, that may be because of the quality of the choreography. I do like a nice tap routine, and there was just enough tap by Louis and Emily-Hope to satisfy my tap fetish. The scene where Von Trapp shows Kurt how to dance with a woman was mesmeric.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Musical Director is <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jonah.williams.775?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jonah Williams</span></a></span>, one of the busiest men in theatre at the moment. I chatted with Jonah in the interval and found that his diary is even more full than mine! I love some of the new arrangements for the songs, especially the "Do Re Mi" sequence. You would think that there was a full orchestra in that pit but you'd be fooled. The sign of an excellent MD is to ensure that the cast hit their marks perfectly and Jonah has obviously worked close with everyone on stage to bring this about.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Someone else who has worked close with the cast is the Vocal Coach <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/beccyburgess?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Rebecca Burgess</span></a></span>. Quite a lot of this musical borders on the operatic scale, and when it doesn't it's the harmonies that come to the fore. Both these areas sound wonderful, again showing a lot of hard work invested by Rebecca and delivered by the cast.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Of late there have been several classic musicals performed around the area; this is another classic musical, and along with that brings a classic soundtrack. "My Favourite Things", "Do Re Mi", "Sixteen Going On Seventeen", "The Lonely Goatherd", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Edelweiss", "Maria", "So Long Farewell" as well as the sweeping title track.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Set Design is marvellous and what I appreciated was the back drop scenic curtains which meant for a swift change of scenes. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/scenicprojects?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Scenic Projects</span></a></span> have created a realistic group of scenes for this production and they look good.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The costumes are provided by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mollylimpets1?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Molly Limpets Costume Hire</span></a></span> and really add to a production like this.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sound Design is by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/oliver.read.5?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Oliver Read</span></a></span>, and while there were a few missed mic cues, and let's face it, there were many bodies on stage with mics to operate, I did expect a few. I've said it before, Sound Operators have to be born part octopus. The sound itself was lovely and clear and on just the right level.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lighting Design and operation is by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/eviewebsterCSTech?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Evie Webster</span></a></span>; another excellent lighting performance.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"The Sound Of Music" is one of my guilty musical theatre pleasures. The soundtrack is wonderful, this cast are excellent, there's a lovely light and shade in the story, and it deserves the label of "classic". Don't believe me? Go grab yourself a ticket.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"The Sound Of Music" is ringing out at the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/nottinghamartstheatre?__cft__[0]=AZWjIF3CzLhwpWWoINnJ9K6dn0OnSgWMb_GFJxySc6TGvb5I3UN0xpexAF2DXyghIbmkTjXt5c224WZJdTBQxx3YoeojKDkSj89JN0SCaaAAmPB9coLtBKIWXwbijSPSmuY&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Arts Theatre</span></a></span> until Saturday 24 February.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-48116548779760009952024-02-21T15:48:00.000-08:002024-02-21T15:48:59.215-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/thedriftersgirl?__cft__[0]=AZViETdWJcep_pnB7pMuwqYntAiZ9y990W83LOx-V433hvmr9gje43YDNVMnKMyFCMCOJPY3gNsLyXKGQI2sfw3gmmkogH0BhUvbby-brrt2aPMuAaoQVfpfQHvE6G7CFpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">The Drifters Girl</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Nottingham <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/RoyalNottingham?__cft__[0]=AZViETdWJcep_pnB7pMuwqYntAiZ9y990W83LOx-V433hvmr9gje43YDNVMnKMyFCMCOJPY3gNsLyXKGQI2sfw3gmmkogH0BhUvbby-brrt2aPMuAaoQVfpfQHvE6G7CFpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Theatre Royal</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57AcgZz_tDQV_xQkGJPnUbQV6zIboyd2G_VVOoFobfihx5OLsUVvNPxv9EE5vTd5ZHN-WD95jqBfCBUlKdZB4rIp3nXNRfG1-NbGW0adlUnP6gp1XG2HvHE-VWDAchR3Og5OBjtVZS_AGkZF7c7Jx3XveaVem_HQGopRl3tPqBvr6BD7COjjTaFVzk6LS/s526/drifters%20girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57AcgZz_tDQV_xQkGJPnUbQV6zIboyd2G_VVOoFobfihx5OLsUVvNPxv9EE5vTd5ZHN-WD95jqBfCBUlKdZB4rIp3nXNRfG1-NbGW0adlUnP6gp1XG2HvHE-VWDAchR3Og5OBjtVZS_AGkZF7c7Jx3XveaVem_HQGopRl3tPqBvr6BD7COjjTaFVzk6LS/s320/drifters%20girl.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Here's a jukebox musical that I've not seen before, but being a big fan of the music of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/TheDriftersOfficial?__cft__[0]=AZViETdWJcep_pnB7pMuwqYntAiZ9y990W83LOx-V433hvmr9gje43YDNVMnKMyFCMCOJPY3gNsLyXKGQI2sfw3gmmkogH0BhUvbby-brrt2aPMuAaoQVfpfQHvE6G7CFpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">The Drifters</span></a></span>, could not wait to see.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>story is about Faye Treadwell, the Drifters Girl who managed the band and never gave up on her belief that they would be big; the band she loved. The book is by Ed Curtis and based on an idea by Tina Treadwell, the daughter of George and Faye Treadwell. Tina has launched the careers of stars like Britney Spears, Nsync and Justin Timberlake.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Jukebox musicals can be a thin story with an excuse to cram in as many songs from one artist or musical genre. Not so with this because I actually learnt a few things about The Drifters, and I thought I knew a lot about them. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfN2l5_nODxuzcZZSrZKRAc6Yc4ahdceb7qh1jTB7YDc6mtCVLtr34m3k1Rb2jJo2ivNK-SrhWnC-G6tRVwrVGUWUcOhTjF0r92pdB5JM_Uyu-CABxfU2R6b6N19OShFSO4VjmCSIGTdFRHfRNHFBKZx-INW8CTUK_0YaB1SIPTrZimtRT3EHpPepfz51/s7894/drifters.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5265" data-original-width="7894" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfN2l5_nODxuzcZZSrZKRAc6Yc4ahdceb7qh1jTB7YDc6mtCVLtr34m3k1Rb2jJo2ivNK-SrhWnC-G6tRVwrVGUWUcOhTjF0r92pdB5JM_Uyu-CABxfU2R6b6N19OShFSO4VjmCSIGTdFRHfRNHFBKZx-INW8CTUK_0YaB1SIPTrZimtRT3EHpPepfz51/s320/drifters.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The music is, as expected brilliant. I grew up in the seventies with the Drifters as my soundtrack. One of the first albums I bought was a Music For Pleasure compilation of The Drifters; you know the sort, a few hits with the rest of the album being little known album tracks or American minor hits that didn't make it over in the UK. Later that decade I bought, second hand, "The Drifters 24 Greatest Hits", double album; the one with the animated scene of a pool table and cue which showed cartoon scenes depicting some of the tracks within the album sleeves. I loved that album and played it until the grooves wore out, so I can say that I am a big, BIG fan of their music.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRhMDjY0gde_iQJ3tnwEOKcWaiqFdP7k1MbJNrvfpIJ0JmAPMlEbnECEBct05dbYRtGp42tBhtj1cSoV_1AFkTaCR-u3smXshSY4wkod6boRiAPEW-ATn6MSKygRgbLLMT_Isbkqg_WnOkrV_DeH3Oa3PVw6Mx4gSobALZwXbyOJq4_a8OVQABcytDEjv/s1600/drifters10.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRhMDjY0gde_iQJ3tnwEOKcWaiqFdP7k1MbJNrvfpIJ0JmAPMlEbnECEBct05dbYRtGp42tBhtj1cSoV_1AFkTaCR-u3smXshSY4wkod6boRiAPEW-ATn6MSKygRgbLLMT_Isbkqg_WnOkrV_DeH3Oa3PVw6Mx4gSobALZwXbyOJq4_a8OVQABcytDEjv/s320/drifters10.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The story in "The Drifters Girl" takes you from the very early days and how Faye was introduced to Clyde McPhatter by George Treadwell, who was married at the time, but had fallen for Faye because of her forthright attitude and love for the music.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We see the rise to fame, the many line up changes, a bit about why the various members were swapped, the hits, the sexist attitudes that Faye had to endure - after all she was not backwards at coming forward where the band was concerned, but she was a powerful woman in a male industry. We also see the racism the band endured when trying to book a black band into hotels in the UK. No Dogs, No Irish, No Blacks. We also see an incite into the court case brought by the greedy Lover Paterson. But most of all we see the determination of Faye Treadwell, The Drifters Girl.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYCwvG07nUvfP0uE0AAoAszDcvdFkWr-7OYJrxTAvNYa6nHK5UZigR83dVSRSb4ygvcu08NEojTIiCgeL8kE2U3pNpF4pJh8R_bFsiux3Fl5C1v_x6H64BBPEW3-WLJINtK_Oi_Z_WnwlBbFwb9ocbQSGQBpGmRFnF72IkUVidObPYAx__6vNi0UgW3eb/s1600/drifters9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYCwvG07nUvfP0uE0AAoAszDcvdFkWr-7OYJrxTAvNYa6nHK5UZigR83dVSRSb4ygvcu08NEojTIiCgeL8kE2U3pNpF4pJh8R_bFsiux3Fl5C1v_x6H64BBPEW3-WLJINtK_Oi_Z_WnwlBbFwb9ocbQSGQBpGmRFnF72IkUVidObPYAx__6vNi0UgW3eb/s320/drifters9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There's a lot of comedy in this musical, especially as the four actors who play all of the members of The Drifters, play every male role. As The Drifters tour up and down the UK, we get an array of accents, accentuated for comic effect. Roger and Roger are depicted as the archetypal British, stiff upper lipped, hooray Henry pair. And for anyone who don't click as to who Roger and Roger are, they are Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway who wrote most of The Drifters' hits in the 1970's while they were on Bell record label.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zb_Sqxkly_Tn2_VWLco-3XxD4padSOt0oe4J6h8-yy93nVrA5d1D9RS8wB8znyNjr8dA7wdgoR8CPUNJW6n-LaWPhXVMsuohX1P2ooMilgDmeLmKhJVcnCSfqLDKtkw8IHfTGADK7kzmarBZ2tCJXtoLNKDv-vxrywZOK2WA5RBqmAGr8adbYgjWL24R/s1600/drifters1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zb_Sqxkly_Tn2_VWLco-3XxD4padSOt0oe4J6h8-yy93nVrA5d1D9RS8wB8znyNjr8dA7wdgoR8CPUNJW6n-LaWPhXVMsuohX1P2ooMilgDmeLmKhJVcnCSfqLDKtkw8IHfTGADK7kzmarBZ2tCJXtoLNKDv-vxrywZOK2WA5RBqmAGr8adbYgjWL24R/s320/drifters1.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It's not all fun and laughter though because we also witness Faye finding out about the death of her husband, George Treadwell, from one of the members of the group.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">So that I don't have to repeat myself too much, let me say that the voices from everyone are phenomenal. With the four male leads, if they ever make a musical about Boyz To Men, these four must be in the running as their voices together, and separately are like having melted salted caramel chocolate poured down your throat; heavenly.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/carly.m.dyer?__cft__[0]=AZViETdWJcep_pnB7pMuwqYntAiZ9y990W83LOx-V433hvmr9gje43YDNVMnKMyFCMCOJPY3gNsLyXKGQI2sfw3gmmkogH0BhUvbby-brrt2aPMuAaoQVfpfQHvE6G7CFpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Carly Mercedes Dyer</span></a></span> plays Faye Treadwell. This woman has an absolute wonder of a voice, some may describe it as the voice of a diva, and that may be right because in my eyes, a diva is someone who knows their worth and has the confidence to deliver what's on the tin label. This Carly Mercedes-Dyer tin though had no label on for me, and so the contents came as a gorgeous surprise. The power in her voice, and the emotion could give Mariah Carey a run for her money. A voice that gave me tingles, especially with the song "I Don't Want To Go On Without You".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilE9EPlaMQVoxLxI4dAJPi-YOgVHx2rdqGTOXVAuyo0Mbegko5gk3dj0O0F0Ddn-MZbPffMySG8KOVkRaQtJFNRjUpW6hlGX2VuoZBhEyjsxSYA4k6Zp2wNhrQY5_SdSrbrOApb9ziacxeUfCFzLYcR_GPNYzKI9beIDMPixaQHXkIhVHKjm-_6WivNNWQ/s1600/drifters5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilE9EPlaMQVoxLxI4dAJPi-YOgVHx2rdqGTOXVAuyo0Mbegko5gk3dj0O0F0Ddn-MZbPffMySG8KOVkRaQtJFNRjUpW6hlGX2VuoZBhEyjsxSYA4k6Zp2wNhrQY5_SdSrbrOApb9ziacxeUfCFzLYcR_GPNYzKI9beIDMPixaQHXkIhVHKjm-_6WivNNWQ/s320/drifters5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Miles Anthony Daley (George Treadwell), Ashford Campbell (Ben E King, Rudy Lewis), Daniel Haswell (Johnny Moore) and Tarik Frimpong (Clyde McPhatter, Lover Patterson) play these main characters and every male role throughout. They deliver comedy, pathos, amazing soulful vocals, exciting choreography and an array of accents. This quartet really earn their money.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Jaydah Bell-Ricketts plays Girl. Girl starts off playing the jukebox which brings the music of The Drifters onto the stage. Girl also plays Faye and George's daughter, who must be Tina Treadwell, but is not named as such. Jaydah also has a great voice.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbd2TPb1utsfr7LtZXnJ6NgMWwYv-J0vmaP0-PMNvzuvvtSrkaK9HmHME3A7GjGHNmNdtcJUMAEkQrtcz7N2P_tHkilUHysQFY-vzqs3olEmBuAV78bRybQC0fLQTrjiF0anA_zo8ObABGa10FtwgBV7d_sM0Aw7IzqTFOrMa40HSyOL8fYY20hqByJVH/s7150/drifters6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4769" data-original-width="7150" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbd2TPb1utsfr7LtZXnJ6NgMWwYv-J0vmaP0-PMNvzuvvtSrkaK9HmHME3A7GjGHNmNdtcJUMAEkQrtcz7N2P_tHkilUHysQFY-vzqs3olEmBuAV78bRybQC0fLQTrjiF0anA_zo8ObABGa10FtwgBV7d_sM0Aw7IzqTFOrMa40HSyOL8fYY20hqByJVH/s320/drifters6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Jonathan Church, this show could not be more pacy if you pressed the fast forward button, but then again, there's a lot to cram into two hours of music history.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Karen Bruce's choreography bring back those wonderful early boy band synchronised dance moves, even before the label "boy band" was created I imagine. The late 1950's/1960's energetic choreography is there as well, especially with the early Clyde McPhatter performances. Happy memories of watching "Top Of The Pops" in the 70's and "Soul Train" performances shown on MTV came flooding back with the choreography.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkdxsJnJ6ILzaqE8PruZnMMs2JEIOlLPzBJmotUhmmsHkw7hvckLM-mNm11fsLvg_FwCW6CWEKH1BJGlAhPE3m1iCdWtvnzJq_ldCm6yOdlpnipAtTNWhUxRLell9wTpQPjwEuAkXwrA1GnjGqG6L92Ll0LndL1QcIZ0WifghyMoZuJph4ASzcbtkAs1i/s1600/drifters8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkdxsJnJ6ILzaqE8PruZnMMs2JEIOlLPzBJmotUhmmsHkw7hvckLM-mNm11fsLvg_FwCW6CWEKH1BJGlAhPE3m1iCdWtvnzJq_ldCm6yOdlpnipAtTNWhUxRLell9wTpQPjwEuAkXwrA1GnjGqG6L92Ll0LndL1QcIZ0WifghyMoZuJph4ASzcbtkAs1i/s320/drifters8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Dustin Conrad is the MD, heading up the seven piece band, which sounds more like an orchestra. One thing that I enjoy with Jukebox musicals is the opportunity for the arranger to deconstruct and reimagine certain songs. The stripped back version of "Stand By Me" is beautiful, along with some gorgeous soulful R 'n' B versions of some classic Drifters songs.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Talking of which, there are twenty five songs showcased in this show. From early songs like "Money Honey", "Fools Fall In Love", "This Magic Moment", "Dance With Me" and "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" to the later classics like "Come On Over To My Place", "Hello Happiness", "Kissin' In The Back Row", "Saturday Night At The Movies" and my personal favourite, "You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUHO10Ot66umyShEBe86NB2afpHsf6Y233DwNjYYfiivr0PTsYYe58y6eZLbf1ULCg1Xe8yFeGcf0SNyF95MZ9bN4gnQL9uovegzwTAslO47AHi6g2ghDlAmqI80liIS_WfYXhhPAfIuw0WxwJVW5iXgvc_yS0xn-zUPIqDInSIYqOurZwdz5zQokjHIT/s6556/drifters7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4373" data-original-width="6556" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUHO10Ot66umyShEBe86NB2afpHsf6Y233DwNjYYfiivr0PTsYYe58y6eZLbf1ULCg1Xe8yFeGcf0SNyF95MZ9bN4gnQL9uovegzwTAslO47AHi6g2ghDlAmqI80liIS_WfYXhhPAfIuw0WxwJVW5iXgvc_yS0xn-zUPIqDInSIYqOurZwdz5zQokjHIT/s320/drifters7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Anthony Ward's set design is colourful, and very 1970s. Andrzej Goulding's Video design brings extra context to the stage set and adds to the slightly psychedelic and kaleidoscopic effects. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Fay Fullerton designed the costumes. Love the brightly coloured combination suits for the lads, which looked to have been also easy to switch, because there are some pretty quick off-stage jacket changes. Once more, the costumes bring back images of Top Of The Pops performances for me, which I loved.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Fay's designs for Faye Treadwell's outfits are full of class and style, giving that early power dressing image some bling and sparkle.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14j4EGiqdtqN9aFGjQyDjnHFMXBM1pTBBBAoRvlo7IpYv4LU-dXGPGR1pX_Y6wQEEIwmJIRUWu5G8vLXa0nwC_I1H5sKkvACt7o7oYnBIapU60qqdg0AVBNIF7_tYOP1dxmgi5r59MR90U1Ec_XflAJnIsYV1yr8crLvQ-GXz0QXyHG2F_GYQbl9_8-0r/s1600/drifters2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14j4EGiqdtqN9aFGjQyDjnHFMXBM1pTBBBAoRvlo7IpYv4LU-dXGPGR1pX_Y6wQEEIwmJIRUWu5G8vLXa0nwC_I1H5sKkvACt7o7oYnBIapU60qqdg0AVBNIF7_tYOP1dxmgi5r59MR90U1Ec_XflAJnIsYV1yr8crLvQ-GXz0QXyHG2F_GYQbl9_8-0r/s320/drifters2.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sound design by Tom Marshall was powerful, chunky and clear, and I noticed at least one mic cue miss, showing that touring professional shows can also miss the odd cue. I really don't think anyone clocked it, but as I highlight these things in local theatre productions, I felt the need to just drop it in there. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lighting design by Ben Cracknell. There's a certain look and feel to the lighting design for the 1970's, and also for the 60's era as well, and these were well replicated for this production. Lovely big bright blocks of light complimented the colourful costumes marvellously.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I love the music in this show, and is one of those musicals that I'd see over and over again. Not just for the music though, but for the story, the vocals and the entertainment value.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"The Drifters Girl" is at the Nottingham Theatre Royal until Saturday 24 February.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-63347143082222843022024-02-20T16:57:00.000-08:002024-02-21T02:19:47.227-08:00<p> <span data-offset-key="8e9vl-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Oliver" by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8e9vl-1-0" end="43" spellcheck="false" start="12" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Central Musical Theatre Company</span><span data-offset-key="8e9vl-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="60k85-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="60k85-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="60k85-0-0" end="15" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Duchess Theatre</span><span data-offset-key="60k85-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, Long Eaton.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="8glj7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8glj7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8glj7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="2d6vl-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2d6vl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2d6vl-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DtzjKNftXlY6JkJDQEWMQCseE4KyUJbqj1TaQoacrpSQEh6_kX468Btz3WqxMb-YKdtKSvCKkmgh4JRHMhDZm-jN0diopAG76GhqSoD_usGFVOXL0P2n3yS9TrRZiCzP1wydzcA7Dn-TBoSI0JhzVbrKjFi28Kdlzlb42rZHJvmwBc_fii1CFnbc47O9/s526/Oliver.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DtzjKNftXlY6JkJDQEWMQCseE4KyUJbqj1TaQoacrpSQEh6_kX468Btz3WqxMb-YKdtKSvCKkmgh4JRHMhDZm-jN0diopAG76GhqSoD_usGFVOXL0P2n3yS9TrRZiCzP1wydzcA7Dn-TBoSI0JhzVbrKjFi28Kdlzlb42rZHJvmwBc_fii1CFnbc47O9/s320/Oliver.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Everyone should know the story of “Oliver”. The musical is based on Dickens’ classic novel of a workhouse boy who is sold as an apprentice to an Undertakers, but after another employee insults Oliver’s dead mother, a fight breaks out and Oliver escapes and is taken under the wing of Fagin, thanks to meeting another young, but streetwise urchin, The Artful Dodger, who with the other boys, teach Oliver how to pick a pocket or two for a living. Oliver also meets Nancy, the live in wife of Bill Sykes, who as we all know is not a nice man. This is where the dark side of the musical starts to rear its’ ugly head!</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="72b3d-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="72b3d-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="72b3d-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="7jkoc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7jkoc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7jkoc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Oliver is played by Forrest Majhouri. Now, this is a big role for any young actor, and I think I can remember someone telling me that Forrest is only seven years old. This is a massive achievement for such an actor of tender years but nothing phased this young man at all. His voice was vulnerable but strong and he showed great confidence as Oliver Twist, and he definitely has that cute factor in the same way that Mark Lester had in the original film version. The look on his face at the final bows was an absolute joy to see; a mix of joy and possibly relief. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiBFaE5ptSozD5uD4klmagTOLXIi5c0Uc994iCp4DdWYziHBGw9MYGFKLsDWepOgltH-Hoh-NmDCpiHzql1HhlVsLn9lK013m3QXCZxN5ZFIYU-D30Qq2_1wodtT48BZYp6Vlmc1ABYUnODmn_xLerXGu-2HsohDvFrQxldnUjiuBfLyKM33_aVikbgwL/s1080/oliver7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiBFaE5ptSozD5uD4klmagTOLXIi5c0Uc994iCp4DdWYziHBGw9MYGFKLsDWepOgltH-Hoh-NmDCpiHzql1HhlVsLn9lK013m3QXCZxN5ZFIYU-D30Qq2_1wodtT48BZYp6Vlmc1ABYUnODmn_xLerXGu-2HsohDvFrQxldnUjiuBfLyKM33_aVikbgwL/s320/oliver7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="bke7j-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bke7j-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bke7j-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="6m8gh-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6m8gh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6m8gh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">River Majhouri plays The Artful Dodger. Now, haven't I heard that surname somewhere before? River is Forrest's elder brother, so talent obviously flows through the family blood! River is a fine actor who has the cheek of the Artful one and can belt out the songs like a good un, cor blimey! He also has the choreography mastered and will be an excellent character actor as he gets older. </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="4r71p-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4r71p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4r71p-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="auh29-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="auh29-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="auh29-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">You can see the chemistry with these siblings. There was one part in the first act where Forrest blanked and, even though we heard the prompt from offstage, River, like a true professional and naturally as a brother, improvised to get his younger brother back on track. That I applaud both Forrest and River for. This will be first night nerves for Forrest, and I know this because throughout the rest of this performance, both actors were word perfect.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQI60_Tj6kk94hzBWf1rpc_QnLP8YIYuGMznvQFCGUjuUYKLTtdy7JD4gvAzhzcQIAxiqiJ7NIM82R3WPNz_y7frE136Y9PWEoQOleY_-tQ4U9bVfJCY2F6HhcLtQwErfpIxIa2VLjSylfUB3jMqK7GPOWMiV73JNTJ8lpybt9n1v3JxeO_iEu-RMRiELy/s1080/oliver6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQI60_Tj6kk94hzBWf1rpc_QnLP8YIYuGMznvQFCGUjuUYKLTtdy7JD4gvAzhzcQIAxiqiJ7NIM82R3WPNz_y7frE136Y9PWEoQOleY_-tQ4U9bVfJCY2F6HhcLtQwErfpIxIa2VLjSylfUB3jMqK7GPOWMiV73JNTJ8lpybt9n1v3JxeO_iEu-RMRiELy/s320/oliver6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="bdcei-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bdcei-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bdcei-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="f8f8n-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f8f8n-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f8f8n-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Adrian Redfern plays Mr Bumble. I received my first "tingle" in this musical from Adrian as soon as he started to sing. His tone and power had no need of a microphone and is a worthy match for Harry Secombe, who played Bumble in the film. Along with that incredible voice, Adrian gives a lovely comedy performance with Widow Corney in the "I Shall Scream" scene, as well as the scene in Act Two in the parlour scene.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="8bgun-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8bgun-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8bgun-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="b8l0j-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b8l0j-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="b8l0j-0-0" end="14" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Freya Primrose</span><span data-offset-key="b8l0j-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> plays Widow Corney, and again, another powerful, big voice with the ability to deliver brilliant vocals and comedy characterisation. A fantastic pairing with Adrian.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="5rmdu-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5rmdu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5rmdu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="159q7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="159q7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="159q7-0-0" end="11" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Dean Osborn</span><span data-offset-key="159q7-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> plays Mr Sowerberry, the funeral arranger and along with </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="159q7-2-0" end="83" spellcheck="false" start="69" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Lorna Kirkland</span><span data-offset-key="159q7-3-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> as Mrs Sowerby, they make an entertaining pair, if not a little creepy, but that's what you'd expect from a pair who are happy when there is a funeral to arrange. Another excellent comedy duo.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx_vQqFzwCuNi5ISasNARRzjgnoWMktBM_TPOrOZ4Znza91iVLBcuakqGAO0USuOVIWwbxdksymAEHD7hAMGxda_1OEm-hVob8Igix04ZYXmm0NLFyO9xU2TPvxtvkGtPgcitAkoGwRSVJn54L3Qw27peFiIbdVSK3_5pMdoEbuR0AvI2Ob7t8NbK3KGJ/s1080/oliver17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx_vQqFzwCuNi5ISasNARRzjgnoWMktBM_TPOrOZ4Znza91iVLBcuakqGAO0USuOVIWwbxdksymAEHD7hAMGxda_1OEm-hVob8Igix04ZYXmm0NLFyO9xU2TPvxtvkGtPgcitAkoGwRSVJn54L3Qw27peFiIbdVSK3_5pMdoEbuR0AvI2Ob7t8NbK3KGJ/s320/oliver17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="fp99f-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fp99f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fp99f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="f8j1u-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f8j1u-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="f8j1u-0-0" end="14" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Ellie Nicholas</span><span data-offset-key="f8j1u-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> plays the not so nice Charlotte, who works in the Sowerby's business and playing Charlotte's boyfriend, co funeral worker, greasy bacon fan and Oliver's bully is Tim Hand as Noah Claypole.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="8je4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8je4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8je4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="6mdu1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6mdu1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6mdu1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Charley Bates, a main member of Fagin's gang who is up there with Dodger on the thieving stakes, is played by Ted Osborn. A nice cheeky role for Ted.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="2l7jq-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2l7jq-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2l7jq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="ar707-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ar707-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="ar707-0-0" end="15" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Jonathan Penton</span><span data-offset-key="ar707-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> plays Fagin. I have seen many Fagins over the years and every actor brings something different to the iconic role. Jonathan goes back to basics for Fagin's character. The voice brings back memories of how Ron Moody played him with that broad Jewish accent. The image was Catweazle-ish (look it up on Google for younger than fifty year olds), even down to the long earring in the right ear which Fagin exhibited in the film. The whole physicality is spot on. Jonathan succeeds in bringing out the comedy in the character and especially in the songs "Pick A Pocket Or Two" and "Reviewing The Situation" which were both real crowd pleasers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdklQpcN8XIeXEPTHD20gEojb6IzAvC-x5b9iRakmYUFuly6ixFgtt-Dm25jAnVmA_aE3_yPRlKvcoTloIDr0txZZ3EHJUHxfO3AOHIrRjzZ-0-MQYNDBF0XGYKEg9nn3gO7VpgGeNkh9WSexqAmXEotIg0TKmPl5YcjddsgLKfd3yikC1wLDEqfATJOX/s1080/oliver20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdklQpcN8XIeXEPTHD20gEojb6IzAvC-x5b9iRakmYUFuly6ixFgtt-Dm25jAnVmA_aE3_yPRlKvcoTloIDr0txZZ3EHJUHxfO3AOHIrRjzZ-0-MQYNDBF0XGYKEg9nn3gO7VpgGeNkh9WSexqAmXEotIg0TKmPl5YcjddsgLKfd3yikC1wLDEqfATJOX/s320/oliver20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="e2nek-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e2nek-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e2nek-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="6ssfa-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6ssfa-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6ssfa-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Fagin's Gang consist of Jack Berry, Takunda Khumalo - who wins the award for having the biggest smile on stage throughout, Maximilian Lee, Joshua Liddle - how cute is this young man?, Alexander Michael, Noah Simper, Noah Sindol and Tyler Sindol. I spot more talented siblings here! All of this gang of young actors are excellent in their roles and quite believable with some of their cheeky expressions when singing their songs with real enthusiasm.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="bh69g-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bh69g-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bh69g-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="5faat-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5faat-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="5faat-0-0" end="11" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Sarah Towle</span><span data-offset-key="5faat-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> plays Nancy. In Central's show last year, "Dr Dolittle", I commented on her vocals; a year later her voice has matured like a fine, rich wine. Sarah has a gorgeous voice and her emotional rendition of "As Long As He Needs Me" gave me the second dose of tingles. In contrast "Oom Pah Pah" was light and as frothy as the beer in the tavern the scene was set.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95Vl8F5oKgSdoNl2SkuucctUlsJKfaX1dIrxKi3J3yLo-6bAoCPfzV8e1uTCNvYJz2nwl7_jy_H493bgY0ZYX-NqoK_ipoeD81qUELQIDjgI3a4FD9dq-chZoRrRRi3cU5ex_1MCARKziCkJ5DKVmucUSpwfum1NxGn1OHSBwg3CSwzvnBsWmD5_orFUO/s1080/oliver9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95Vl8F5oKgSdoNl2SkuucctUlsJKfaX1dIrxKi3J3yLo-6bAoCPfzV8e1uTCNvYJz2nwl7_jy_H493bgY0ZYX-NqoK_ipoeD81qUELQIDjgI3a4FD9dq-chZoRrRRi3cU5ex_1MCARKziCkJ5DKVmucUSpwfum1NxGn1OHSBwg3CSwzvnBsWmD5_orFUO/s320/oliver9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="c48tc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c48tc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c48tc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="4pjjv-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4pjjv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4pjjv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Bill Sikes is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="4pjjv-1-0" end="40" spellcheck="false" start="24" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Dominic Primrose</span><span data-offset-key="4pjjv-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. We all know that Sykes is the baddie here but when Dominic made his appearance in Act Two, there seemed to be a hush fall over the audience in anticipation of the bully, which really brought a darkness to the tavern scene. Another wonderful character role for this young man because when he took his bows, the audience booed. I have it on good authority though that Dom is a real pussycat away from the stage.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="cmoca-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cmoca-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cmoca-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="dvmva-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dvmva-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dvmva-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Georgie Bond is Bet, a former disciple of Fagin's gang. A lovely fun role which really suited Georgie down to the ground.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="88n81-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="88n81-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="88n81-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="98cgd-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="98cgd-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="98cgd-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">John Wedgwood is Mr Brownlow, the wealthy man who is unlucky enough to have his pocket picked on Oliver's first criminal spree, but not by Oliver. Brownlow takes him into his care and looks after him; feeding him and clothing him. The good deed brings to the surface a twist in the back story of Oliver's life.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8CQYBZX5EJnKcAP4JRnOAII_JuepgliEZ-Smr8bOfMyw1seTRsb73MmGHNLde2UYJee7VpeLQWdN2iJmEtPkQ6t2lWvVf4iDeT5Ym3aFDsJPXeMrOT4zhd-Yqc-lAqah995XiYyKu4OInpCztzACgCoLAyeExnc6dTzW5z2kpUIj368slwkDuvz9yiOS/s1080/oliver12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8CQYBZX5EJnKcAP4JRnOAII_JuepgliEZ-Smr8bOfMyw1seTRsb73MmGHNLde2UYJee7VpeLQWdN2iJmEtPkQ6t2lWvVf4iDeT5Ym3aFDsJPXeMrOT4zhd-Yqc-lAqah995XiYyKu4OInpCztzACgCoLAyeExnc6dTzW5z2kpUIj368slwkDuvz9yiOS/s320/oliver12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="59n6e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="59n6e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="59n6e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="fnpp6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fnpp6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fnpp6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs Bedwin, Mr Brownlow's housekeeper who tends to Oliver, is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="fnpp6-1-0" end="82" spellcheck="false" start="72" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Lynn Towle</span><span data-offset-key="fnpp6-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, who is also the Production Assistant. </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="7vdg3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7vdg3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7vdg3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="bmcl6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bmcl6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="bmcl6-0-0" end="11" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Chris Banks</span><span data-offset-key="bmcl6-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> plays Dr Grimwig, the medical man who is called by Brownlow to check Oliver over. The Doctor likes a good chuckle and creates more than a ripple in his supporting role. A nice fun role for Chris.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="aaj02-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aaj02-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="aaj02-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="fljc5-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fljc5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="fljc5-0-0" end="12" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Helen Oldham</span><span data-offset-key="fljc5-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> is The Milk Maid, the Strawberry Seller is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="fljc5-2-0" end="79" spellcheck="false" start="66" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Liz Willgoose</span><span data-offset-key="fljc5-3-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, Laura Jones is the Rose Seller and </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="fljc5-4-0" end="129" spellcheck="false" start="116" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Greg Tabberer</span><span data-offset-key="fljc5-5-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> plays the Kinfe Grinder in the "Who Will Buy" scene. A very harmonious five way version of this song which also included Oliver as part of the quintet.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdw3v52Doza8bg9TWxx0kdVzx9DlP5D1Nu0kdaV76NxY34DnsxF1Vjk5MZjJLyguB3UiZtOavnWm6vfb7uUoj1AL3zq5A-pp-6xXFIfbaBrrBF-cL88-GWzfgoFWuEav4al9gtZW2RaisF2e-RAvYeMWwtDSPtmAMcpKVAs53XZtnL7CwHPhbqsG3-CRN/s1080/oliver15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdw3v52Doza8bg9TWxx0kdVzx9DlP5D1Nu0kdaV76NxY34DnsxF1Vjk5MZjJLyguB3UiZtOavnWm6vfb7uUoj1AL3zq5A-pp-6xXFIfbaBrrBF-cL88-GWzfgoFWuEav4al9gtZW2RaisF2e-RAvYeMWwtDSPtmAMcpKVAs53XZtnL7CwHPhbqsG3-CRN/s320/oliver15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="64b2e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="64b2e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="64b2e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="akfdg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="akfdg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="akfdg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Bridgett Wyatt plays Old Sally, the character who relates to Widow Corney the history behind Oliver's birth, providing proof of who Oliver's mother was. All of this on Old Sally's death bed, well death wheel chair. Another character who provides a few giggles on her exit, and when I say "exit"......</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="do8vi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="do8vi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="do8vi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="8dtq5-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8dtq5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The ensemble is made up by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8dtq5-1-0" end="43" spellcheck="false" start="27" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Kathryn Fitchett</span><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8dtq5-3-0" end="57" spellcheck="false" start="45" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Laura Hutsby</span><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, Sarah Rosental, Jade Turner, Richard Stokes, John Bolton, Tim Hand, Laura Jones, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8dtq5-5-0" end="154" spellcheck="false" start="140" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Lorna Kirkland</span><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-6-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8dtq5-7-0" end="170" spellcheck="false" start="156" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Ellie Nicholas</span><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-8-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8dtq5-9-0" end="184" spellcheck="false" start="172" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Helen Oldham</span><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-10-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8dtq5-11-0" end="197" spellcheck="false" start="186" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Dean Osborn</span><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-12-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, Adrian Redfern, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8dtq5-13-0" end="228" spellcheck="false" start="215" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Liz Willgoose</span><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-14-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8dtq5-15-0" end="246" spellcheck="false" start="233" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Bridget Wyatt</span><span data-offset-key="8dtq5-16-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. Jade and Ellie also play Workhouse Assistants.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="4qki6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4qki6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4qki6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="5auud-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5auud-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5auud-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="5auud-1-0" end="24" spellcheck="false" start="12" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Nigel Taylor</span><span data-offset-key="5auud-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. "Oliver" is one of my top five musicals, and I didn't think I could love it more, but Nigel's direction has done just that. I love this show more than I did when I walked in the Duchess.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXgcjizlOtQwLsR3vXEz9hgxBaSWTOgePh9SpadvN1RG2hXaV5AQK7H6kEsBvM0JGIaWyARsvFGuTunoq3sKYoAgHOguzcUXjwNTzquAOT7LMzx9_mNL1JLhiDrLIAsZdoW8y6nzwjGoz9jgjPm8PA-tubb1WKspPe9QrTc3CJpPZOaW_HKiEK4swxCfJ/s1080/oliver18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXgcjizlOtQwLsR3vXEz9hgxBaSWTOgePh9SpadvN1RG2hXaV5AQK7H6kEsBvM0JGIaWyARsvFGuTunoq3sKYoAgHOguzcUXjwNTzquAOT7LMzx9_mNL1JLhiDrLIAsZdoW8y6nzwjGoz9jgjPm8PA-tubb1WKspPe9QrTc3CJpPZOaW_HKiEK4swxCfJ/s320/oliver18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="egcad-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="egcad-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="egcad-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="fu146-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fu146-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fu146-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Choreographed by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="fu146-1-0" end="39" spellcheck="false" start="17" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Anthony Beaumont-Mills</span><span data-offset-key="fu146-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="fu146-3-0" end="61" spellcheck="false" start="44" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Lauren Litherland</span><span data-offset-key="fu146-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. There are some big ensemble pieces which require choreographing; the opening scene and "Oom Pah Pah" for example, and both had a lovely energy to them. The scene with Fagin in "Pick A Pocket Or Two" is another well crafted piece of choreography. Three highlights, but I could have chosen any of the other scenes to be honest.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="3909i-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3909i-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3909i-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="cs58u-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cs58u-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cs58u-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Musical Director is </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="cs58u-1-0" end="33" spellcheck="false" start="20" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Morris Fisher</span><span data-offset-key="cs58u-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, a diamond of an MD. With all of Morris's experience in this field, I for one knew, as soon as I saw the programme credits that the music and vocal side of this show would be of the highest quality. Guess what? I was correct. It's also lovely to see the ten-piece orchestra out front.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FCqEmVn7QuzRRC6sgicxeZhdJRUobVl7GYbThoT9upxAbX8miM05MPpP6jAf3WaVjLweuOPw_Ey5Paqebh0oxIIJUXCOEeRnwYH9pDXcOPdSe4qjxs2OdE40zGy1rJk_LNyekdggxqWyUOpT6Zu_qgHVCpf_IwvfhN-3krCxviQmq856dTxK_J5he8eq/s1080/oliver16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FCqEmVn7QuzRRC6sgicxeZhdJRUobVl7GYbThoT9upxAbX8miM05MPpP6jAf3WaVjLweuOPw_Ey5Paqebh0oxIIJUXCOEeRnwYH9pDXcOPdSe4qjxs2OdE40zGy1rJk_LNyekdggxqWyUOpT6Zu_qgHVCpf_IwvfhN-3krCxviQmq856dTxK_J5he8eq/s320/oliver16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="fp742-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fp742-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fp742-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="2jokm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2jokm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2jokm-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The soundtrack is packed with musical theatre classics like "As Long As He Needs Me", "Food Glorious Food", "Pick A Pocket Or Two", "Reviewing the Situation", "Where Is Love", "Consider Yourself", "I'd Do Anything", "Oom Pah Pah" and of course the title track.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="3g94f-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3g94f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3g94f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="4u2t2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4u2t2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4u2t2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The costumes are simply superb. From the workhouse simple rag-like, bare essential clothing, to the opposite end of the clothing spectrum with the bright official looking outfit for Mr Bumble. Fagin's robes were perfect as was the dark red costume for Nancy.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="3ag6o-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ag6o-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3ag6o-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="e7l52-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e7l52-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e7l52-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Stage Manager, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="e7l52-1-0" end="28" spellcheck="false" start="15" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Chris Margett</span><span data-offset-key="e7l52-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> kept the running of the stage going smoothly with the crew of Tim Booth, </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="e7l52-3-0" end="114" spellcheck="false" start="102" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Julie Harper</span><span data-offset-key="e7l52-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, Ben Redfern and Stefan Osvath.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdF_lQkHgAM-3Z42Cz1VxGSDXWFIgfxRggNhTFggOSn0-LRV0Uzt2Mli12-W-IuSy78QAOCM-usrnQL78Ldj3A-0M3jx_VckxO8JpD8beEtwUfzRtYAv47sdLbYvGZHv-oMMpxKEP9xHqEk3_wNQlsj_m7a1GHKSIwH6M2PQSWTfQ4h22NwIsk9EO-DqA/s1080/oliver14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdF_lQkHgAM-3Z42Cz1VxGSDXWFIgfxRggNhTFggOSn0-LRV0Uzt2Mli12-W-IuSy78QAOCM-usrnQL78Ldj3A-0M3jx_VckxO8JpD8beEtwUfzRtYAv47sdLbYvGZHv-oMMpxKEP9xHqEk3_wNQlsj_m7a1GHKSIwH6M2PQSWTfQ4h22NwIsk9EO-DqA/s320/oliver14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="arsk2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="arsk2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="arsk2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="8c06f-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8c06f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8c06f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Talking of The Set, which was multi levelled, creating London Bridge, plus an upstage exit and entry point, perfect for introducing and removing parts of the movable set, also making several stage access points for the actors. A bustling tavern scene, workhouse and funeral parlour plus the Brownlow's home and busy market place. Designed by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8c06f-1-0" end="362" spellcheck="false" start="342" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Christopher Grantham</span><span data-offset-key="8c06f-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="8c06f-3-0" end="380" spellcheck="false" start="367" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Chris Margett</span><span data-offset-key="8c06f-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="2ddkc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2ddkc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2ddkc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="eumn8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eumn8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eumn8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Sound Design is by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="eumn8-1-0" end="34" spellcheck="false" start="19" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Harry Greatorex</span><span data-offset-key="eumn8-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> with Lighting Design by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="eumn8-3-0" end="76" spellcheck="false" start="59" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Stephen Greatorex</span><span data-offset-key="eumn8-4-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. The occasional missed mic cue but I know that this is opening night and the projection of the actors meant that I didn't miss a word anyway.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkZO0mURZv-bc52KNQqnQ0UmSIZh7o51FYEj6IPfYUQi7lWe9vKoa3NPMbcmUe92Er3d1VBG_GjWEGt0q54KUzEPjoV-GOzct7t68m96W1twvDxgi2Ku41oVuPgypb79-H5UPr9eEZ30LkVDLkllDswjf3a1i1P2u_EF7HyloJEQyACt8cF4VgnxqEoYg/s1080/oliver19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkZO0mURZv-bc52KNQqnQ0UmSIZh7o51FYEj6IPfYUQi7lWe9vKoa3NPMbcmUe92Er3d1VBG_GjWEGt0q54KUzEPjoV-GOzct7t68m96W1twvDxgi2Ku41oVuPgypb79-H5UPr9eEZ30LkVDLkllDswjf3a1i1P2u_EF7HyloJEQyACt8cF4VgnxqEoYg/s320/oliver19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="dpb70-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dpb70-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dpb70-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="30im8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30im8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="30im8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The standing ovation at the end shows that the rest of the audience were of the same opinion as myself, that this was a superb production highlighting the talents of these young actors, and showing the class of the other actors. Plus the opportunity for these very young stars to perform with the experienced actors, and learn from them is something I'm sure they will treasure, and likewise with the experienced actors learning from the youngsters.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="96j5a-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="96j5a-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="96j5a-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="a05nu" data-offset-key="bc4ms-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bc4ms-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bc4ms-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Oliver" is at the </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="bc4ms-1-0" end="34" spellcheck="false" start="19" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Duchess Theatre</span><span data-offset-key="bc4ms-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> in Long Eaton until Saturday 24 February but is sold out all week. It may be worth putting your name down on their reserve list just in case any tickets are returned.</span></div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-41181751037860902232024-02-19T16:58:00.000-08:002024-02-19T16:58:18.701-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Romeo & Juliet" by William Shakespeare.</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Nottingham <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/LaceMarketTheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lace Market Theatre</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNupyk0AnxkWkb8Kbvc0-DRoz8eZF041r4TBGPiZDiwhrCZC2U6q2R7Sm8BXA3rBH5Fqvx0uoYXGZgLkaiEot16zpFT9-tcC61T2R5V-FGE7Rb2C_64eDY4f3mXwHpkB1_Au8ciSPp3rN8FCB9Tf43gIDX3xfZy362GAHqUOmY_FjuXvk0cGQ211RzW-uz/s1025/romeo6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1025" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNupyk0AnxkWkb8Kbvc0-DRoz8eZF041r4TBGPiZDiwhrCZC2U6q2R7Sm8BXA3rBH5Fqvx0uoYXGZgLkaiEot16zpFT9-tcC61T2R5V-FGE7Rb2C_64eDY4f3mXwHpkB1_Au8ciSPp3rN8FCB9Tf43gIDX3xfZy362GAHqUOmY_FjuXvk0cGQ211RzW-uz/s320/romeo6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I don't think there's anyone who loves the theatre, or literature, who doesn't know the "Romeo and Juliet" story, or is it the story of Juliet and her Romeo, so here's a quick summary of the plot.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Montagues, to which Romeo is a son of, and the Capulets are enemies and this causes issues at the family party. This ends when one of Romeo's friends, Mercutio, is killed during a sword fight with Tybalt and Romeo avenges his friend by killing Tybalt, and is exiled. Prior to this though Romeo and Juliet are married secretly but with Romeo's exile, Juliet is presented with an alternative solution to these issues that stand in her way of happiness.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It doesn't matter how many times you see a Shakespeare play, every production is going to be different, because every Director and cast are going to have a slightly different vision, which is why i don't make comparisons between different productions.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7EVFXNKez8qUN4fwQhMLom9ZyR7c6gFn0Fwm1RY3aGW5VljYdVPpeqJoQskLgtiwZPt9XY8RKpQvFIYw3UZeK96QLoWF38tdL0qUE3TEPG6ICc4FZwkD_jefWwjbLAjoU217LPdG0muFXm7A-MkQng1ForejUssk-b-zylo8YU2G3BS2iVhBuoqbBV4a/s1080/romeo7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7EVFXNKez8qUN4fwQhMLom9ZyR7c6gFn0Fwm1RY3aGW5VljYdVPpeqJoQskLgtiwZPt9XY8RKpQvFIYw3UZeK96QLoWF38tdL0qUE3TEPG6ICc4FZwkD_jefWwjbLAjoU217LPdG0muFXm7A-MkQng1ForejUssk-b-zylo8YU2G3BS2iVhBuoqbBV4a/s320/romeo7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This production is very traditional and just over two hours long, not including the interval of fifteen minutes. I would have happily forgone the interval as I was so rapt by the production, but that's just me.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There are twelve actors playing twenty-five roles, and not once did I feel that characters played by the same actors merged, due to the costumes and the acting skills of the individual actors.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And like almost all of the Shakespeare productions I've ever seen, I've found that the actors, and their characters, did not outdo any of the others. The stories are so strong, and character driven, that you envelop yourself in the story-telling and, as long as no actor tries to out do another, which by the way they don't, they become part of the fabric of the story.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4tGx2sIJtp30RN2hT37EmI7cqK1RaKyXPM_OInFCZ47N9IFSrz5J0kHrNz3JolQxBmms02BxTVD8p_r7Gn_1Y6UC5c9KMTNL6AyNmj_wVEu3H5kAyD0XBZHB7fjXDj8gXgtqpzlQHr1A6n91hIfmHlVHiS0P4fxuynZcm3AfpiVkUja33yoQ8cFLPf9u/s1749/romeo3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="1749" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4tGx2sIJtp30RN2hT37EmI7cqK1RaKyXPM_OInFCZ47N9IFSrz5J0kHrNz3JolQxBmms02BxTVD8p_r7Gn_1Y6UC5c9KMTNL6AyNmj_wVEu3H5kAyD0XBZHB7fjXDj8gXgtqpzlQHr1A6n91hIfmHlVHiS0P4fxuynZcm3AfpiVkUja33yoQ8cFLPf9u/s320/romeo3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It's a wonderful cast who have been chosen well, many of them I have not seen perform Shakespeare, but after the initial interest of seeing an actor you've reviewed before taking on the great Bard, you forget all that and let the story wash over you, no matter how many times you've seen the play.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">From a conversation I had with Director <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/max.bromley.5?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Max Bromley</span></a></span> over the weekend, I looked at "Romeo and Juliet" in a slightly different light though this time around.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Charlotte Cordall (Lady Montague / Peter / Paris' Page / Follower of Tybalt) plays the matriarch of the Montague family.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071371351709&__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Daisy Donoghue</span></a></span> (Juliet) I've seen move up the ranks from the youth section and progress and blossom into a credible adult actor. Juliet is played as the more prominent half of the young lovers; the one who made all the decisions regarding the relationship. She is already a strong woman as shown when she stands up to her parents when they advised her that she is to marry Paris. Shakespeare was very good at writing strong characters for his women, despite women actors not able to take to the stage when he started writing his plays. Daisy is a strong actor and that comes through in this role, living and breathing the script with great understanding.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Alex Douglas (Tybalt / Watchmen) is excellent as the hot-headed Tybalt, Juliet's cousin. His stage combat skills are likewise excellent; completely realistic with power behind the strikes and lunges.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3laTASf2peIJkrG_tJw3w4HIhA1RZfkVvxJ935EomxK8NAC0sBOWJPtIt6KCXiPwjj4hTyjWngv-T7XX-IRvd7JTv0Tq3H08kIEeBZ-aX1QwiG_vHF2ahsTErqeYMwQJseBrD-sRsQfV4wHEL-OT57VZMWAAxoHq8os3BBjlTepvAj3KN0JYS54iQ_Kc/s1080/romeo11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3laTASf2peIJkrG_tJw3w4HIhA1RZfkVvxJ935EomxK8NAC0sBOWJPtIt6KCXiPwjj4hTyjWngv-T7XX-IRvd7JTv0Tq3H08kIEeBZ-aX1QwiG_vHF2ahsTErqeYMwQJseBrD-sRsQfV4wHEL-OT57VZMWAAxoHq8os3BBjlTepvAj3KN0JYS54iQ_Kc/s320/romeo11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/guy.anders.965?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Guy Evans</span></a></span> (Capulet) gives in effect two performances with Lord Capulet. He plays a loving and protective father who wants the best for his daughter, even discouraging Tybalt from starting trouble with Romeo at the Capulet party as he did not want blood shed in his home. The darkness then rises with Juliet's refusal to marry Paris at Capulet's arrangement and becomes quickly violent towards his daughter and Nurse. A powerful performance by Guy.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNazMN4kAigowSP0zP1VvUJqfWM8TQo6yYMtk7UVy-qi-5hDw1BfJTP0EUO1R6s0KYEMyZAooX-fR-_kzuNtokS90c_r5BujWo7_8_ATE3WQB-AEmTxLQ91kziYuyF3l0pxCRpt3iFtiWafonvFKHc-7PGh8ZuVOAEeTye4yKU5UddPKi9omvsgAltdjit/s1620/romeo9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNazMN4kAigowSP0zP1VvUJqfWM8TQo6yYMtk7UVy-qi-5hDw1BfJTP0EUO1R6s0KYEMyZAooX-fR-_kzuNtokS90c_r5BujWo7_8_ATE3WQB-AEmTxLQ91kziYuyF3l0pxCRpt3iFtiWafonvFKHc-7PGh8ZuVOAEeTye4yKU5UddPKi9omvsgAltdjit/s320/romeo9.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/david.field.376?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">David Field</span></a></span> (Romeo), I first saw, if I remember correctly, two years ago at the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/LaceMarketTheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lace Market Theatre</span></a></span>. As Romeo we see him first off like a spoiled child who can't get his way, lolling around and huffing and puffing, not as I've seen Romeo played before, which is quite refreshing. What you almost forget though is that the two star crossed lovers are still only just teenagers and can be petulant, although Juliet comes across as the more mature. Shakespeare obviously had a knack for people watching in the original draft of the play. David soon brings out the protective side of the character, a side that will fight to the death to protect those that he loves. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">One thing that I don't remember from other productions was just how upset Romeo got when a certain piece of news was delivered to him. No spoilers, but you just want to put your arm around him and give him a hug. A passionate piece of acting from David.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbc2uMj6ksQo77eTMDVa2Z2Ts1gjPUqXe0SVY6xx8PWVpaNyxqC1_L5aTxZTUwn_bzLPKOss9ER7Vw7YE1Uig6GD3F7ZhIU2TciOmtpXMJGyHwYNsDrVanavFOwXj4OuYyuglNdfUiXFR64G4k2NGzgTNsLuQF3r9TGykQq2Os5BTWdoEnb1fvmdqnDfy/s1620/romeo8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbc2uMj6ksQo77eTMDVa2Z2Ts1gjPUqXe0SVY6xx8PWVpaNyxqC1_L5aTxZTUwn_bzLPKOss9ER7Vw7YE1Uig6GD3F7ZhIU2TciOmtpXMJGyHwYNsDrVanavFOwXj4OuYyuglNdfUiXFR64G4k2NGzgTNsLuQF3r9TGykQq2Os5BTWdoEnb1fvmdqnDfy/s320/romeo8.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/aviatorshade?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Laurie Owen</span></a></span> (Benvolio / Balthasar) as Benvolio drags out the reason for Romeo's depression at the start of the play, which is what comes across as a childlike strop, with his obsession with Rosaline, one of the Capulet's nieces. It's because Benvolio and Mercutio pushing Romeo to attend a Capulet party, inn order to meet Rosaline that he sees and falls for Juliet. Laurie is another one of those actors that I've seen develop over the years, and also has a natural feel for Shakespeare. Laurie directed "Measure For Measure" last year at the Lace Market Theatre.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Charles Moss (Montague / Serving Man / Apothecary) doesn't have the biggest role as Montague but gets to play three small but interesting roles throughout.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Emma Rayner (Lady Capulet) plays one of Shakespeare's subservient women, but plays her with grace. She does not want to upset Capulet when, after being told by Capulet to break the news of the arranged marriage to Paris, she refuses to tell Capulet of Juliet's refusal and tells her that she needs to break the news herself, which causes the violence towards Juliet. After this scene she turns away from Juliet and the Nurse.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cfqKuCrSgI5MJfB7sNYw5yZ3uneiiGibhmzxniIT0RGnRORvul3GJdeIkkdvc5bi8F8-3C-5bMbwh-MdLTYA_cABSZ9SSBueTlw_i9n96OsdlCCEU62J8eVGxlpj5yRyBX2e2M4Paf1Mzy8zxtac64oTXcetX03vprHpaTFZ2rrPnc3m8bpoiEhmCc9p/s2048/romeo5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="2048" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cfqKuCrSgI5MJfB7sNYw5yZ3uneiiGibhmzxniIT0RGnRORvul3GJdeIkkdvc5bi8F8-3C-5bMbwh-MdLTYA_cABSZ9SSBueTlw_i9n96OsdlCCEU62J8eVGxlpj5yRyBX2e2M4Paf1Mzy8zxtac64oTXcetX03vprHpaTFZ2rrPnc3m8bpoiEhmCc9p/s320/romeo5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Laura Sherratt (Paris / Citizen) plays a lesser role but the contrast that she gives as Paris is a safe pair of hands but not what Juliet wants in a husband.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/malcolm.todd.33?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Malcolm Todd</span></a></span> (Prince / Nurse) is marvellous as Nurse; he's not bad as the Prince either but it's as Nurse that he provides some nice comic moments, but also, when Juliet's father sets upon her, Nurse tries to offer some protection but also gets caught up in the violence, depicting the vulnerability of the role. The scene when Nurse discovers Juliet in the bed is quite an emotional one.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwcOKDw-8Q1MfLmzYVFOcMGkf_ObHGOQEOi2-nS7XrkSm0ScAI3pX5Tif_6i9_KiQH7ld4bvfbqYM6wGNu_x59CnDNCrcI7XyWkqv3PwHPjm0_jQfpFPwh92TcIMPR5N8k7G4c9CWcJP-E9ceKHkH9Qux6mgfFj3hb2WNFIxCh8BV5U99PmOZlKqBe8dc/s1585/romeo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="1069" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwcOKDw-8Q1MfLmzYVFOcMGkf_ObHGOQEOi2-nS7XrkSm0ScAI3pX5Tif_6i9_KiQH7ld4bvfbqYM6wGNu_x59CnDNCrcI7XyWkqv3PwHPjm0_jQfpFPwh92TcIMPR5N8k7G4c9CWcJP-E9ceKHkH9Qux6mgfFj3hb2WNFIxCh8BV5U99PmOZlKqBe8dc/s320/romeo1.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jake.turner.94849?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jake Turner</span></a></span> (Mercutio / 2nd Watchman / Friar John) shows off his sword-fencing skills in one of several sword fights as Mercutio. the death scene is done very well as when Romeo steps in, it's at such an angle from the audience that you do actually believe in the thrust of Tybalt's sword, and looks very realistic.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/richardy2?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Richard Young</span></a></span> (Friar Laurence / Citizen / Servant) plays the production's "go-between" with the two lovers, marrying them in secret and then providing Juliet with the possible way out of her marriage to Paris. The scene where Laurence discovers that his message to Romeo has not been delivered is done especially well by Richard.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/max.bromley.5?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Max Bromley</span></a></span>, who also designed the set. There is of course a balcony plus a clever and simple see through curtain that divides part of the stage off to emulate the party scene as well as the vault scene. The black walls of the set reflect the darkness of the story. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIFeW2xxFTA-WDhn1BbU5R6DaiEIkvhY1Rsvx0E0y7oXj_jLvt4hjeeiBWRtaDXA2tMrfynDp6KaPOuQVEaIA9vv8w-_oJfGe5F__80fstrup67urVLgMITbKNaXN4Nkk20n9J83RFjVQ0LUXggZeMgRe4gE4COC6HdnQD0YvlZynEV7eR45ywnPeOgwG/s1080/romeo13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIFeW2xxFTA-WDhn1BbU5R6DaiEIkvhY1Rsvx0E0y7oXj_jLvt4hjeeiBWRtaDXA2tMrfynDp6KaPOuQVEaIA9vv8w-_oJfGe5F__80fstrup67urVLgMITbKNaXN4Nkk20n9J83RFjVQ0LUXggZeMgRe4gE4COC6HdnQD0YvlZynEV7eR45ywnPeOgwG/s320/romeo13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lighting design is by Esther Warren. With a play such as this you don't need anything fancy in the way of effects, and this simplicity is just what this production requires. The Lighting Crew consisted of Allen Green.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sound design by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.blacknell?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jonathan Blacknell</span></a></span>. Apart from the natural soundscape of birds singing after Romeo and Juliet had consummated their marriage, I didn't spot that many effects. Now this could be because any effects were so inobtrusive that they naturally inserted, which works for me, or there weren't too many. I did notice a clash of the cock crowing with the start of a speech but apart from that, which believe me, probably no one else noticed, everything was spot on.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgByxkSTshn-zXibBpRK6fnIoDnAlQkc_3ueWUvLo_YoAugk44SZDu3UzuZT9-N1Q9_isKtpULlrbml7fI9r3ZESU217dfG_CiocIDC63eBfHkQ6I0evNgv5yQ36GwpMe4-J7ZgDfa-jFmva7bMSzplx51BK-k3Vem_6RYjP3t5vlzXQOC9L8E3pJv1g3/s1080/romeo10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgByxkSTshn-zXibBpRK6fnIoDnAlQkc_3ueWUvLo_YoAugk44SZDu3UzuZT9-N1Q9_isKtpULlrbml7fI9r3ZESU217dfG_CiocIDC63eBfHkQ6I0evNgv5yQ36GwpMe4-J7ZgDfa-jFmva7bMSzplx51BK-k3Vem_6RYjP3t5vlzXQOC9L8E3pJv1g3/s320/romeo10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The costumes are one area with the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/LaceMarketTheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lace Market Theatre</span></a></span> that always excel. They depicted which side of the family the characters were on and who they were without needing any vocal prompts. The costumes also made sure that the actors with several roles were clearly defined from the other characters. A brilliant example of this is with Malcolm's Prince and Nurse. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I mentioned the stage combat, with a very realistic fight at the start and then the sword fencing; this was thanks to <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jon.buckeridge?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jon Buckeridge</span></a></span> from the Action Combat Company.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZqzB7BnV9OI2LDQW8ybXE1kbNcznAIBKTXkIMRXDTih1aliVec5QmFgjhI15tt50CtGNhiI0kvHE1bSYmXLC87Iy2xAorlwmgkV94qHSWazCg57yRDCQksXDVYdjN8nAbeqPejobG6nATVD6Z9vdLV_JaE9firHzHS9kDyoSrh4_2N6NwrGH5tRgoa9x/s2048/romeo4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2048" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZqzB7BnV9OI2LDQW8ybXE1kbNcznAIBKTXkIMRXDTih1aliVec5QmFgjhI15tt50CtGNhiI0kvHE1bSYmXLC87Iy2xAorlwmgkV94qHSWazCg57yRDCQksXDVYdjN8nAbeqPejobG6nATVD6Z9vdLV_JaE9firHzHS9kDyoSrh4_2N6NwrGH5tRgoa9x/s320/romeo4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">If you've seen "Romeo and Juliet" before, come and see this production as well because it gives a different view of these two with Juliet being the more dominant character. As I love Shakespeare, I am just a bit biased but whether this would be your first, or latest Shakespeare production, come down and see it because it is pure entertainment.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">It would be a tragedy to miss it!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Romeo & Juliet" is at the Nottingham <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/LaceMarketTheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVKP97VMAxrX3eXlIQ3J1-8HhCI3Vb5R13bCRIBbpM-KhDwz0aRjam5VgYDjDqnymEAX29xt7O7xkDZMh_qE-UjRovWMdj-KKHkvjNfBIVNqfGFhyLLFZvSVZmiiDUkzpA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Kathryn Edwards Photography</span></a></span></div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-45544572309630366522024-02-16T15:22:00.000-08:002024-02-16T15:22:42.299-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Dance Consortium presents Sao Paulo Dance Company"</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Royal Concert Hall.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg549nN1zGelFXgCggrTX1LRP3KXbJED5YvLgA7dr2qUxg6epKPsEDf2BTXcmxrslVtoOpHFk2d3a4wbSKyFGdlbsdFtcrAV5kavuTt1lqC8HTEOwumlRh2-Lr_RljOT6Rrnn5ku1NvOEjC2_oL4N0kM7sUP7uzRFqi0yQMeBZus2AP-yfUm8Mi60oXAEUU/s1080/sao%20paulo1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg549nN1zGelFXgCggrTX1LRP3KXbJED5YvLgA7dr2qUxg6epKPsEDf2BTXcmxrslVtoOpHFk2d3a4wbSKyFGdlbsdFtcrAV5kavuTt1lqC8HTEOwumlRh2-Lr_RljOT6Rrnn5ku1NvOEjC2_oL4N0kM7sUP7uzRFqi0yQMeBZus2AP-yfUm8Mi60oXAEUU/s320/sao%20paulo1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Brazil's most famous dance company make their debut appearance at Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall, bringing with them a mix of ballet and Latin American sexiness.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Now, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>I do not pretend to understand all of the messages within this trio of choreographed pieces, but I didn't need to because I find watching people dance incredibly soothing. It also shows what athletes these incredible dancers are; I'm sure that a lot of this audience weren't looking for messages as the bare-chested male dancers skilfully spun the stories along with their lithe female dance partners.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">For me, the show is full of beauty and awe inspiring acrobatics. There were echoes of Bollywood, ballet, contemporary dance among these routines which made for an evening of variety in dance. Every move completely hypnotic.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SLg8KC_wccz5YMzWws3lHVks3CznuMiIPvlWHhHGUnn193AaAtIK9aUXI0vj0p6u4-_wEvw-02rbMLS4d0X1nZ_QBc-Z-mWzNwj0_na6CD2uW0xHBPwiIx7APhRdMizlfc6lapKc70L9nDh3SI2ERSPZMQxEnUrxChL04OJd1f015fB43rfyFM2zCWjW/s1200/sao%20paulo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SLg8KC_wccz5YMzWws3lHVks3CznuMiIPvlWHhHGUnn193AaAtIK9aUXI0vj0p6u4-_wEvw-02rbMLS4d0X1nZ_QBc-Z-mWzNwj0_na6CD2uW0xHBPwiIx7APhRdMizlfc6lapKc70L9nDh3SI2ERSPZMQxEnUrxChL04OJd1f015fB43rfyFM2zCWjW/s320/sao%20paulo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Anthem" is an epic and emotionally charged ensemble piece for 14 dancers. Goyo Montero, who created this piece is the resident choreographer with Carlos Acosta’s company Acosta Danza. It is a story of cycles which is depicted by the circular motions made throughout this section. Owen Belton created a gorgeous score for this twenty-nine minute dance piece.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Gnawa" is driven by the hypnotic, ritualistic music of North Africa. Choreographed by Nacho Duato, the Artistic Director of the Berlin State Ballet. A professional dancer once told me that dancing is the most intimate of connections without actually getting intimate. After seeing this section, I completely believe it. It was simply an hypnotic story of one couple, driven by the music of North Africa; this score being the work of seven writers. It was raw and beautiful, packed with emotion.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibP2q1rqEt7_tkn12a2tYOJcripOsDaCYKQdP-hFZrYhmF5eCARLc-Nk2O3f4S0PWRhtyMB7cVp5z9dN8SPUckhItvYS0Ba2hYZwhG3RPkeESvlgLzCfBMhzKy5RZSMAmiUaacICGxqAoneHM24kGXrWthh3iFAl1YER_8N9AmHFTeFrGxwNAQ8g7rvO-F/s640/sao%20paulo5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibP2q1rqEt7_tkn12a2tYOJcripOsDaCYKQdP-hFZrYhmF5eCARLc-Nk2O3f4S0PWRhtyMB7cVp5z9dN8SPUckhItvYS0Ba2hYZwhG3RPkeESvlgLzCfBMhzKy5RZSMAmiUaacICGxqAoneHM24kGXrWthh3iFAl1YER_8N9AmHFTeFrGxwNAQ8g7rvO-F/s320/sao%20paulo5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Agora" closes the evening with a piece using Afro-Brazilian beats. Brazilian choreographer Cassi Abranches creates great drama, especially with the leaps from the female dancers straight into their male counterpart's arms from a great distance which drew gasps from this thrilled audience. This piece is flirty and fun, and in complete contrast to the previous set. A brilliant, thrilling and throbbing score by Sebastian Piraces.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The story goes full circle as we start with the dancers swaying to the sound of a ticking clock, and ending the same way. It explores time and rhythm, the story presented through the bodies of the dancers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwEITCapgj8f_FPI3dFpKjRkEw1Xh9msLajOaHE4t4WwL5mDZ7go7HSAB8V1bF4dau59LPOH8InI1r2oU0ZCFCcmzpW1TOpMzCjEFeKISkVm0UJMOUFaL8Q537qYQAjSSisILknL7Qqo99B71tpQVynix5C79Suj_lckm9anjGtt1Gh5GqM6BA9xpoGNf/s679/sao%20paulo8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="679" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwEITCapgj8f_FPI3dFpKjRkEw1Xh9msLajOaHE4t4WwL5mDZ7go7HSAB8V1bF4dau59LPOH8InI1r2oU0ZCFCcmzpW1TOpMzCjEFeKISkVm0UJMOUFaL8Q537qYQAjSSisILknL7Qqo99B71tpQVynix5C79Suj_lckm9anjGtt1Gh5GqM6BA9xpoGNf/s320/sao%20paulo8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The lighting in this show was excellent, often showing the dancers in just the one spot on stage, surrounded by darkness, making you focus on just that one part of the stage, creating intensity. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The show is exhilarating and exciting and something completely different. The dancers are athletes of the stage, not just dancers, athletes. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This show is at the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall until Saturday 17 February.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-9510222679929325052024-02-15T18:34:00.000-08:002024-02-18T13:53:47.892-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Guys n Dolls" by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBMTC?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Burton Musical Theatre Company</span></a></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/deferrers?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">The de Ferrers Academy</span></a></span>, Burton upon Trent.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-TVa7Z-W5IjcL0uzGEtTf-U4lF83gDN1DeUW5_UiTZ0sFD8D7AaT_Qf90n8VOu6s_7v97Iu7LFq5WTtLYgN2ABdZVTeIpS6w_55Lzbk15SoJWx2uxLVYbocMusWfxqUcwyDHJsHv3fTd5b3VLEgz9i9scm6XM6HtjHGIYYCBXlEx6viyBHnmFUDF2vzA/s2048/guys%20n%20dolls1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-TVa7Z-W5IjcL0uzGEtTf-U4lF83gDN1DeUW5_UiTZ0sFD8D7AaT_Qf90n8VOu6s_7v97Iu7LFq5WTtLYgN2ABdZVTeIpS6w_55Lzbk15SoJWx2uxLVYbocMusWfxqUcwyDHJsHv3fTd5b3VLEgz9i9scm6XM6HtjHGIYYCBXlEx6viyBHnmFUDF2vzA/s320/guys%20n%20dolls1.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br />One of the greatest Noo Yoik based musicals of all time is back. The story of Nathan Detroit and his doll Adelaide and Sky Masterson and his newly discovered doll Sarah, who is in the process of saving souls. Will Sky's soul be one soul she can't save, or will Sky give up his gambling evil ways and succumb to the word of the Lord? </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Based on the stories and characters written by Damon Runyon, the action starts in Runyonland where Nathan is looking for a place to hold his latest "crap game". The only way he can think of raising the funds to pay for a venue is to bet Sky $1000 that he can't take a "doll" of Nathan's choice to Havana for dinner, and Nathan chooses Sarah Brown from the mission. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">In the background Adelaide, Nathan's fiancée for the last 12 years, wants to get married and they plan to elope, but all does not go to plan while Nathan is still planning the latest "crap game".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuYaCwlCrbpb3HA9cx9RLGL0NzfQKzsS3m-ta4ttQmUqYn0h0b4bLzexUrIzLfgfaiY652U0vqWyOWztQRxjk0pxChBIVcF3mV-S8gVpJXPkgj6KAVlXNm7STTCaSKy6z-0efyEr7mkarZH5lny46J-TbZltpck7JWw9REniXVpOdaDojOpDbTLnvZ093/s1799/guys%20n%20dolls5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuYaCwlCrbpb3HA9cx9RLGL0NzfQKzsS3m-ta4ttQmUqYn0h0b4bLzexUrIzLfgfaiY652U0vqWyOWztQRxjk0pxChBIVcF3mV-S8gVpJXPkgj6KAVlXNm7STTCaSKy6z-0efyEr7mkarZH5lny46J-TbZltpck7JWw9REniXVpOdaDojOpDbTLnvZ093/s320/guys%20n%20dolls5.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Like "Oklahoma" yesterday, this is one of those classic musicals which contain many songs that now make up the "Great American Songbook".</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike yesterday, this is my first visit to the De Ferrer Academy and my first show by the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBMTC?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Burton Musical Theatre Company</span></a></span>, and that always excites me as I'm seeing new and talented performers, and boy, was I spoiled on that level!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Nathan Detroit is played by Jonny Stewart. His energy levels on stage are through the roof, as are his vocal talents, and his vocal characterisation of Detroit is everything you'd expect from a crap-shooting wideboy. His chemistry with his long suffering, of 14 years, fiancée is great fun as he tries to wheedle his way out of getting married, and juggle his secret gambling groups. This chemistry really comes to life with their duet "Sue Me".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpPTCABAODen3EtE-0ye1IEo-rikeUPKam6jnT7GtIabs2HOlEZaGJr0teJtj96qrpd3rBlnBF17m68nCzIuxdkEOklOhuwUfWGmp3Zbf8h4CMUKvVRc9YC8UZgF4Sl7Z-qLSQ4QEx_Ta2a2PHvu4Yy_6ZexUUcUMMpVv6bem3ulZ5SE762L4ts29GPtx/s1080/guys%20n%20dolls3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1080" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpPTCABAODen3EtE-0ye1IEo-rikeUPKam6jnT7GtIabs2HOlEZaGJr0teJtj96qrpd3rBlnBF17m68nCzIuxdkEOklOhuwUfWGmp3Zbf8h4CMUKvVRc9YC8UZgF4Sl7Z-qLSQ4QEx_Ta2a2PHvu4Yy_6ZexUUcUMMpVv6bem3ulZ5SE762L4ts29GPtx/s320/guys%20n%20dolls3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Miss Adelaide is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/daniarris90?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Dani Harris</span></a></span>, and I am really pleased that Dani did not the adopt the ultra squeaky Adelaide voice that I've heard in some, not all, versions of Adelaide. There's just enough high pitched voice to create the comedy without going over the top, although I would have liked a thicker accent. Dani's comic acting comes across as really natural, she does not have to force the comedy side of Adelaide, which makes this role so lovely and believable.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sky Masterson is played by Lee Smith. Sky is a comfortably confident character and Lee brings that trait to the stage without effort. There are many big numbers in this musical and one of those just has to be, for me anyway, "Luck Be A Lady", which Lee belts out, showcasing a rich and powerful set of vocals. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgT5oyALrXRnyB51xrqAjdJqEBTLilyHvvTGdIqorUYGkylh6CaTTq-j-dFXQZrsgEvspyvc2rwZYERXzo-dp5tWeMigQHJvaQk4rrqWLP2Tuww4yM2j-j-4M-PUMhqG49usupOhN4qen2ZhbZMHNqXFzHJ6WepG5K8nKI-bgmAx2T5ojdYUAg_mh2aqj/s1080/guys%20n%20dolls9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgT5oyALrXRnyB51xrqAjdJqEBTLilyHvvTGdIqorUYGkylh6CaTTq-j-dFXQZrsgEvspyvc2rwZYERXzo-dp5tWeMigQHJvaQk4rrqWLP2Tuww4yM2j-j-4M-PUMhqG49usupOhN4qen2ZhbZMHNqXFzHJ6WepG5K8nKI-bgmAx2T5ojdYUAg_mh2aqj/s320/guys%20n%20dolls9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sarah Brown is played by Rachel Edwards. There are two sides to Sarah Brown, as you'll know from the Havana scenes. Rachel plays tipsy and naive in Havana just as well as she plays masterful and righteous at the Mission. The scenes where she realises just what she feels for Sky is lovely. Rachel's voice is really lovely and has that Hollywood feel and sound, especially in "If I Were A Bell".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1yreZbHkVj0UvQEn_Q-fjSOAFAblHI381F1UxVCS1ZpOzIrUOGVHkIZve28CERLoIxfCC3F86yeIBI1rXqvEPa3TaEaVHHfr3EsGjNJkGrob9Nx02WXowxE_1oD7cDbwjQ3UjMCuHQF4QgwTvlLWrpXdLAYfZtITvcWz6owv3-PhUnYkopXyF2ovB7gw/s1800/guys%20n%20dolls4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1yreZbHkVj0UvQEn_Q-fjSOAFAblHI381F1UxVCS1ZpOzIrUOGVHkIZve28CERLoIxfCC3F86yeIBI1rXqvEPa3TaEaVHHfr3EsGjNJkGrob9Nx02WXowxE_1oD7cDbwjQ3UjMCuHQF4QgwTvlLWrpXdLAYfZtITvcWz6owv3-PhUnYkopXyF2ovB7gw/s320/guys%20n%20dolls4.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ollie.last.9?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ollie Last</span></a></span> plays Nicely Nicely. What a voice this man has! It is pure musical theatre. Just listen to "Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat", one of my favourite scenes in this production. The rapid wordplay in "The Oldest Established" is performed, not just delivered.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/bradley.hambleton.7?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Bradley Hambleton</span></a></span> plays Benny Southstreet. This is the second musical that I've seen Brad in, the first being "Bonnie & Clyde" when I noted his very strong singing voice. As Benny, Bradley continues that great vocal ability, this time in a perfect New York twang. Great character actor and in this role shows that he can manage choreography just as well as he can deliver a song. Another classy performance.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Zac Lewis plays Rusty Charlie, the gambling sidekick of Nicely Nicely and Benny Southstreet. These three roles are so well cast because they all require actors who are naturally funny and can sing in three part harmony, as showcased in the opening "Fugue For Tin Horns".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3K4qMThtVuWxW5YesjgjNtssc67OqMeM5KFtI10tGcyuTHhpTn7M7nGRqGAlH_Xa_LVdb637fNrrIVl_-cwwew3oPXZoFPODj3Tl49KhNhJgfWPm9hdj4d7VLt3dxiYoFRo8oA_GZaLVxtqx_ap7Z5c0XlUjEPnmi9t2evs_RupZGcrjOFfvKZYdeW8Ze/s2048/guys%20n%20dolls14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3K4qMThtVuWxW5YesjgjNtssc67OqMeM5KFtI10tGcyuTHhpTn7M7nGRqGAlH_Xa_LVdb637fNrrIVl_-cwwew3oPXZoFPODj3Tl49KhNhJgfWPm9hdj4d7VLt3dxiYoFRo8oA_GZaLVxtqx_ap7Z5c0XlUjEPnmi9t2evs_RupZGcrjOFfvKZYdeW8Ze/s320/guys%20n%20dolls14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Big Julie is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jon.salt.98?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jon Salt</span></a></span>. Now you would not want to get on the wrong side of this gambler who isn't a sore loser, he just likes to win. A nice, menacing performance.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/iain.wishlade?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Iain Wishlade</span></a></span> plays Harry The Horse, who is entertaining Big Julie while he is upstate.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/alan.s.lowe?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Alan Lowe</span></a></span> plays Lieutenant Brannigan, the hapless B - Movie type cop who is always one step behind Nathan and his gang of gamblers.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mike.starr2?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Mike Starr</span></a></span> plays Arvide Abernathy, Sarah's Uncle and fellow Mission worker. There's a lovely scene in the second act where Sarah confesses to him that she does love Sky, but she will not see him again. Arvide expresses his faith in Sky's inherent goodness and urges Sarah to follow her heart and sings "More I Cannot Wish You" with great sentiment. So much so that the lady sat behind me let out a sigh when Mike had finished singing. I also enjoyed the comic moment when he told Sky that if he didn't deliver the twelve sinners, he would tell everyone that Sky welches on his promise. What made this part even funnier is that Lee, who plays Sky is a lot taller than Mike.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVgPufKzzXiKpIvQHdF6QyJ1uD7hacLCDo3FOosM795zYVLP-Qr8co4T83pZGKL_y92HPcnzRYKI0Hhr6wgfVem80rHNEPqTsWvh0tPyqBIr28voHQj9e_sAcU2rMMh3VsJ1UnnUyxEmZ88__TMWDIHC35fUTOeBWpEtsQ4zBrKiotqkzZfyvS9vYJiKX/s2048/guys%20n%20dolls11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1806" data-original-width="2048" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVgPufKzzXiKpIvQHdF6QyJ1uD7hacLCDo3FOosM795zYVLP-Qr8co4T83pZGKL_y92HPcnzRYKI0Hhr6wgfVem80rHNEPqTsWvh0tPyqBIr28voHQj9e_sAcU2rMMh3VsJ1UnnUyxEmZ88__TMWDIHC35fUTOeBWpEtsQ4zBrKiotqkzZfyvS9vYJiKX/s320/guys%20n%20dolls11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Angela Wynne plays General Cartwright, and not even Matilda B Cartwright fails to not fall under the spell of the beguiling Sky Masterson.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Gamblers/Guys are the well-dressed "comic glue" of the show, and are played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/joe.bromfield?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Joe Bromfield</span></a></span>, Zac Lewis, Matthew Waite, Andy Last, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/tom.berriman1?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Tom Berriman</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mhargreaves?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Mark Hargreaves</span></a></span>. Their costumes are so slick and colourful, it was like watching a United Colours Of Benneton commercial.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Hot Box Girls work in the club and are in the act "A Bushel And A Peck" and "Take Back Your Mink" where Miss Adelaide is the headliner. The girls are played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/cat.budworth?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Cat Budworth</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/helena.stone.12?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Helena Stone</span></a></span>, Catherine Moore, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/AlexDavison87?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Alex Davison</span></a></span>, Jules Lowe and Emma Jones. Again, wonderful costumes for these ladies.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXWfzrYHpe9lNvSbBdlQ7e9jf-oGAy5Zi8xI4QE7jKcyqNHGeovLZsmLp5evfGoVHd3bgVJu359l09ae_AFo9BYH2dbWiNyeM5cTjllgSJ2glYd9I3OKzZ8rf-NQM4zMAyUSTpEme1e7U7C6vCMrLzlyFlguebaCdoGxM33l3sZbAT6vojdtbhDlNO5eH/s2048/guys%20n%20dolls12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXWfzrYHpe9lNvSbBdlQ7e9jf-oGAy5Zi8xI4QE7jKcyqNHGeovLZsmLp5evfGoVHd3bgVJu359l09ae_AFo9BYH2dbWiNyeM5cTjllgSJ2glYd9I3OKzZ8rf-NQM4zMAyUSTpEme1e7U7C6vCMrLzlyFlguebaCdoGxM33l3sZbAT6vojdtbhDlNO5eH/s320/guys%20n%20dolls12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Salvation Army team are played by Rachel Cook, Sian Stewart, Niamh Brennan and Oly Wright.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/samantha.walker.1447?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Samantha Walker</span></a></span> and Oly Wright. This production is paced so well that when the interval came, I had not realised that almost an hour and a half had passed. Probably because I was absolutely loving the show and as we all know, time flies when you're having fun.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Musical Director is David Blackwell. First off, there's been a lot of hard graft done with the vocals with all of these actors. That shows because of the quality in every vocal performance, and especially in the ensemble vocal pieces. The sixteen piece orchestra is an absolute powerhouse of sound, providing a rich backing to these incredible singers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5FchyphenhyphenWxxTbmaz437AdSyydGPtsvp2hnHfgiDpYnNJLPv27iNKzb4-abSu7e2OaGcIBdAsl-D5MxzOnh9dmjLl7MMe9GIb-y-EyywKRSXrK-7OB9Zbm8WWiJhNBdjvDqev4P9QF1wVLYkD7C-FPzSRuP3pZtn2nYSG5kfBDZCuZOMYvZrxx_fqskYQRR3/s2048/guys%20n%20dolls15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1925" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5FchyphenhyphenWxxTbmaz437AdSyydGPtsvp2hnHfgiDpYnNJLPv27iNKzb4-abSu7e2OaGcIBdAsl-D5MxzOnh9dmjLl7MMe9GIb-y-EyywKRSXrK-7OB9Zbm8WWiJhNBdjvDqev4P9QF1wVLYkD7C-FPzSRuP3pZtn2nYSG5kfBDZCuZOMYvZrxx_fqskYQRR3/s320/guys%20n%20dolls15.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There are many memorable songs in this classic musical, "A Bushel & A Peck", "If I Were A Bell", "Luck Be A Lady", "I've Never Been In Love Before", the brilliantly comic "Take Back Your Mink" (with a wonderful choreography piece to this song), and a rocking gospel styled version of "Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat".</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Choreographed by Catherine Moore. There are some epic dance sections in this show, not least the Hot Box sections, the "Crapshooters Ballet" and "Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat" which was magical for a musical theatre fan such as I. And any dance scene with tap in is always going to be a winner with me. Stylish and classy. And it's not often that you see a show that is male heavy with a cast of excellent male dancers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6Ev5Cti-UfEDb3Emae1F6C8FrhSYqeDxiCpGbGI9S6j-grOGd69ovYqDpU_Ud8uvUP_hOs8ujBcMicl3-h1BBbJY69diVh2RIFkcmT0fiyBQpuN_6rQzmPyeU8NmcpGn1ASn1THcukIB7I9SJ0FuyWkT1XRr-UdaqYucQ2vwBd81dfpbsgRHVTbf-CcU/s1800/guys%20n%20dolls6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6Ev5Cti-UfEDb3Emae1F6C8FrhSYqeDxiCpGbGI9S6j-grOGd69ovYqDpU_Ud8uvUP_hOs8ujBcMicl3-h1BBbJY69diVh2RIFkcmT0fiyBQpuN_6rQzmPyeU8NmcpGn1ASn1THcukIB7I9SJ0FuyWkT1XRr-UdaqYucQ2vwBd81dfpbsgRHVTbf-CcU/s320/guys%20n%20dolls6.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Sound Design is by Chris Hanlon, and with such a big cast, some of the mic cues were just missed, but I do know that this is not the easiest of jobs in a production of this size. On the whole though the sound was very clear and the mix between singer and orchestra was well balanced.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lighting Design is by Oly Wright and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/james.ogden?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">James Ogden</span></a></span>. This area slightly puzzled me because for a lot of the time most of the cast were in the shadows and I could not understand why the spotlights were used to highlight them. There were static spots on stage but when the actor moved away from the spot, they were then in shadow. Several times main actors were delivering lines and singing in the shade and I can't understand why because the ability to use follow spots were there, as shown at the end. The shade worked well though with the sewer crap game, but I would have liked to have had more light on the big scenes.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCDFmbTz5mm46GpQ-6x_E1u3fgu87QJpt5RiOvp6jHAYMpJni5Jy-q1fLYfkR_Ap4BUHJ9toW8aCEM-ltDhiv4pyr5LxpU4QIYtgo26d9XtmfeMCnfhXjcYGbqw3hN9d8Twdxh9pDW3F_gDAF79gkBY-EOyH6dnSE3ZFzg_IHjyEGeIewV7V7_ZrMMxg7/s3737/guys%20n%20dolls13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="3737" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCDFmbTz5mm46GpQ-6x_E1u3fgu87QJpt5RiOvp6jHAYMpJni5Jy-q1fLYfkR_Ap4BUHJ9toW8aCEM-ltDhiv4pyr5LxpU4QIYtgo26d9XtmfeMCnfhXjcYGbqw3hN9d8Twdxh9pDW3F_gDAF79gkBY-EOyH6dnSE3ZFzg_IHjyEGeIewV7V7_ZrMMxg7/s320/guys%20n%20dolls13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The costumes, as I have alluded to previously, are so colourful. All the main male characters have a different coloured suit and look as sharp as rapiers. The ladies' costumes are likewise glamorous and between both completely light up the stage. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mollylimpets1?__cft__[0]=AZWIH2VLDMj4DmHk3xtjvpM-B_LhKWwyv8yK56i9L4M9OeA3tWLuvhXrLSAEmhkaksTJKKkK8c3Kq4fg0VQyourSGSbgRf2zOU8tmYTyv4y9dlQGq50A3xl6GFCWZzR3_YA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Molly Limpets</span></a></span> is responsible for providing such stylish cast costumes.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a brilliant musical with plenty of diverse and fun characters, wonderfully portrayed by a very talented cast who made the time absolutely fly by. A classic soundtrack and some epic choreography, and those costumes; would I love to have that amount of colour in my wardrobe? You bet! </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Guys n Dolls" is at De Ferrer Academy in Burton upon Trent until Saturday 17 February.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-36237541111041812332024-02-14T15:37:00.000-08:002024-02-14T15:37:14.534-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Oklahoma Jr." by Long Eaton Operatic Society Youth Group</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/duchesstheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Duchess Theatre</span></a></span>, Long Eaton.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pLLjpgVF-X4B-HHii2Fd75hiT0GTX2Vlsnd9Ctv9oI63BepI9SDM46FAh5o6nzC2fs8GqcxmkB-iatslTfpciBlN5FDTDb9tJJenpnE2OZoTkUeB0zhoV5uLP0-ZepK_B0a3SON7MI9wzALMmVwsnHCrn_tWnaVkVZtDMRXIWme5v2gbZDAvQBsTU6sG/s526/Oklahoma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pLLjpgVF-X4B-HHii2Fd75hiT0GTX2Vlsnd9Ctv9oI63BepI9SDM46FAh5o6nzC2fs8GqcxmkB-iatslTfpciBlN5FDTDb9tJJenpnE2OZoTkUeB0zhoV5uLP0-ZepK_B0a3SON7MI9wzALMmVwsnHCrn_tWnaVkVZtDMRXIWme5v2gbZDAvQBsTU6sG/s320/Oklahoma.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This show takes me back to Sunday afternoons as a kid, watching the old musicals on TV, after dinner. It's great to see one of the all time classics performed on stage, and done with such authenticity, and even in this shortened version, it gives you a comforting, warm feeling.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Oklahoma! is the first musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, "Green Grow The Lilacs". </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Set in Oklahoma territory just outside the town of Claremore, just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and the cowboys provides a colourful background against which Curly McLain, the handsome cowboy, and Laurey Williams, a farm girl, play out their love story.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The road of true love though never runs smooth. This journey is as bumpy as a ride in a surrey, with or without the fringe on top, down a pot-hole ridden ride down a country lane.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie, who has a problem saying "no".</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The musical has everything including a dark, ominous stalker in Jud Fry who comes a cropper at the hands of our hero, Curly McLain on the night of Curly and Laurey's wedding.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There's bags full of comedy provided by many of the main and secondary characters, in complete contrast to the darker stalker undercurrent, and of course a great soundtrack which includes "People Will Say We're In Love", "Surrey With The Fringe On Top", "Oh What A Beautiful Morning", "I Cain't Say No", "Out Of My Dreams", "The Farmer And The Cowman", as well as the rousing title track.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Curly McLain is played by Abraham Collishaw. How daunting must it be to be the first and only one on stage for the first number? Well, Abraham showed no nerves as he opened the musical singing the iconic "Oh What A Beautiful Morning". Throughout, this young man delivered a strong performance and I am pleased that he has risen from the ensemble ranks to take on the main role, and especially in a classic musical.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Laurey Williams is played by Bella Syson, and I have noted this before, when she played the leader of the police in "Pirates Of Penzance", that Bella has a gorgeous voice, and as the leading lady, she showed this off marvellously. Everyone who I spoke to commented on what a voice Bella has. She already has the sweetness and the power in her voice to sing these kind of musical numbers, so what is her voice going to be like when she has a few more years on her? I for one can't wait to find out. Bella also produces a credible accent for the role.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Aunt Eller is played by Phoebe Mellor. Another brilliant accent and another very strong singer and natural young actor.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Will Parker is played by an actor I have a lot of time for, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/findlay.parker.7?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Findlay Parker</span></a></span>. Findlay is a very expressive actor, both in his face and in the physicality he creates with his characters. He shows just how much he enjoys the roles he plays and really gets under the skin of the characters he plays. It's like he puts on a character mask and he becomes that character. I've always said that Findlay is a triple threat on stage; he can sing, dance and act superbly, and knowing that Findlay is in a production creates a confidence within me that I am in for a good show. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ado Annie is played by Gracie Foster. A lovely, fun young actor who really gets into the spirit of the character, especially when she sings "I Cain't Say No", a scene where she also shows off some classic "Oklahoma" dance moves. Gracie's duet with Findlay on "All Er Nuthin'", both vocally and choreographically, was one of so many highlights for me.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ali Hakim, the travelling Persian salesman who wanted to share his wares with Annie without putting a ring on it, naughty man, is played by Gabe Scott. Gabe had a good go at the accent, but it's not an easy accent to replicate. That aside I loved his characterisation of the Del Boy type of travelling salesman. He injected fun into the role and seeing him perform the Persian goodbye was brilliant. Gabe is another young star I'm really pleased step out from the ensemble of "Pirates" to feature as a main character. His comedy timing is spot on.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Jud Fry is the villain of the musical. Played by Frazer Brown, this is a very different role for Frazer and it showed his flexibility as an actor. We don't get to hear his very soulful voice in this show but we do get to see him play menacing, and even at the final bows he kept the character going right to the end.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Gertie Cummings is played by Chloe Cresswell, and here is another character I love. Gertie has a very distinctive laugh, which we get to hear several times throughout the show. A brilliant comedy role for Chloe, who, without knowing who she was, attracted my attention last Friday night in the Long Eaton School production of "The Addams Family" as one of The Ancestors. Like Findlay, she is a very expressive young actor, making this part of Gertie an ideal vehicle for her comedy and physicality skills.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ivan Hager (Andrew Carnes), Stevie Kirkham (Mike), Nathan Crookdake (Ike), Tom Lightbown (Slim), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077965118417&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Max Fuller</span></a></span> (Cord Elam) - this is Max's last show with LEOS Youth Group, and I know that he is going to be invaluable as he moves up to the main LEOS group, especially after seeing him star as Jamie in <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/kristianthomascompany?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Kristian Thomas Company</span></a></span>'s "Everybody's Talking About Jamie". And finally <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088328317626&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Quillen Parker</span></a></span> (Joe), who is following in his siblings' talented footsteps, because Quillen is also one of those expressive actors who draw your attention to them, even as part of an ensemble.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Talking of which, this ensemble is one of the best young ensembles that I've seen for a while. When they sing it's like listening to a recording of the soundtrack and you can feel Hollywood coming from the stage. The rest of the ensemble are....... </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Finn Cliff, Joe Stewart, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074683894925&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Roisin Parker</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ella.charlesworth.75?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ella Charlesworth</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079462598654&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Evie Radmore</span></a></span>, Maddi Woodland, Daisy Marsh, Lucy Coulson-Jones, Alice Whitaker, Elizabeth Rippin, Francesca Squires, Niamh Syson, Emily Dexter, Grace Agius, Flori Tasker, Niamh Lee, Lucy Gordon, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093575928321&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jess Peel</span></a></span> (who was amazing last week as Morticia Addams), Charlotte Case and last but by no means least, Nefeli Fryganioti. What a line up of superstars!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/siobhan.parker.54?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Siobhan Parker</span></a></span>, assisted by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=525445081&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Claire</span></a></span> Collishaw; there was absolutely nothing more this pair could have done to better the performance on stage. it was brilliant.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Like so many of the musicals of this ilk, the choreography is utterly memorable, just think of the scene from "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" - which by the way is one of my all-time favourite choreographed musicals, just in case any Director fancied putting on that show. Anyway, as I was saying, I loved the choreography in this show and the young cast are a tribute to the skills of their choreographer, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/carol.lawson.904?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Carol Lawson</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The show's Musical Directors, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094956386289&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Giles</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094294981545&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Hannah Pettit</span></a></span> have brought out the best in this cast; and as I said earlier, the harmonic and heavenly ensemble pieces just take you back to the original soundtrack recordings of the show. The solos and duets were full of character and all delivered with such confidence. And don't forget, even the eldest of this cast was born decades after the show was first staged, so the songs and music style would have been completely alien to them all.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">A brilliant set design with an excellent backdrop takes you back to the era of the original staging. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/roydon.charlesworth?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Roydon Charlesworth</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/katie.bird.1029?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Katie Bird</span></a></span>, who also stage managed, deserve the kudos for that.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/dave.martin.9480?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Dave Martin</span></a></span> was on lights with <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/dave.dallard?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Dave Dallard</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100059084466873&__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jack Clark</span></a></span> on sound.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Fantastic costumes, hair and make up rounded the whole visual aspect of the show off perfectly.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Long Eaton Operatic Society Youth Group are an award winning group, and this production should net them even more awards this year.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I absolutely loved the show and the cast and know that if this is the standard on opening night, by the end of the week............</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Oklahoma Jr" is at the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/duchesstheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVvZyn5TgT0lPzceJczuuc6qYpZEmq-MzcofY7onfaMfkGFqIbA-BHHFWVa2XzRKwtT7O9mOQ5Q9DHyVp_e-w5y3oX-_7oRWAZT9c8WDp7-0nGvygOIevKd4QLAhDdU9zc&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Duchess Theatre</span></a></span> in Long Eaton until Saturday 17 February with a matinee performance as well.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-65989731736631246152024-02-13T16:41:00.000-08:002024-02-16T03:50:01.688-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Betty Blue Eyes" by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/WestBridgfordOperaticSociety?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">West Bridgford Operatic Society</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/SquirePAC?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Squire Performing Arts Centre, Nottingham</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IXsCLGos81zkk_ANYJvGov5k4DF1xQkz7bXgyRzM_HKSoxgtBcXbUuqfa68ekE_ztlzQmV1U5mR_VFNext1cv3JiLHHVC0OGLMnsnnnyf8PFRHGWQGqYUaJHBaFObL0AnvCzwXA_sPMpejsxugTkn_BJM85Pz2tbI4deeHACWV7VcWDuuhvMQcQSaFLZ/s1229/betty%20blue%20eyes.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1229" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IXsCLGos81zkk_ANYJvGov5k4DF1xQkz7bXgyRzM_HKSoxgtBcXbUuqfa68ekE_ztlzQmV1U5mR_VFNext1cv3JiLHHVC0OGLMnsnnnyf8PFRHGWQGqYUaJHBaFObL0AnvCzwXA_sPMpejsxugTkn_BJM85Pz2tbI4deeHACWV7VcWDuuhvMQcQSaFLZ/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />"Betty Blue Eyes" tells the story of Betty, a pig with the bluest eyes you’ll ever see on a pig, illegally reared to be killed to provide a lavish feast for the wedding feast of the Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip - who also make an appearance or two in the musical.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">In <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>revenge for not getting his shop he had been promised in the parade, chiropodist Gilbert Chilvers decides that he is going to steal Betty. His wife Joyce sees this as a chance to feast, but there is just one snag, who will kill Betty Blue Eyes?</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The musical is quintessentially British with some marvellous eccentric characters, an assortment of bullies, spivs and snobs and the soundtrack is gorgeous.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pC1NGzlmRZ-VcX-IOsgwRc0e54tTzaJP_MIWCOsF_Ac7e0KZcWEljB7Dz4RluqXkbdH6WZTg-H1X05E8RoONY3m9p7yPI1drentV0VeVE8E60L_IiX2tCEzhflU-kEgtpwFWo6wfCv6uEijcpZx6kql7BmNJLK9H8-97FCl2LswvPvccrAYd0qspkj_4/s2048/betty%20blue%20eyes5.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pC1NGzlmRZ-VcX-IOsgwRc0e54tTzaJP_MIWCOsF_Ac7e0KZcWEljB7Dz4RluqXkbdH6WZTg-H1X05E8RoONY3m9p7yPI1drentV0VeVE8E60L_IiX2tCEzhflU-kEgtpwFWo6wfCv6uEijcpZx6kql7BmNJLK9H8-97FCl2LswvPvccrAYd0qspkj_4/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The harmonies, whether they be in pairs, trios or the full ensemble, are incredibly good, almost choral in places, which shows the work that has been put in by Musical Director, Adam Wright, as well as the cast. You'll love the Overture for this show as it's what I'd call a "proper overture".</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The eleven piece band are excellent, recreating the style, sound and feel of the 1940's. The sound is punchy and wistfully frisky with a great drum solo by Helen Shelton during the Lindy Hop section.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This style and feel is backed up by the wonderful costumes, by Ann Thomas, which range from the working class clothing to the glam frocks and the gentlemen's top hat and tails.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKaq1-HR7z5umxbkjJXf_zEHhyNfMs7jizKt1gcsRf1XXlYDONDUqXBg9-yWzYKc0xWA3rRZakhyphenhyphenDHft6rjJvKo57vreKV0devD8gAqfs24PIpa9HCV_VxJLuzLoRh_TyVF4hJuoonZQUnQkLJjI-_vlcjSvBQ2cu1mVyJRo7qKAmySqgYQj9yuw7Ef9q/s960/betty%20blue%20eyes2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="960" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKaq1-HR7z5umxbkjJXf_zEHhyNfMs7jizKt1gcsRf1XXlYDONDUqXBg9-yWzYKc0xWA3rRZakhyphenhyphenDHft6rjJvKo57vreKV0devD8gAqfs24PIpa9HCV_VxJLuzLoRh_TyVF4hJuoonZQUnQkLJjI-_vlcjSvBQ2cu1mVyJRo7qKAmySqgYQj9yuw7Ef9q/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And just take note of the amount of props in this show; from the old style measuring scales in the butchers, to a brilliant Silver Cross perambulator and a full tea service.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The sound effects bring Betty to life, with piggy noises from both ends of poor Betty.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The whole cast are superb and, as a group, showcase their comic skills, choreographic skills and, of course , their excellent singing skills.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/james.ellison83?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">James Ellison</span></a></span> plays Gilbert Chilvers, the chiropodist, who is trying to live up to his wife's "lionheart" image of him. The reason for this comparison is explained near the start when the pair are thrown together. Look out for Gilbert's duet with Henry in "Betty Blue Eyes" and the wistful "The Kind Of Man I Am"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqDzunnhTO_uCsNa_eVqZy-g2SmMidFifZ6jYLWPudWdflxzEiY-YP0JOWOzLjVSkg14Uo60Ia4I58mdSaCqr9_6ew-5jp6K7D8Y1WtUdaV8jxdjGCZ41oHWzr_YezjwjRgIfLtpuaI8Nro7Yb21y6QF830esTFWBg5KhUatYt32my-Hwqo-Yv3kYctWW/s2048/betty%20blue%20eyes%205.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqDzunnhTO_uCsNa_eVqZy-g2SmMidFifZ6jYLWPudWdflxzEiY-YP0JOWOzLjVSkg14Uo60Ia4I58mdSaCqr9_6ew-5jp6K7D8Y1WtUdaV8jxdjGCZ41oHWzr_YezjwjRgIfLtpuaI8Nro7Yb21y6QF830esTFWBg5KhUatYt32my-Hwqo-Yv3kYctWW/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes%205.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/sarah.shields.18?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Sarah Shields</span></a></span> plays Joyce Chilvers, the wife, whose opinion of her hubby changes with the direction of the wind. There's a brilliant song called "Nobody", which is one of the big production numbers that is performed with great class by Sarah.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/david.hemington?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jill Hemington</span></a></span> plays Mother Dear; an absolute dream of a role - she is seventy five after all, so can get away with a lot. There's a wonderful scene of confusion for Mother Dear in the scene for the song "Pig No Pig".</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Dr Swaby is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/malcolm.cocking1?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Malcolm Cocking</span></a></span>, This Doctor does not like the idea of competition when Chilvers attempts to go up in the world of chiropody by wanting to rent out the shop on The Parade, which just happens to be right next door to Swaby's surgery. Swaby is one of the bullies in the play, who also wants to social climb by hosting the private affair and laying on a sumptuous pig feast.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Chris Heeley plays Henry Allardyce. This is a wonderful character who becomes quite attached to Betty, the pig that is being illegally raised for the feast. When he discovers that Betty has been pignapped, he has a proper comical breakdown. Near the end we also discover just how much he rates Betty over his wife!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvDsgpkdAGqBDouGLCLPJQW0xdJhrLbkSu66qApgoNH-vXCaZM_2NENoPXHYa2hnxwn-pSDKaVA9IZ8LjTL4w8jOzcwr_qkg9bB4nWZb9YF0nnIEhWAmZuvmlJVM8wl-YUYflYr89emb44f8IPVqaDtHtgoB7GGh1STTqmDf2VJ5xtDLUV2AgQYRapV4D/s2048/betty%20blue%20eyes4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2048" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvDsgpkdAGqBDouGLCLPJQW0xdJhrLbkSu66qApgoNH-vXCaZM_2NENoPXHYa2hnxwn-pSDKaVA9IZ8LjTL4w8jOzcwr_qkg9bB4nWZb9YF0nnIEhWAmZuvmlJVM8wl-YUYflYr89emb44f8IPVqaDtHtgoB7GGh1STTqmDf2VJ5xtDLUV2AgQYRapV4D/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/samantha.parfitt.9?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Samantha Parfitt</span></a></span> plays the very haughty Mrs Allardyce, in Sam's first principal character role.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Veronica Allardyce, the daughter, is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/becky.birch.104?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Becky Birch</span></a></span>. Brilliantly bossy and brash who likes to run her mouth, especially when in the company of Joyce Chilvers, who has been hired by Mrs Allardyce to teach her daughter to play the piano. This also is Becky's debut as a principal role player.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Richard Ives plays Mr Lockwood, the solicitor who is in with the plot to raise Betty for the big feast, knowing full well that this is against the law.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0a7c6y6E-sG5y7WIGAF2RP_DIKFd-0cA0Bxyq6Ck8oNbOvp_txq949fZ7dom6Q5jOp6QTgCxbyo8tcGC1Pn7-BIltMAiuoKakNZRMx1pVislTBU9XOkIeTqaoMznm-KUJDgfUOK13a-KInulem7UJljckpiFTza2r1R0KuUJflvPsqfzAQuLmNZemLsp/s960/betty%20blue%20eyes2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="960" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0a7c6y6E-sG5y7WIGAF2RP_DIKFd-0cA0Bxyq6Ck8oNbOvp_txq949fZ7dom6Q5jOp6QTgCxbyo8tcGC1Pn7-BIltMAiuoKakNZRMx1pVislTBU9XOkIeTqaoMznm-KUJDgfUOK13a-KInulem7UJljckpiFTza2r1R0KuUJflvPsqfzAQuLmNZemLsp/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/joanne.hooper.376?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Joanne Hooper</span></a></span> plays Inspector Wormwold, from the Ministry of Food, and I love this role. Wormwold has to go round looking for "illegal" meat, and when she finds it, renders it inedible to anyone else and threatens to lock up the perpetrator. When she discovers that there's an illegally reared pig in the town, she goes into overdrive. The baddie is always the most fun character to play, and I imagine that Jo is having an absolute ball in this part. I certainly had a ball watching her. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/garethmmorris?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Gareth Morris</span></a></span> plays Nuttall, the butcher, who has an agenda of his own. It's Nuttall who has the job of bludgeoning Betty for the feast, when she has been tracked down to the Chilvers' home, due to George not being able to do the dastardly deed!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3y-47UBcot-xyrjVeeEiMqqjbLlMfkvBKv87oXtUWg2jaH1He7mwv70Fc4uCUb4_Jvk1nzk_y6nszpFd7VSbnuHtO6bBAQ0EU6o3F21KaAOnzx4Rv9Meuf3cihDpx43QW94-dgqcuOnRg6owoQUFnuTtlzXjdIdPq5sYggsaZM7TQvWj-fyqfz36U2Br/s1414/betty%20blue%20eyes1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1414" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3y-47UBcot-xyrjVeeEiMqqjbLlMfkvBKv87oXtUWg2jaH1He7mwv70Fc4uCUb4_Jvk1nzk_y6nszpFd7VSbnuHtO6bBAQ0EU6o3F21KaAOnzx4Rv9Meuf3cihDpx43QW94-dgqcuOnRg6owoQUFnuTtlzXjdIdPq5sYggsaZM7TQvWj-fyqfz36U2Br/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There's a scene which explains the song "Magic Fingers", which is a gorgeous song and explains a lot of back story for three of the ladies; <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/julie.fowler.3979?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Julie Fowler</span></a></span> plays Mrs Roach, Mrs Lester is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/cat.tuckey?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Cat Tuckey</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/steph.jones3?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Stephanie Jones</span></a></span> plays Mrs Turnball. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/diana.ives?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Diana Ives</span></a></span> plays Mrs Metcalf who is a wonderfully flirty character, also a customer of Chilvers' magic fingers.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Mr Metcalf, one of the other butchers, is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/clive.marner?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Clive Marner</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The supporting cast are brilliant to watch as they really flesh out the cast as townsfolk, various other characters and dancers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiiigb2OnGZfWs4s-wmQ_6xe6yXZdHSX2OxB-OInEQg_lTbAUJARvWbA7QInsz3vbXFr8W1dneAOzfD4N_iQJut_uHTk4xf8lV7Klx0M4YWreFOv1KnF3DU0ohVl221oTKLA19YhfC2t7wFCQZ5n7DTo8RjR250xML0cm1C9G1O2U9jl2by7m3OGQXxpi/s2048/betty%20blue%20eyes6.jpg" style="clear: right; 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background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Vicky Alhadeff</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jacqui.dudgeon?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jacqui Anderson</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/Ando.WRFC?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Tom Anderson</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/adrian.baldwick.9?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Adrian Baldwick</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/lynn.baldwick?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lynn Baldwick</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ali.biller?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ali Biller</span></a></span>, Bill Cooper, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/julie.fowler.3979?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Julie Fowler</span></a></span>, Penny Gale, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/david.gyles.9?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">David Gyles</span></a></span>, Jonathan Hall, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=735750388&__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Helen Heeley</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/nathemmo?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Natalie Hemington</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/lee.horne.942?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lee Horne</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/diana.ives?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Diana Ives</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/steph.jones3?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Stephanie Jones</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/clive.marner?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Clive Marner</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004957487623&__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Anne Mccarroll</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/orla.oreilly.37?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Orla McMahon</span></a></span>, Will Radford, Carl Rushworth, Wendy Silver, Martin Thomas, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jacky.tivers?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jacky Tivers</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/cat.tuckey?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Cat Tuckey</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/samantha.thorne1?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Samantha Thorne</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/tom.parry.505?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Tom Parry</span></a></span>, assisted by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/samantha.thorne1?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Samantha Thorne</span></a></span>, they have made this fast moving show even faster with a great pace, and so many funny lines that you may have to get another ticket to catch the lines you may have missed from your first watching.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcl5O2M2_6i-VkJ2Tgm6WWycxv1IJGJDMUsHh0yeE8a42bfRXNOI4WZHKwK0Lm3Edcv3P6h1v5mL8xauiMifW0ftObdnhyoUXbRWZ0li3sBDcIK27Il47ijbamvj2-VBaA0469g6vmxdXd_RwvCp2J9jG2afg-vGIKeGEOCbQ926GSATNp6Ek3I_7MCVS/s2048/betty%20blue%20eyes7.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcl5O2M2_6i-VkJ2Tgm6WWycxv1IJGJDMUsHh0yeE8a42bfRXNOI4WZHKwK0Lm3Edcv3P6h1v5mL8xauiMifW0ftObdnhyoUXbRWZ0li3sBDcIK27Il47ijbamvj2-VBaA0469g6vmxdXd_RwvCp2J9jG2afg-vGIKeGEOCbQ926GSATNp6Ek3I_7MCVS/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Choreographed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ali.biller?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ali Biller</span></a></span>, there's some brilliant and stylish dance scenes in this show. The Lindy Hop scene is brilliantly staged and carried out by Tom, Lynn, Becky, Julie, Penny, Chris, Clive, Orla, Sam and Will. The finale is also a real dance fest for the whole cast.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Loved the harmonies of Natalie, Steph and Cat as the trio of girl singers, all performing with perfect panache.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Set design is by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/tom.parry.505?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Tom Parry</span></a></span>, and when teamed with the back projection by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/annie.haley.98?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Annie Haley</span></a></span>, it really does transport you to everywhere the story wants to take you to. From the local pub to the butcher's shop in the town and even to the gentleman's urinals!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8-cm4g_J9V5maA7Ef9UKFYMrBeOaUfVUlDSKYfsELlSadRpPk4SI3JwEMjTtcb6DI_YuCAAnRGqIEWmepHFQGT9OEaEbFf9v9UQAVy1dWWZF5B1m_Q3y4xGJqi1xfXAKwEs95ziNyuFPLw9JqpFOplBWcstlsJqD0m2htOivGlW6uwXH2TSSMVo4J-PX/s2048/betty%20blue%20eyes10.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="2048" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8-cm4g_J9V5maA7Ef9UKFYMrBeOaUfVUlDSKYfsELlSadRpPk4SI3JwEMjTtcb6DI_YuCAAnRGqIEWmepHFQGT9OEaEbFf9v9UQAVy1dWWZF5B1m_Q3y4xGJqi1xfXAKwEs95ziNyuFPLw9JqpFOplBWcstlsJqD0m2htOivGlW6uwXH2TSSMVo4J-PX/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">As you can see, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/WestBridgfordOperaticSociety?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">West Bridgford Operatic Society</span></a></span> have made a pig of themselves with the size of the cast, which means that the job of stage management hectic. Well, probably not when the Stage Managers are <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/matthew.allcock.96?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Matthew Allcock</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/nigel.newton.501?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Nigel Newton</span></a></span> and their wealth of experience.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Brilliant lighting for the show by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/SquirePAC?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Squire Performing Arts Centre, Nottingham</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The sound by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/rob.kettridge?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Rob Kettridge</span></a></span> had a few missed cues, but this is opening night and is a different venue to what Rob normally works in, so it was just a case of getting used to a different sound deck - probably.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKhcUXLa3OVstJPQhxuD2_Zf7p2hyfSjzqck1bpv6cZquA6rbQkpT0dWEQKDUmakl74pkX6Z0vp6JP-gf2KmRa8SOJgYBW2XszHBP5spwY-GcG5EnNnwFfyX60Hq488agkuRsgpkRcxsJ6yAgKdHOj5rBQG7pC8C_aPOW2HrNfA79l3RqCIbDieiORO11/s2048/betty%20blue%20eyes11.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="2048" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKhcUXLa3OVstJPQhxuD2_Zf7p2hyfSjzqck1bpv6cZquA6rbQkpT0dWEQKDUmakl74pkX6Z0vp6JP-gf2KmRa8SOJgYBW2XszHBP5spwY-GcG5EnNnwFfyX60Hq488agkuRsgpkRcxsJ6yAgKdHOj5rBQG7pC8C_aPOW2HrNfA79l3RqCIbDieiORO11/s320/betty%20blue%20eyes11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">What I will also mention is the programme, designed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ChrisCollins92?__cft__[0]=AZXk5YXdfTzwreL2SwzXr0ZKNMWpXcy5qJ21Ni22DFVmwKdGUUVGFcAr9u6MrSBIItQS1coeR5Zsau_UQdN3Dxv51mlFWaFoPGB4bfrLDE97sB8Bka10aO17ky_NDPy3wkI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Christopher Collins</span></a></span>, because there's so much information contained within the show's playbill and a lovely design and layout of that information. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a pig, sorry, BIG production, and I'm not telling porkies as you can see from the above, and you'll be getting big value for money for the two and three-quarter hours that you'll be in the theatre.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkZDCWHFuCa98zObqAdEysUGibzb6utedgoRVYll7kl22qFB50dZ4huWgIqcHerr90L9bKG1X0sPQYZxhvDLvdN_cHL7JvZoxpbT6T33ZO5qg28Amc8keqgQHiKD3FlO7I3GWFCV-jjtx9TS25oej8rAc7XID3HrTaOITvbCfdqA_6FSNv8TCrJ8HO0mO/s2048/betty1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkZDCWHFuCa98zObqAdEysUGibzb6utedgoRVYll7kl22qFB50dZ4huWgIqcHerr90L9bKG1X0sPQYZxhvDLvdN_cHL7JvZoxpbT6T33ZO5qg28Amc8keqgQHiKD3FlO7I3GWFCV-jjtx9TS25oej8rAc7XID3HrTaOITvbCfdqA_6FSNv8TCrJ8HO0mO/s320/betty1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I don't normally include spoilers in my reviews but I must state that no Bettys were harmed during the performance of this show.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm off now for a sausage and bacon sarnie as all this reviewing has made me quite peckish, but I won't make a pig of myself.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Betty Blue Eyes" is at the Squire Performing Arts Centre until Saturday 17 February.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-31736687207232615972024-02-09T14:45:00.000-08:002024-02-09T14:54:43.987-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"The Addams Family - School Edition"</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/TLESPerformingArts?__cft__[0]=AZVjfNubdjykZ3G7GaZ60xiRulyIzBfu17r5KRt3Oi0hoDVEAgDxChG-mFveALRzXphpYMuzfpeNhmKqE6gMNzhl7Icemh2KCaJ1Vpp4UZeZygQja4PhXq_E3kh26EtX414&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">The Long Eaton School Performing Arts Department</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OZh0-zpLOeNUQKWZllgqmTxtdVwBwKlMntePZlVpCP2PmeoGp2ezHAJB-WDJc0RP-DMWOn_m0UaPKoArS2A3hHSeIQz8DgcRdKql7Fj_0hTUqit6JGN1LDYeVttMnTHlY0SGqykpBcbjNkOoAZMAYaRQU8B15DGVZs5TK_nSAs4rl4EfPZ0D5FOQxLJC/s315/addams.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="223" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OZh0-zpLOeNUQKWZllgqmTxtdVwBwKlMntePZlVpCP2PmeoGp2ezHAJB-WDJc0RP-DMWOn_m0UaPKoArS2A3hHSeIQz8DgcRdKql7Fj_0hTUqit6JGN1LDYeVttMnTHlY0SGqykpBcbjNkOoAZMAYaRQU8B15DGVZs5TK_nSAs4rl4EfPZ0D5FOQxLJC/s1600/addams.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br />Wednesday Addams has fallen in love with a young man called Lucas Beineke and wants to run off and marry him. She has told her father, Gomez, that Lucas and his parents, Mal and Alice, are coming round for a meal so that they can meet, and accept the rest of her family. The only thing is, can Gomez keep this secret from Morticia until after the meal? And will the secret be let out of the bag <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>after their family game, Full Disclosure, has been played by all? Will brother Pugsley's plan to disrupt the game come to fruition, as he has reason for his sister Wednesday and Lucas not to be an item?</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Gomez was played by Daniel Price, and even though I thought I recognised his face, I couldn't remember if, and when I had seen him previously. This young man is a star in the making. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">First off, he looks like the 1960's version of Gomez. His Spanish accent was wonderful and did not waver all the way through the show. His voice is a voice for musical theatre, and his characterisation of this character made you think that Daniel is a lot older than he is. His comedy is both expressive and physical.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Daniel's performance far exceeded anything I'd expected from such a young actor for this character. I may not have seen him before, but I can't wait to see what he does next. Gomez even drew the raffle in the interval.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Morticia was played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093575928321&__cft__[0]=AZVjfNubdjykZ3G7GaZ60xiRulyIzBfu17r5KRt3Oi0hoDVEAgDxChG-mFveALRzXphpYMuzfpeNhmKqE6gMNzhl7Icemh2KCaJ1Vpp4UZeZygQja4PhXq_E3kh26EtX414&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jess Peel</span></a></span>, a young actor who I have seen before, and I am so pleased that she has moved from the ensemble pieces I've previously seen her in before to a major role as Morticia. Jess completely owned this part, remaining aloof and always in charge as the Matriarch of the Addams family. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Not only did I get to see Jess really act, I also got to hear her sing as well, something you don't always get to appreciate in an ensemble role. The hair and make up almost disguised Jess, but what a transformation they made to her. Both Jess and Daniel absolutely smashed their roles and completely fitted the kooky couple.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday Addams was played by Jasmine Hutchings. Jasmine I have also seen before in The Young Performers, but again it's a role like this that really showed what a fantastic voice this young person has. I loved her version of "Pulled", and it would give Carrie Hope Fletcher a run for her money with this song.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Pugsley was played by Alanna Wood, and I am quietly confident that I've not seen Alanna before, but what a cracking little actor she is. When on the rack being "pulled" by Wednesday, her ecstatic begging for more pain made me grin. She portrayed everything that a typical little brother is like, including the fondness for his big sister, and the dislike for his big sister's loved one.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Grandma Addams was played by Millie Weston. It is so not easy to be able to portray a 102 year old potty Grandma, but Millie had a brilliant shot at it. She certainly looked the part, and sounded the part, and even got the physicality and naughtiness of this nutty Nan.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lurch, the Butler, was played by Emma Webster-Tams. The deadpan look on this character's face was wonderful, as were the grunts in response to the Beineke's greetings. Making the butler a little slower moving would have completely nailed the physicality of the role but, you know what, Emma made me grin just with that deadpan visage. Great job!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Uncle Fester, the lunar loving loon, was played by Will Hamilton, and to start with I must say what a great job make up and costume did on Will. They all looked the part due to the hard work in this area, but they made Will look incredible. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lewis Cuthbert played Lucas Beineke, and what I liked about Lewis is how relaxed and natural he looks on stage. I loved the scene with Wednesday with the crossbow and the apple on the head because it really brought out the fun in the character as well as the chemistry between the two characters. His relaxed acting also transferred to his singing style.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs Beineke was played by Paige Boone who really came alive with the "full disclosure" scene. Paige is an actor who is not afraid to throw everything into the mix. She has a really easy to listen to voice when singing and I can imagine in a few years' time, her voice is going to be in demand for musical theatre productions.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Mr Beineke was played by Lydia Cooper. the problem with the school edition is that the Beineke parents' roles are diminished slightly, so we didn't get to see as much of them as in the full version. Really enjoyed the four way "Crazier Than You" section with all three Beinekes and Wednesday though. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This show is perfect for school drama groups though because The Ancestors allow for a whole bunch of actors to become involved. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Casey Sowersby, Madelyne Woodroffe, Jessica Amariel, Chloe Cresswell, Imogen Scott, Jack Roome, Sophie Ella-Wardle, Millie Ingram, Lily Goodge, Maddie Taft, Martha Smart, Max Turberfield, Emmie Simmons, Gizel Chaparova, Jessica Parker, Sydney Heeb, Rowan Jackson and Thomas Renshaw packed the performance area with volume and fun. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There always seems to be one from an ensemble section that manages to catch my eye, and this is no different. No idea of her name but she was the young lady who caught the bouquet at the wedding scene. She had such an expressive face and looked as she was loving every minute of what she was doing. That energy she has will stand her in good stead if drama is what she wants to pursue.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Mr Beardmore, he kept everything tight and pacy. Mr Beardmore was also responsible for stage management along with Mr Woodward and Mrs Buxton. That explains the swiftness of the placing and removal of the props.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs Dennis was the Producer, Musical Director as well as Choreographer. All three roles indicated that a lot of blood, sweat and tears had gone into these jobs. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The live band did a brilliant job providing the musical backing. George Parkinson, Mr Dickson, Dawn Bratby, Diane Grebby, Sharon Stansfield, Seb Taylor, Fran Worthington, Robert Stansfield, Elliott Woodhouse, Justin Chambers, Paul Robins and Mrs Attenborough made up the Addams Family Band.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Mr Mendham was Technical Director.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The set and props, including that deadly looking "chair of persuasion", were designed by Mrs Buxton and Mr Woodward.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Technical Team consisted of Seb Taylor, Jack Clark, Giz Gulen, Roxy Freer-Jackson and Mr Fletcher.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I would have loved to have had this level of drama when I was at school, but thank goodness that most schools have something of this level within their curriculum. It's a lot of time and hard work, from all quarters, but when the results of that hard work and time produce such a fun and well-performed production, it's worth every second.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately I was not able to attend this production until their last performance, but if you see other productions done at the Long Eaton School, please support them because this is where dramatic talent is nurtured, which may lead to becoming involved in other drama groups outside school.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-6744986955709995262024-02-08T16:30:00.000-08:002024-02-08T16:30:58.716-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Footloose" by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/musicalitynotts?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Musicality: The University of Nottingham's Musical Theatre Society</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/nottinghamartstheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Arts Theatre</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmKtZC7RXTuJbR0Vy3R4SgSnvPxnAFVQCTvrJwlkV3tocPMyPwGDfVjJYP4tGMtd_wiA_UOzBABEm_ZGolaATcbQ0aKxe3QuTTiPyuNTbQ5yNaf6G1dO_afsCzB_I0VvDiye2LjETvdBaUAzw3GBkYrDze-k53S36SaQ6tw3vhHDJMAr_FjamxVzbw8CD/s1400/Footloose.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmKtZC7RXTuJbR0Vy3R4SgSnvPxnAFVQCTvrJwlkV3tocPMyPwGDfVjJYP4tGMtd_wiA_UOzBABEm_ZGolaATcbQ0aKxe3QuTTiPyuNTbQ5yNaf6G1dO_afsCzB_I0VvDiye2LjETvdBaUAzw3GBkYrDze-k53S36SaQ6tw3vhHDJMAr_FjamxVzbw8CD/s320/Footloose.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />It's back to the 1980's for the latest show by Nottingham University's Musicality. It's the story of Ren McCormack, a teenager from Chicago, who has moved to a hick town called Bomont with his mum after his dad walked out a few years ago. The town minister, Reverend Shaw Moore, has banned dancing after a car accident years ago where four teenagers of the town died on the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>way back from a dance.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ren slowly manages to fit in with the teenagers but makes enemies of the other townsfolk. He makes friends with Willard, who isn't the fastest gun in the west, as well as befriending Ariel, the teenage daughter of Shaw and Vi Moore, and girlfriend to the bullying Chuck Cranston. Ren makes it his aim to overturn the dancing ban. With the kids on his side, all he now has to do is convince Shaw Moore.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I have never seen a West End show in the West End. I have also never seen a show on a cruise ship. That said, I know that these shows have to be of the highest quality, especially so when it comes to musicals. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This production would not be out of place on a cruise ship, nor in the West End. Despite having minimal scenery, you can see the hard work that has been invested in this production, on every level.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ren is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010355130338&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Riley Halls Backler</span></a></span> and shows that he can sing, dance and act all at the same time. I know that Riley was a little worried about the choreography, and there's a lot for him, but he had no need to; if he was worried still on opening night, it certainly didn't show and there was no need for it to show either. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">He acts with attitude, which is as it should be for his character, at least at the start. I noted just a couple of the higher notes he had a wee bit of trouble with, but I put that down to nerves on opening night, especially as there were in the first act. His duet with Ariel on "Almost paradise" - one of my favourite ballads in musical theatre was absolutely perfect and the harmonies between Ren and Ariel were gorgeous to hear. I'd seen Riley in other productions, so knew that I was in for a treat with Riley's version of Ren.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ethel, Ren's mother, is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100024920075012&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Katie Miller</span></a></span>. Her voice has a lower tone that many of the female actors and that is why her voice stuck out for me. There is a beautiful ballad called "Learning To Be Silent" that Vi, Ariel and Ethel sing, and the blend of those three voices works so well. Katie also shines in a particular scene in act two where she convinces Ren to revisit his plea for a dance for the teenagers, and that chemistry and drama at that point is electric.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ariel is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jennakate.hancock?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jenna Hancock</span></a></span>, and oh, what a voice Jenna has. That is one thing that every actor in this show can boast of; they all have really good vocals. Jenna has power and control; she can do the vocal acrobatics and she can sing straight and be impressive with both techniques. Ariel is feisty and Jenna brings feistiness in bucketloads.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ariel's best mates, Rusty, Urleen and Wendy-Jo are played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/amy.boyd.7315?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Amy Boyd</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/bella.crowne.03?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Bella Crowne</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081896478675&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Olivia Reid</span></a></span> respectively. Ariel's equivalent of a visible Greek chorus. They bring some lovely comedy moments and some wonderful harmonies.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Reverend Moore is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009492791480&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jordan Silver</span></a></span>, I don't need to say what a good voice Jordan has, because everyone, as I have said are blessed with silver edged vocal chords. As the man of God he shows dedication to his flock. As a Father it takes someone younger to highlight where his parenting skills are a bit short of the mark, something that is also reflected in being a husband. Playing these different characteristics is something that comes with ease for Jordan. And this role is also a nice alternative to playing Warner in last year's "Legally Blonde", showing what a flexible character actor he is.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Vi Moore, the Reverend's wife, is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/grace.fletchersorsby?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Grace Fletcher-Sorsby</span></a></span>. Grace's voice gave me the first tingles of the show, especially with that lovely controlled vibrato. I adored the emotion in "Can You Find It In Your Heart" and also the chemistry created between Shaw and Vi.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Chuck is Ariel's boyfriend when we first meet him, but he's a bully and soon gets very jealous when he sees the attention that Ren is paying to Ariel. Chuck is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/rory.long.7?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Rory Long</span></a></span>, making his debut for Musicality, but his previous musical theatre experience shines in his debut here. Rory looks completely at ease along with the rest of the cast and has a lovely sense of menace as the bully. Like everyone else he can master choreography in his other roles.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Willard Hewitt, the "bumpkin" character, who is the first to befriend Ren, is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/will.cartlidge.5?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Will Cartlidge</span></a></span>. Willard's big number is a comedy one where he explains the common sense laid down by his Mama, called "Mama Says". This is accompanied by a nifty bit of choreography, both mastered by Will, and Willard. A wonderful character and a cracking young actor who knows how to play it for laughs.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Cowboy Bob, the saloon singer is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015032802151&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Michael Cantle</span></a></span>, who also doubles as Lyle, and also makes his debut in a main production. Cowboy Bob opens the second act with a line dancing spectacular, headed up with the song "Still Rockin'", sung by Michael. If this scene alone does not get your feet moving in your seat, nothing will, it's so catchy.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Jeter, Ren's friend, and Wes Warnicker, Ren's Uncle are played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007214148852&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">David Hass</span></a></span>, making his Musicality debut. Two different roles, and two different age ranges, but both portrayed well, especially highlighting David's acting as Wes and his dancing skills as Jeter.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lulu Warnicker, Ren's Aunt who Ren and his Mum are staying with, is played by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/megs.longhurst2?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Megan Longhurst</span></a></span>. Not the biggest of roles, but makes up for this by being in the large ensemble.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I love it when there's an ensemble of named characters because it gives everyone a chance to shine. They are <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/joe.watkins.792197?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Joe Watkins</span></a></span> (Bickle), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/eliana.dickinson.9?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Eliana Dickinson</span></a></span> (Garvin), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/kirstin.hyland.10?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Kirstin Hyland</span></a></span> (Travis), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/arfaa.butt.334?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Arfaa Butt</span></a></span> (Betty Blast - what a great character name by the way).</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The rest of the ensemble is made up of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/emilkamk?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Emilia Makarewicz</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/lucy.maynard.3701?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lucy Maynard</span></a></span>, Florence Bird, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/helen.fitzmaurice.5?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Helen Fitzmaurice</span></a></span>, Francesca Napolitano, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/rosanna.beacock?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Rosanna Beacock</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552369043736&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Arabella Moore-Smith</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070912811245&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Grace Allerton</span></a></span>, Annabella Woodruff and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/purplefizz08?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Charlotte Powell</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/caoimhe.jones.75?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Caoimhe Jones</span></a></span>, she has maintained the energy and pace with props speedily being placed and removed. So much so, I was surprised just how rapidly the interval came around. This is Caoimhe's final year and what a way to bow out with such an energetic and well directed musical.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The props managed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063074858021&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Louise Patterson</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Stage management, which often do not get the credit they deserve, but create smooth and rapid scene changes, and are a real boon to any Director, consist of Charlotte Reay, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086140393232&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Rachel Hoddes</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/josie.fowler.1023?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Josie Fowler</span></a></span>. The Stage Hands are <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078988437164&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Katie Anderson</span></a></span>, Holly Wilson and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080104222601&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ella Maudsley</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Choreographed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ella.gray.5220665?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ella Gray</span></a></span> who has managed to provide an exciting choreographed piece of theatre. I've seen "Footloose" several times but still feel a rush of excitement with these dance numbers. They never seem to date and make you want to take up line dancing lessons because of how fun the actors, and Ella make the dance sections look on stage. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Musical Directors for "Footloose" are <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006324099166&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">AJ Hill</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ella.townsend.75?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ella Townsend</span></a></span>. This has to be one of the best sounding bands I've heard at the Arts Theatre. AJ and Ella are not afraid to get loud, and that in itself creates excitement and energy, even before anyone appears on stage. That rhythm section is incredibly good and drives the music like a bullet train. It's not that often that I mention the individual members of the band, but on this occasion, I feel they all deserve credit. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006324099166&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">AJ Hill</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/sam.ashcroft.568?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Sam Ashcroft</span></a></span> (keys), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ella.townsend.75?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ella Townsend</span></a></span> (bass), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044969310507&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">James Miles</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/joseph.straw.96?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Joseph Straw</span></a></span> (guitars), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009898980147&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Alex Jones</span></a></span> and Rachel Proud (reeds), <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/simondotclarke?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Simon Clarke</span></a></span> (drum kit) and Rosie Clark (percussion).</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The soundtrack features some great songs like “Let’s Hear It For The Boy”, “The Girl Gets Around”, “Somebody’s Eyes”, the gorgeous “Almost Paradise”, “Holding Out For A Hero”, "Mama Says" and of course the boot scootin’ title track. Everything is rounded off with a full stage presence for the Megamix.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There are a couple of sections that show the result of violent confrontations and the make up for this is superb, and quite shocking on first view. All credit to the make up crew of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085638313002&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Tiya Singh</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100022142312869&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Anna Clarke</span></a></span>, who are also responsible for the costumes and hair. The costumes assisted by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078988437164&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Katie Anderson</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lighting Design and Sound Design are not directly credited in the programme, but both tasks are carried out superbly by, I am assuming, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/rob.kettridge?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Rob Kettridge</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/eviewebsterCSTech?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Evie Webster</span></a></span>, heightening the exciting performances on stage.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Co-Produced by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ells.finbow.1?__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ellie Finbow</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068137656949&__cft__[0]=AZVi8VpWvs7BMoe-foBRKaOv65W8yMevuTu3HzWrR8TSDkdgaqKcb2uuu4Tt53EKNae4CckpMnSYw3pTBmdeY6cw-Epb60kye66SLgm52goTk_KgILLKB2OdJ01JDcgSfms&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Lucy Middleton</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Not only is this show immense fun with some brilliant dance routines, it also has some more serious messages interwoven. Mainly about dealing with grief and that nothing changes unless it's talked about. In the current world of mental illness issues, this is a really good message to get out there that facing problems and just talking can make things a whole lot better.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The almost full auditorium certainly aimed to raise the roof with their roars of appreciation and support, and is one of the loudest audiences I've witnessed at the Arts Theatre for a while. They appreciated the talent and echoed my feelings about this production. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Make sure you get a ticket or two for this show and you will definitely lose any blues you may have, so go on, cut loose and support Musicality who just raise their own bar every production they put on.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Footloose" by Musicality is at the Nottingham Arts Theatre until Saturday 10 February.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-87393858986836057702024-02-07T14:30:00.000-08:002024-02-07T14:30:04.414-08:00<p> <span data-offset-key="dv8pe-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Romeo & Juliet" by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">William</span><span data-offset-key="dv8pe-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Shakespeare.</span></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="fm338-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fm338-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="fm338-0-0" end="30" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Shakespeare Company</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="49jhg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="49jhg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="49jhg-0-0" end="27" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">St John's Church Carrington</span><span data-offset-key="49jhg-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, Nottingham.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="f4ge4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f4ge4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f4ge4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="9hcq6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9hcq6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9hcq6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5WW21sulCeLcoSVnK_6bWV3A_XjHeMg20RS0VZDGIW9oPBtZTtSK_V1_jJj1PZEFbj8NBHGkvxRmfwJNezQNdD5phHN7BdOKDDhWlxTP-MM05m56_vpiSmweYz60RxbPcoWpiYeae3F87cMp8wSD8IhOolTlSmGrnnX2LPI-RqXmLbU7K97Vx668ZTeQ/s2048/Romeo%20and%20Juliet%20NSC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5WW21sulCeLcoSVnK_6bWV3A_XjHeMg20RS0VZDGIW9oPBtZTtSK_V1_jJj1PZEFbj8NBHGkvxRmfwJNezQNdD5phHN7BdOKDDhWlxTP-MM05m56_vpiSmweYz60RxbPcoWpiYeae3F87cMp8wSD8IhOolTlSmGrnnX2LPI-RqXmLbU7K97Vx668ZTeQ/s320/Romeo%20and%20Juliet%20NSC.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />I've never seen any production performed in St John's Church in Carrington, but what a beautiful setting for one of Shakespeare's most beautiful tragedies. Shakespeare wrote many of his plays to be performed in non-theatrical based surroundings, often from the back of a dray in the 1500's, and the </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="9hcq6-1-0" end="329" spellcheck="false" start="299" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Shakespeare Company</span><span data-offset-key="9hcq6-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> revel in performing in venues that are not the standard.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="c5qgj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c5qgj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c5qgj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="bbihj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bbihj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bbihj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Performed in the way that Shakespeare intended the majority of his plays to be performed, straight through without a break. The only reason intervals were first introduced were when plays were moved from outdoor stages to indoors, and the only lighting was by candlelight; the interval was incorporated to trim the candles so that the audience could adequately see the performers on stage. see you can learn something from my reviews!</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="28jme-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="28jme-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="28jme-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="9kg75-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9kg75-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9kg75-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Romeo & Juliet" is the age old story of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl fakes death to be with boy, boy discovers dead body of lover so kills himself, only to be revealed that girl’s death is fake and so overcome with grief, girl kills herself for real. The story itself may be old but the production has a contemporary feel and look.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="dboos-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dboos-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dboos-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="f3g75-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f3g75-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f3g75-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">This feel is via the staging, which is minimal, but works well for the balcony scene. For me I didn't need any other scenery because the story telling is so good, as anyone who has seen the Nottingham Shakespeare Company before will attest to.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="fc485-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fc485-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fc485-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="bit6l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bit6l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bit6l-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The look is with the costumes. Leather trousers with just a hint of steampunk influence and a sniff of The Matrix.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="24ob4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="24ob4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="24ob4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="9e2fs-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9e2fs-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9e2fs-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The cast are hypnotising and I really can't choose any actor over another. It would be like complimenting one ingredient in a tasty recipe, you know that together that cake tastes salivatingly delicious and to dissect the importance of any ingredient would be impossible because the overall taste would not be the same. that is what this cast is like. It's what the </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="9e2fs-1-0" end="396" spellcheck="false" start="366" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Shakespeare Company</span><span data-offset-key="9e2fs-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> are like on every production.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="fs8nq-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fs8nq-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fs8nq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="3jaks-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jaks-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3jaks-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Romeo, and Abraham, one of the loyal servants of the Capulets' household, is played by Harriet Cadman. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="d368e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d368e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d368e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="3ob4u-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ob4u-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3ob4u-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Juliet, and Samson, another of the Capulet family, is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="3ob4u-1-0" end="78" spellcheck="false" start="64" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Emily Ashberry</span><span data-offset-key="3ob4u-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="14reh-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="14reh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="14reh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="24vpc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="24vpc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="24vpc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">These two, and especially in the scene where Romeo, unknowing of the plan, finds Juliet's lifeless body and decides that he can't live without her, and then when Juliet comes round and finds Romeo, rightly left the audience in complete silence with the intensity of the scene. Emily's musical talents can also be heard at the end of the show as she wrote and performed the music you hear at the end.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="6plbv-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6plbv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6plbv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="77lh6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="77lh6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="77lh6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Benvolio, Lord Montague's nephew and Romeo's cousin, and Watchman, is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="77lh6-1-0" end="97" spellcheck="false" start="80" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Elliot Mattingley</span><span data-offset-key="77lh6-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">. Breaking the news of the loss of Mercutio to Romeo was intense, the opposite of Benvolio's match-making with the two lovers where everything was more playful. Elliot is also responsible for the set.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="39jl6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="39jl6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="39jl6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="7qt4e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7qt4e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="7qt4e-0-0" end="3" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Cat</span><span data-offset-key="7qt4e-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> Prescott makes her directorial debut with this production as well as playing Lord Montague, Friar John, Peter and gives the Prologue. What I loved about the Direction was that the pace of the story was kept up and as soon as one scene was done, the next characters were making their way to the set; no waiting about, which kept the intensity and build of the story ongoing.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="64ifo-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="64ifo-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="64ifo-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="4cbnm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4cbnm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4cbnm-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Friar Laurence is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="4cbnm-1-0" end="44" spellcheck="false" start="28" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Toni Tailor-Bird</span><span data-offset-key="4cbnm-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">, as well as playing Rosaline and Gregory. Laurence is responsible for the idea to get Juliet out of the arranged marriage of Juliet and Paris by sourcing and providing Juliet with the drug. The look that Toni gives when she has found out that the intended good deed has gone awry is really heart-breaking.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="9pi8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9pi8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9pi8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="ut38-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ut38-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ut38-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Nurse is played by Alex Chalk and also plays Apothecary and Watchman. Alex makes his NSC debut in these roles but I remember seeing Alex as Tom Snout in The Arcade Players production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" last year. Alex provides a lot of the comedy as Nurse, as he did previously as Snout.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="di4sf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="di4sf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="di4sf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="953fe-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="953fe-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="953fe-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Capulet is played by Michelle-Louise Wright. For me, one of the highlights of Capulet's role is when he is telling Juliet, in no uncertain terms, that she will be marrying Paris. The passion, and then anger in this particular speech is almost like a virtual slap in the face for the audience.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="2jd60-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2jd60-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2jd60-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="6hopr-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6hopr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="6hopr-0-0" end="13" spellcheck="false" start="0" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Olivia Newton</span><span data-offset-key="6hopr-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> plays Lady Capulet and Balthasar. Olivia is also responsible for the choreographed fight scenes. Olivia brings out the dutiful wife, turning her back on her daughter's pleas.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="6mk04-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6mk04-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6mk04-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="bro35-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bro35-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bro35-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Mercutio, and Prince Escalus, is played by </span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="bro35-1-0" end="51" spellcheck="false" start="43" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;">Laurence</span><span data-offset-key="bro35-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> James-Davis, who makes his debut with the Nottingham Shakespeare Company, although not his first Shakespearian rodeo! There's a lovely light and shade with Laurence's acting. Very playful and flirty but his death scene was very realistic, even having oozing blood from his wound for realism. A fine addition to the NSC family.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="328al-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="328al-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="328al-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="3uflf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3uflf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3uflf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Tybalt is played by Ken Ogborn, who also doubles up as Paris. Ken has been acting for well over twenty years, his debut being in the year 2000, and obviously knows Shakespeare inside out.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="2b9q4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2b9q4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2b9q4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="e8qrj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e8qrj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e8qrj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I've now seen several productions by the Nottingham Shakespeare Company, in several different performance areas, and I've never been disappointed. They present Shakespeare in a simple to understand and fun way, accessible to all ages, proving that absolutely everyone can enjoy Shakespeare. It's not cheap putting on these wonderful, colourful pieces of theatre, so all ticket sales help keep this troupe performing. Some of their shows are even free to attend, so check out their web page and Facebook page for future productions.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="cnka8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cnka8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cnka8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="1tu4e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1tu4e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1tu4e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">And for anyone who still believes that Shakespeare is too difficult to understand, or is not for them, come see Nottingham Shakespeare Company, and their productions, because they will prove you wrong.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="7j75p-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7j75p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7j75p-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="40tsf" data-offset-key="a8t21-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a8t21-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a8t21-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">For details of the full tour of "Romeo & Juliet", please see the flyer below.</span></div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350543489197469577.post-67549309837486886442024-02-04T14:32:00.000-08:002024-02-04T14:40:37.597-08:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Showcase Spectacular" by Nottingham Youth Group.</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/nottinghamartstheatre?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Nottingham Arts Theatre</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BMkURonKzFkqJRSt8lecBQa_3yxd5iti_IOXuvjYCgUSAhx5MnHe3nVEjBPz1gy9jnaoKmlu6rQnJGwiaraooZ49fKUAnr4xCROfJR34YVzoYSuCKdJSs1SyDAHbFB91aREQCtzJ8yTYMzjiY7ekf6ASUup2pGQ-SGr5xfIvuNpxRj5cMfLzlRAmFCxZ/s843/showcase%20spectacular.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BMkURonKzFkqJRSt8lecBQa_3yxd5iti_IOXuvjYCgUSAhx5MnHe3nVEjBPz1gy9jnaoKmlu6rQnJGwiaraooZ49fKUAnr4xCROfJR34YVzoYSuCKdJSs1SyDAHbFB91aREQCtzJ8yTYMzjiY7ekf6ASUup2pGQ-SGr5xfIvuNpxRj5cMfLzlRAmFCxZ/s320/showcase%20spectacular.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I love showcases and when the showcase features such insanely talented young actors and performers as this, it's like being at a Royal Variety Performance, although the standard at the Arts Theatre is way above the recent Royal Variety Show!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>These young people have put in so much work in so little time and with the help of one incredible team of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jess.royce?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jessica Royce</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/keira.dormerhazell?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Keira Dormer-Hazell</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jonah.williams.775?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Jonah Williams</span></a></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/eleanorrcartyy?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Eleanor Carty</span></a></span> and Charlotte Barrington. There's also the Student Tutors <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/kate.russell.123829?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Kate Russell</span></a></span>, Chloe Chapman and Hattie Campion to thank for their input, both on and off stage.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I've had the pleasure of seeing many of this group in previous productions, so had an idea of the standard to expect, and while I'll highlight several of them, they were all just incredible performers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0moeF8ZBkf8_c1w0QpX6nr-2DEJkxvuEVrM41FEtGcy0IX2WIG3uacO0Bduk54lz_FsQXrd8lMULWri_xRJX8w5SWITdz2DDmljVqIZVhK36u9of3_XcRtooNzaOxkRz4nlfigRSCOzaR1aMJ5UNVOF8YiQpw04Naf1KgJirMYkbpNA-SBT1JpuPiBbd/s1600/showcase5.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0moeF8ZBkf8_c1w0QpX6nr-2DEJkxvuEVrM41FEtGcy0IX2WIG3uacO0Bduk54lz_FsQXrd8lMULWri_xRJX8w5SWITdz2DDmljVqIZVhK36u9of3_XcRtooNzaOxkRz4nlfigRSCOzaR1aMJ5UNVOF8YiQpw04Naf1KgJirMYkbpNA-SBT1JpuPiBbd/s320/showcase5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Watching the ensemble numbers some performers just shone so bright, and there were others who I saw as seedlings who you just know will bloom into gorgeous, bright sunflowers in time, and I didn't spot one person who looked as if they did not want to be there on that stage tonight. Every face had a smile and the roar from the stage at the closing bows was as loud as a lion, in fact a pride of lions.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">First off, here's the cast of 2024 who entertained to such a high standard.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vMskhw_mYN7BchIOBpy6LfbJMjr8YgcdTUyG5LkNQ1-i9Z7qZMy1posTSKVAJ-f-Gy35hF7h0DJutou5k4mh-06XRht6JE3J0TrT7QfLL92U60KmGRVH3hDSlkRgk3-lVLvWNCepgVOpFfyaOw1DHLFU7j6Rba8Mic0iDJFaGIY_OEptVllj9oKVCck0/s1600/showcase2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vMskhw_mYN7BchIOBpy6LfbJMjr8YgcdTUyG5LkNQ1-i9Z7qZMy1posTSKVAJ-f-Gy35hF7h0DJutou5k4mh-06XRht6JE3J0TrT7QfLL92U60KmGRVH3hDSlkRgk3-lVLvWNCepgVOpFfyaOw1DHLFU7j6Rba8Mic0iDJFaGIY_OEptVllj9oKVCck0/s320/showcase2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Abigail McGregor, Adleigh Chappell-Royce, Alex Walker, Alexander Michael, Amelia Barrington, Amelia Scurfield, Amelie Adams, Amelie Burgess, Arlo Perrons, Bethany Ashdown, Betsy Stevens, Billy Kielty, Bluebell McEntee-Burton, Caitlin Young, Charles Beckett, Charlie Barr, Charlie Clay, Charlie Merrick, Charlotte Fisher, Chloe Chapman, Chloe Crofts, Cleo Sims, Connie, Hatchett, Daisy Hillery, Darcy Barr, Edie McKenzie, Eliza Szejda, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Kenny, Ellie Strong, Emelia Pound, Esmie Smith-Cockayne, Fergus Hillery, Flossie Bailey, Harry Merrick, Hattie Campion, Imogen Pullen, Isabel Pullen, Isabella Tattersall, Isla Douglas, Izzy Marsh, Jack Kent, Jamie Adlam, Jasper Duff, Josie Leigh, Julian Magda, Kate Russell, Lenny Brady, Liam Brown, Libby Thompson, Lillian Tattersall, Lottie Robinson, Louis Dickson, Lucy Wilson, Mack Afzal, Maisie Fletcher, Maisie Shelley, Mia Woodward, Morgan Spencer, Moriah Lindo, Niamh Corah, Niah Shaw, Oliver Sheard, Olivia Bott, Patrick Brannigan, Rebecca James, Sara Nicholls, Stella Walker, Thomas Martin, Zach Silcox and Zilpha Chisholm.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgYZDk8pMJ83uNK8w8UCFkqzBUSO5VZfVV7-NCNrgAYBCc8XLDaJx0jo4nFLZs7C3SnZiuLADpxqbmlN0G6MJVl18lhpIyW13j4N2Z9bqsedL4K8hgqfUTj4r2ny0ArS7AtEwtVLUBBKJweao5Bm5VX4FlsVronGzApo4WQRocD5SO_jTCUaMz9SSDvTN/s1600/showcase1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgYZDk8pMJ83uNK8w8UCFkqzBUSO5VZfVV7-NCNrgAYBCc8XLDaJx0jo4nFLZs7C3SnZiuLADpxqbmlN0G6MJVl18lhpIyW13j4N2Z9bqsedL4K8hgqfUTj4r2ny0ArS7AtEwtVLUBBKJweao5Bm5VX4FlsVronGzApo4WQRocD5SO_jTCUaMz9SSDvTN/s320/showcase1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately Teddy Hunt was ill so was unable to perform which meant that last minute understudies for Teddy's parts were taken by Patrick and Fergus, who only learnt one of the parts today. Get better soon Teddy.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The showcase certainly provided customers with money value, lasting just under three hours with forty performances which took in musical numbers, drama pieces, readings and comedy pieces.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtkQgeq6gEgjpIHRH9sJ-rurHv_dCDUU9fjgrUv88h0JHJfLKYeU0is34cHuNozXrGvfVpqm0AJ29EyV2wDF_BPkZCBxM1c8ucAu3VP7ZzqKQ-s4barhCgeZwb2JB2vva-sJaF8RkAl_bPnsE3nBKBSvktxNwsX5LHLiUDiEa7kG92vcqM4uW3qxPRB4z/s1600/showcase11.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtkQgeq6gEgjpIHRH9sJ-rurHv_dCDUU9fjgrUv88h0JHJfLKYeU0is34cHuNozXrGvfVpqm0AJ29EyV2wDF_BPkZCBxM1c8ucAu3VP7ZzqKQ-s4barhCgeZwb2JB2vva-sJaF8RkAl_bPnsE3nBKBSvktxNwsX5LHLiUDiEa7kG92vcqM4uW3qxPRB4z/s320/showcase11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The evening started off with a bang with "Big Fun" from the musical "Heathers", and that set the tone for the evening, because we all had big fun!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There were musical offerings from "Spongebob", "School Of Rock", Addams Family", "Wizard Of Oz", "Hamilton", "Seussical", "Mary Poppins", "Kiss Me Kate", "The Lion King", "Shrek", "Come From Away", "Rent", "High School Musical", "Copacabana" and "Chicago".</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Harry Merrick was brilliant as a pirate and he really got into character.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXfiytpKmgh-TbUVD3Fqq9JsR-r-1Yd2gpBS5u09kE1yOyk391MkD36-WW5CyQ9Z0N8-piKe42cB_cAita-BMItWpahe7-BFNQA4Lu9KtK0TleGy2NNXculcu1dqxo50oRx8f7sxBRq_WaqbJlwTlYC8IcAaFQYPf2fi0CkorATACKbS-HJ1Mpwcfhngd/s1600/showcase15.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXfiytpKmgh-TbUVD3Fqq9JsR-r-1Yd2gpBS5u09kE1yOyk391MkD36-WW5CyQ9Z0N8-piKe42cB_cAita-BMItWpahe7-BFNQA4Lu9KtK0TleGy2NNXculcu1dqxo50oRx8f7sxBRq_WaqbJlwTlYC8IcAaFQYPf2fi0CkorATACKbS-HJ1Mpwcfhngd/s320/showcase15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Cleo Sims and Liam Brown created a lovely couple with their duet "Sixteen Going On Seventeen", giving the audience a reminder to get their tickets for the upcoming "Sound Of Music" at the Arts Theatre.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lenny Bradley's "Giants In The Sky" from "Into the Woods" was one of my many highlights.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Eliza Szjeda's voice gave me the tingles with a pitch perfect and emotional version of "Burn" from "Hamilton", a rendition that belies her young years and indicates that Eliza is someone to watch out for on local stages, and with that voice, she is destined for great things.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEGKnKRrpIqBN8OReZTfHzyCa6tN2oIdz7k62Pr9bhPEOQhK18lD4aTehiK33ZDX68Grn3Bd5SVfl5bzJGHNMDMi6YwmmBbfz0fV9GFtZkbdsK2PTiL1ZYjSLWxruQJol4MW1BuYYht8-0kJvSrDn-R-g0vc4ahAsD9J-aKGZZNwKpmkpGRqA3ReVMPOG/s1600/showcase9.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEGKnKRrpIqBN8OReZTfHzyCa6tN2oIdz7k62Pr9bhPEOQhK18lD4aTehiK33ZDX68Grn3Bd5SVfl5bzJGHNMDMi6YwmmBbfz0fV9GFtZkbdsK2PTiL1ZYjSLWxruQJol4MW1BuYYht8-0kJvSrDn-R-g0vc4ahAsD9J-aKGZZNwKpmkpGRqA3ReVMPOG/s320/showcase9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We were treated to a wonderful version of "I Know It's Today" from "Shrek" by Elizabeth Kenny, Amelie Adams and Lucy Wilson, all three excellent vocalists, and I absolutely adored the feeling and character Elizabeth put into the youngest of the Princesses.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Me And The Sky" from the musical "Come From Away" is a very serious song and Caitlin Young pulled out a really mature version with such feeling.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_S_hkL7pOD5rCSOWPPIFNmWtMNwfztDkIP_WS1MjkjbjqO7EovYd5D5nD2l0jg14Fj0IVpLFHUb95L5aQAOvq8gwvmZyO3nD7oAUVzMHPoqOlSMvPoovxKw-VRYt0qSlk3pEzB54Msn1y6LfU2I3mMbjo6-wME030L3yehZfCCrfO_OoBgJILEiCTFRNj/s1600/showcase12.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_S_hkL7pOD5rCSOWPPIFNmWtMNwfztDkIP_WS1MjkjbjqO7EovYd5D5nD2l0jg14Fj0IVpLFHUb95L5aQAOvq8gwvmZyO3nD7oAUVzMHPoqOlSMvPoovxKw-VRYt0qSlk3pEzB54Msn1y6LfU2I3mMbjo6-wME030L3yehZfCCrfO_OoBgJILEiCTFRNj/s320/showcase12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083865698228&__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Zach Silcock</span></a></span> is a young actor I've seen several times before and have watched him mature as a performer and singer. This was proven in his lead in the group number "Too Darn Hot". This young man is going to be a stage heartthrob if the volume of screams were anything to go by.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Likewise Oliver Sheard is another young actor I've seen in a few productions and will make an incredible leading man in musicals in a few years time. He's already got the singing and dancing in place and I know he is a talented actor, and a few year's down the line, he's also going to be a name to watch. His lead in "Razzle Dazzle" was musical showbiz at its' best.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1deoUARtvHf6UP60FUCs-0zFE1WAdQFMQV7jEIYHjNqcrYCvpj-85m8T_H6Ztp_rhV7nS52EHjUP1UXKKUELvyFaS3zc6_gHyaa8F7XqrHnXaNyyKxch-FAuwLHrmAmbhUWh4j0A9ObS9JlZxr_cMOSXN2xhUHVHZ1_WebI5nJ8zXyuiKTE8Op43GG4uR/s1600/showcase13.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1deoUARtvHf6UP60FUCs-0zFE1WAdQFMQV7jEIYHjNqcrYCvpj-85m8T_H6Ztp_rhV7nS52EHjUP1UXKKUELvyFaS3zc6_gHyaa8F7XqrHnXaNyyKxch-FAuwLHrmAmbhUWh4j0A9ObS9JlZxr_cMOSXN2xhUHVHZ1_WebI5nJ8zXyuiKTE8Op43GG4uR/s320/showcase13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Normally there's a lack in male performers in theatre groups, and I hope that all of these lads, as well as the ones that I've not highlighted will continue because Nottingham's theatre scene needs the talent you have, and I think that if these young lads want to perform on stage, the stage is there for them and so are the many theatre groups in the region.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There's another young man that I would like to bring to your attention and that is Arlo Perrons. This young man has a real feel for dance. You just have to watch him to see that he loves dance, and dance loves him. I watched his hands and arms and he has fluid arms and he always finishes off any arm movements so neatly. Arlo is a pleasure to watch dance.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLF9P5kgZSQ8BQsxHHuZ8qM6hY1W5LaxhDbn4jku1cCEzG3EA15QChRPjfFEG1LSzdtpCb_JUVkoexJB3C5HHCgChkL_kNbo0qWh24fxQz6OkOIVLv10etMlNjuxIpMFaa3d6ySu-U56HwCq7XQfQyGmZ-chIFhBjnkIOF0Graf2fCiaLSn3g3Dzxx6jB7/s1600/showcase7.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLF9P5kgZSQ8BQsxHHuZ8qM6hY1W5LaxhDbn4jku1cCEzG3EA15QChRPjfFEG1LSzdtpCb_JUVkoexJB3C5HHCgChkL_kNbo0qWh24fxQz6OkOIVLv10etMlNjuxIpMFaa3d6ySu-U56HwCq7XQfQyGmZ-chIFhBjnkIOF0Graf2fCiaLSn3g3Dzxx6jB7/s320/showcase7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There weren't just musical numbers though with vignettes designed by the company and extracts from plays. I loved the original piece titled "Female Shakespeare", written by Keira Dormer-Hazell, and the scene from one of my favourite films, book and stage play "The History Boys" by one of my heroes, Alan Bennett, was done with great aplomb. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Jamie Adlam as Irwin, and the pupils played by Lenny, Jasper, Zach and Jamie made my night. Chloe Chapman showed a flair for writing comedy in the scene entitled "The Toy Box" and praise for Fergus who learned the role of the Evil Villain, just hours before the show start.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnuvpGEheGMHLUKM8IPb6XFNQdxdMXovSkFiQS8R7wXpNe7N38fRvA_5-ViouGdtNsdlkOwic-0FjY1azySKAUrPjsyF4CSuHuMZLNppnJ3v4GFE1LpEyn4jH3F7iFviqW8RO9LI19lKf8iyVnzxjPE5bKZNxvXUxBT8BwNRNNwe0FrOovkMlJMc2cmTD/s1600/showcase3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnuvpGEheGMHLUKM8IPb6XFNQdxdMXovSkFiQS8R7wXpNe7N38fRvA_5-ViouGdtNsdlkOwic-0FjY1azySKAUrPjsyF4CSuHuMZLNppnJ3v4GFE1LpEyn4jH3F7iFviqW8RO9LI19lKf8iyVnzxjPE5bKZNxvXUxBT8BwNRNNwe0FrOovkMlJMc2cmTD/s320/showcase3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There were some fantastic group numbers, "When You're An Addams", "The Jitterbug", "Too Darn Hot", a beautifully atmospheric dance performance of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" and the two numbers that closed the first act and the show closer were mind-blowingly good, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and the stomper "Shut Up And Dance".</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">There were also so many costume changes I lost count.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Zpf0o8MUXtCAZ6Eduo0ZzR-vlp8XRAIS57VBxKS84MxjGEPRF8-KsS4gt5fU2L3sQMAN9KnlFawg2xIoBn3l8RXSpl0rOUcWZ_KHh5tAKkgbEEFr1IPwTRm-DGqWgjHfrh5wfJDBYHrImtBAGNiVXSMf4G6BnvfvoLlxHsgIbdt7iWN2gFu2p9C0ugu0/s1600/showcase8.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Zpf0o8MUXtCAZ6Eduo0ZzR-vlp8XRAIS57VBxKS84MxjGEPRF8-KsS4gt5fU2L3sQMAN9KnlFawg2xIoBn3l8RXSpl0rOUcWZ_KHh5tAKkgbEEFr1IPwTRm-DGqWgjHfrh5wfJDBYHrImtBAGNiVXSMf4G6BnvfvoLlxHsgIbdt7iWN2gFu2p9C0ugu0/s320/showcase8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The whole show was stage managed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/louis.barnescupit.7?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Louis Barnes-cupit</span></a></span>, and that is one massive task, so well done for keeping the show flowing. Deputy Stage Manager was <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/nigel.newton.501?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Nigel Newton</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I could readily comment on every section and on every performer but, as you can see, from my highlights this was a night showcasing just some of the very best young performers Nottingham is nurturing. The quality of Nottingham's future actors, singers and dancers are in very good hands.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">A brilliant light design and operation by Evie Webster and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/CollegeStTech?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">College Street Technical Services CIC</span></a></span> and sound by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073392930722&__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">George Wilson</span></a></span>, also from <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/CollegeStTech?__cft__[0]=AZVs-vYjCPMOPFkJUMUsjUt8K8KFJMupKpNNxZAekSM12u4PBqrzqJ7jksXOTq1Gt0IB4xcHwOREeBSu_Vt7r94S8hTTGkBsHkr1jtGqHCN4JUviw-WCM4mCTwcEK65_0SA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">College Street Technical Services</span></a></span>.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I know that all of the adults involved in this show are incredibly proud of these kids, and they have every right to be, because the talent is insane, and I hope that every young person on stage tonight are as proud of themselves as we all are of them. You are all stars.</div></div>Kev Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103461683797125343noreply@blogger.com0