Cabaret Legends

From entering the venue it was apparent that a real effort had been made to create the feeling of a cabaret bar/club with appropriate stage dressing, table setting and lighting, and the cast all well dressed and co-ordinated using matching coloured accessories.  

The programme was simply staged, and included a selection of over 30 songs from both musicals and Las Vegas style cabaret standards, interspersed with performances of appropriate feature dance numbers by the Kathleen Knox Dancers, and instrumental performances from the Vivo Swing Orchestra. Both the dancers and the orchestra were featured guests of the Society.

The ensemble and solo singing performances were all very good and were superbly accompanied by the orchestra. Sunderland Theatre Company has some excellent solo performers, and this was the perfect showcase for them. With so many numbers it is difficult to single out performances in this type of production, but my personal favourites were “Maybe This Time” (Emily Ferryboat), “Sway” (Graeme Smith), “Mack the Knife” (Andy Oliver) ”It Don’t Mean A Thing” (Rachael Amundsen, Debra Darke & Louise Wiegand) “Me & My Shadow” (Graeme Smith & Sean Smith), “The James Bond Medley” (Louise Wiegand, Rachael Amundsen, Emily Ferryboat) and the full company finale of “You Raise Me Up”, “My Way “ and of course “New York New York”.

Congratulations to everyone involved for a very enjoyable evenings entertainment.

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