Carousel

Northallerton brought back the well known  Golden Oldie Carousel, last produced in 1990. It got off to a good start with the Prologue including four Carousel Horses and the dancers riding them. 

There  were many outstanding performances; Maria Richardson was excellent playing Julie  Jordan,with a loverly stage presence and singing voice; Billy Bigelow was played by Dean Heslop and he was outstanding  playing a very strong part;  Mrs Mullins, was very well played by Janet Miles.
Julie's friend, Carrie  Pipperidge, was very well played by newcomer to the society, Kim Boagey, who will be a great asset to the company. Taking the part of Mr Enoch Snow at very short notice was Steven  Berry  and with his strong  singing voice and acting was excellent.
Andrea  Atkinson was superb playing 'Nettie Fowler' and was perfectly at  home in the part.

Playing, imy my opinion, his best part to date was 17yr old Ben Laws-Williams as the shiftless sailor, Jigger Craigin - and how well he performed. Eleanor Reynolds was excellent playing Lousie  and her ballet scene was very good . Other small partrs were played by Basil Bosomworth as David Bascombe. Martin Holdsworth played several small parts very well indeed. Roger Kiddle played the Star Keeper and Dr Seldon  very confidently as usual.The Policemen were played by  David Ferry and Lewis Wilde whilst Joseph Parkes-Hatley was very good as Enoch Snow Junior. 
Indeed the Snow chidren were well played by Evie Cooke, India  Hindmarch, Hannah Kendrew, Eilidh McMillan, Ayla Porter and Brooke Porter.

The Chorus, as always,  was strong  in all their numbers. Nic Jenkins did a first class job of the choreography/stage movement and never once did the stage look over crowded, The sets were adequate and the stage crewdid a first class job in the settings. The sound was very well controlled and everyone was heard perfectly.The Orchestra was under complete control by Trevor Wison in his directing both Orchestra and the company was excellent never were the singers unheard. The capacity audiences really enjoyed this well known musical. It was ndeed a great  evenings entertainment and well done Northallerton.

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