EVOLUTION

This cabaret was modern, upbeat and featured many musical numbers from the modern musical theatre ranging from Jesus Christ Superstar right up to the present date. The company set the scene in opening with ‘We Don’t Talk about Bruno’ and thereafter many popular numbers from Musicals. There were indeed many great musical moments throughout the cabaret, too many to mention but particular highlights for me included Wellerman, a traditional sea shanty, which was sung unaccompanied, ‘Make Him Mine’ (Cartiona Turk, Anne Rice, Victoria Davies), ‘This is the Moment’ (Andrew Tasker) and ‘Someone Like You’ (Anne Rice) and ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ (Grant-Scott Johnstone and the male ensemble). I must also commend the male ensemble in their opening of act 2, with their excellent rendition of ‘Hello’ from the Book or Mormon – absolutely brilliant! Other highlights included ‘He’s My Boy’ (Carol Sutherland); ‘Shine like the Sun’ from 9 to 5 (Anne Rice, Carole Sutherland and Victoria Hamilton); the aria from ‘Love Never Dies’ (Cartiona Turk), ‘Listen’ (Amy Sutherland), ‘Six’ (Female ensemble) and the closing selection from the Musical ‘Hamilton’ (Full ensemble). It is great to see the company evolving and embracing modern musical theatre and bringing this into the local community. This production struck the right balance blending in numbers from new musicals. Well done to the production team and the entire company for providing a great cabaret and fabulous entertainment.

David Black, NODA Regional Representative, District 5

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