My Fair Lady (Norbury Players)
It's a little known fact that George Bernard Shaw didn't want Pygmalion to be made into a musical or that Rodgers & Hammerstein had a crack at the job before Alan Jay Lerner and Fredrick Loewe finally created the classic we all know and love. What makes this version from Norbury Players, currently running at the Norbury Theatre in Droitwich, memorable in its own right are some epic performances, not least of all from Beth Smith as Eliza Doolittle who creates a flawless character and combines it with an outstanding singing voice.
Andrew Bartlett is a creative and animated Professor Henry Higgins, genuinely finding it hard to relinquish a relationship/friendship with Eliza that he never expected to develop and Andy Brown's distinctly military and upper class Colonel Pickering is the perfect foil for both of the lead characters, acting in some ways as a referee to their initially opposing views and approaches.
Tam Weir's thoroughly entertaining Alfred P. Doolittle engages comically with the audience and is at the centre of two exceptional scenes belting out the songs 'With a Little Bit of Luck' and 'Get Me to the Church on Time' alongside friends Jamie (Mark Ewins) and Harry (Matt Jeans).
Whilst this isn’t a musical particularly about love there is the rather relentless yet charming way in which Frankie Blincoe-Deval as the besotted Freddie Eynsford-Hill pursues Eliza and we are led to believe spends every waking minute on that street where she lives.
Anne Lane puts in the supporting performance of the night as Mrs Higgins, putting Henry squarely in his place and is run a close second by Teresa Bufton as Housekeeper, Mrs Pearce, creating an ideal matronly persona with some wonderful facial expressions and James Cowlishaw as Professor Zoltan Karpathy, he who uses the science of speech in somewhat nefarious ways.
It's to the credit of Glynis Smith, Director and Ella Wainwright, Choreographer that the relatively confined stage does not appear overcrowded by quite a large ensemble cast, particularly in some of the outdoor scenes, complemented by powerful music from Keith Lewis and his Band this is a wonderful production of a well loved musical.
You've only got a few performances to catch this one which finishes on Saturday 29th June 2019, so if you want to meander down the street where this story happens, grab a ticket quickly and with a little bit of luck you'll have an extremely enjoyable evening.
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Andrew Bartlett is a creative and animated Professor Henry Higgins, genuinely finding it hard to relinquish a relationship/friendship with Eliza that he never expected to develop and Andy Brown's distinctly military and upper class Colonel Pickering is the perfect foil for both of the lead characters, acting in some ways as a referee to their initially opposing views and approaches.
Tam Weir's thoroughly entertaining Alfred P. Doolittle engages comically with the audience and is at the centre of two exceptional scenes belting out the songs 'With a Little Bit of Luck' and 'Get Me to the Church on Time' alongside friends Jamie (Mark Ewins) and Harry (Matt Jeans).
Whilst this isn’t a musical particularly about love there is the rather relentless yet charming way in which Frankie Blincoe-Deval as the besotted Freddie Eynsford-Hill pursues Eliza and we are led to believe spends every waking minute on that street where she lives.
Anne Lane puts in the supporting performance of the night as Mrs Higgins, putting Henry squarely in his place and is run a close second by Teresa Bufton as Housekeeper, Mrs Pearce, creating an ideal matronly persona with some wonderful facial expressions and James Cowlishaw as Professor Zoltan Karpathy, he who uses the science of speech in somewhat nefarious ways.
It's to the credit of Glynis Smith, Director and Ella Wainwright, Choreographer that the relatively confined stage does not appear overcrowded by quite a large ensemble cast, particularly in some of the outdoor scenes, complemented by powerful music from Keith Lewis and his Band this is a wonderful production of a well loved musical.
You've only got a few performances to catch this one which finishes on Saturday 29th June 2019, so if you want to meander down the street where this story happens, grab a ticket quickly and with a little bit of luck you'll have an extremely enjoyable evening.
Book Here
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