Hairspray (St Augustine’s Musical Theatre Company)
If you are looking for a 'feelgood show' it's difficult to look much further than Hairspray, now enshrined in the history of the musical be it stage or screen. St Augustine's MTC have managed to gather together a glittering array of voices and persona's for this production and Producer/Director, Veronica Walsh has weaved some magic on the stage at The Core Theatre, Solihull. You might have the voices and personalities but, can they move effortlessly around the set and continue to tell the story once the music starts, well they can and that must be down to some fluid choreography from Liane Hughes and the skilled musicology of Stephen Powell.
Leading the on stage performances is the distinctly powerful voice of Naomi O'Borne as Tracy Turnblad and the deceptively soulful tones of Bryony Harrison as Penny Pingleton partnered respectively by Jake Reeve-Yates as a slick and 'ever sparkling', Link Larkin and a dynamically engaging Louis Simmonds as Seaweed J. Stubbs, they make an appealing quartet that the audience are just willing to succeed in their quest to overcome prejudice
Delivering yet another marvellous performance is the almost omnipresent (at least when it comes to local musicals) Mike Bentley as Edna Turnblad with Mark Hughes as delightfully comic husband Wilbur, the '(You're) Timeless To Me' number is splendid. Rachel Pattinson is a divinely irritating Velma Von Tussle with some of that characteristic obviously in the genes of daughter Amber, played by the silkily voiced Emily White.
Completing the principal cast are James Gough as a dashing Corny Collins, Elisha Beech as an almost hypnotic Motormouth Maybelle, Aliyah Aserie (at this performance) as a feisty Little Inez and Liane Hughes as authentically domineering mother Prudy Pingleton.
Look out for a great little cameo from Matt Collins as Mr Pinky, some stunning vocals from Dynamites, Chimuka Mudenda, Irene Aserie and Roxanne Burke and a very funny portrayal of the Prison Matron in ‘The Big Dollhouse’ from Alison Tumber.
With such a mass of scenery to manipulate it seems unfair not to mention Stage Manager, Tony Walsh and his team who manage to complete every move without problem and without causing any impairment to the pace of the production.
So, you know you can’t stop the beat and you’ll want to experience it and hear the bells, so get yourself some tickets while you can before the run finishes on Saturday 25th November 2018.
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Leading the on stage performances is the distinctly powerful voice of Naomi O'Borne as Tracy Turnblad and the deceptively soulful tones of Bryony Harrison as Penny Pingleton partnered respectively by Jake Reeve-Yates as a slick and 'ever sparkling', Link Larkin and a dynamically engaging Louis Simmonds as Seaweed J. Stubbs, they make an appealing quartet that the audience are just willing to succeed in their quest to overcome prejudice
Delivering yet another marvellous performance is the almost omnipresent (at least when it comes to local musicals) Mike Bentley as Edna Turnblad with Mark Hughes as delightfully comic husband Wilbur, the '(You're) Timeless To Me' number is splendid. Rachel Pattinson is a divinely irritating Velma Von Tussle with some of that characteristic obviously in the genes of daughter Amber, played by the silkily voiced Emily White.
Completing the principal cast are James Gough as a dashing Corny Collins, Elisha Beech as an almost hypnotic Motormouth Maybelle, Aliyah Aserie (at this performance) as a feisty Little Inez and Liane Hughes as authentically domineering mother Prudy Pingleton.
Look out for a great little cameo from Matt Collins as Mr Pinky, some stunning vocals from Dynamites, Chimuka Mudenda, Irene Aserie and Roxanne Burke and a very funny portrayal of the Prison Matron in ‘The Big Dollhouse’ from Alison Tumber.
With such a mass of scenery to manipulate it seems unfair not to mention Stage Manager, Tony Walsh and his team who manage to complete every move without problem and without causing any impairment to the pace of the production.
So, you know you can’t stop the beat and you’ll want to experience it and hear the bells, so get yourself some tickets while you can before the run finishes on Saturday 25th November 2018.
Book Here
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