Come Back to the five and dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

The excellent and well thought out set had the right balance between authentic and busy.  It was ‘fussy’ with all the paraphernalia of a Five and Dime store in the mid-50s.  Lighting and sound, both design and operation were well handled and very appropriate to the action and the setting, particularly the implementation of the flashbacks to the 50s.  Costumes were well thought through and reminiscent of the timescales involved, with hairstyles and make up all suitable and appropriate for the characters.  The casting was excellent and the characters well defined, and the mix of players worked particularly well. This was ensemble playing at its best.  Each finely drawn character impacted greatly on the others, all of them having a secret that had been kept hidden.

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