![]() ![]() This is a show to savour with everyone putting in a shift and some going beyond - Joe Vincent’s And Drums Will Crash, Harriet Jamieson’s Alone And Yet Alive and Helen Eastwood’s The Sun And I stand out as performances well over the professional threshold. While there are some new faces there are also several experienced hands in the cast including Kevin Gingell as the Mikado, Kevin Goodfellow as Pish Tush, Laura Neighbour as Pitti Sing, Katie Bland as Peep Bo and the Dance Captain Kim Coulson. The dance team recognised that economy of movement works well at the Kenton. The lack of clutter freed up the movements on what can sometimes be a small stage for musicals. The set design is simple with just a low-level wooden bridge on one side. The harmony singing was especially good and the cast was helped by having the whole band on stage in full view. The ensemble playing was strong throughout with theĬo-ordinated moves never overusing but never underusing the stage. The cast and team invested themselves in this completely despite a daft storyline about a runaway crown prince and a young woman marrying an old goat. A few accolades then: Sue Huntingford-Ledger as musical director and bandleader, a standout performance by the band who didn’t put a foot wrong while dealing out some passionate music Jake Turnell Willett, Sam Riley and Emma Broadway for the dance moves which made it work so well and individual star performances from Harriet Jamieson, Helen Eastwood, Joe Vincent, Tom Naylor and Ian Head. This piece demands good to great performances and right now HAODS has the talent to do that.īut it’s more than good singing and acting which makes it work so well, it’s slick choreography and a band which sounds like it has been together for 10 years. There is a symmetry to staging the show at the Kenton this year because the society’s first ever show on the same stage was Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. The piece is a jazz and blues-inflected update of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta and this production wrings every last drop from it. HOT Mikado? Hot as a furnace and a triumph for Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society with its 100th anniversary production. The song, like “What Else Can I Do,” just doesn’t tug on the heart strings as much as I believe it should.Tuesday, November 15 (dress rehearsal) until Saturday ![]() I definitely felt sorry for Mirabel hearing “Waiting on a Miracle,” but did I want to destroy everyone whoever made her sad? No. These types of songs have the power to hit you right square in the heart and make you not only empathize with the heroine but feel like you’ve found someone who truly understands your struggles. “Waiting on a Miracle” falls in the same category as songs such as “Reflection” from Mulan, “Let it Go” from Frozen, “ A Part of Your World,” from The Little Mermaid, and for a non-Disney reference, “I’m Not That Girl” from Wicked. This is a feeling that many young girls especially probably feel throughout their lives, so that makes this song very universal. “Waiting on a Miracle” is all about feeling like an outcast, neglected, and just like you’re the odd one out. Mirabel sings this song after once again feeling like a complete outsider in her family. ![]()
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