Anything Goes

I am always impressed with the wealth of talent within LAMS both on and off stage.  Anything Goes not only has an entertaining story with great characters but the music of Cole Porter provides an added bonus.  Clare Foster made a perfect Reno Sweeney displaying all the necessary dancing and singing abilities and played well next to Alan McIntyre who carried off the part of Billy Crocker with great ease.  After an absence of a couple of years is was great to see Susan Andrews back on the stage elegantly playing debutante Hope Harcourt.  Jamie McCaw provided a highly amusing performance as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in particular in the numbers ‘Gypsy in Me’ and again in the Argentine Tango brilliantly performed with Reno.  Mark Kent made a fine hapless but lovable Moonface Martin and similarly was Andrew Welsh as the goggle-eyed tycoon Elisha Whitney’.  Vikki McIntyre provided a polished performance as Erma, maintaining a broad New York accent throughout and Paige Hughes was appropriately cast as Evangeline, mother of Hope.  The remaining company performed to a high standard and it was particularly nice to see Primilia Gilmour returning from retirement to play a small cameo role!  The routines involving the entire company in ‘Anything Goes’ and ‘Blow Gabriel’ were well staged through singing and choreography.  This production skipped along nicely and with good pace, providing a great evening’s entertainment.

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