Heirs and Graces

This revue was devised and very cleverly written by Amy Sutherland set in a Chicago Night Club based around the upper-crust character Lucas Du Mont losing his jacket and wallet which was later found by the unscrupulous Mikey Morton who temporarily claimed his identity and enjoyed the financial gain.  Of course there are bad guys and, as one would expect, boy meets girl which turns interesting when true identities are eventually revealed.  Chris Hogg and Grant-Scott Johnston provided excellent performances as Lucan and Mikey.  Nikki Johnstone played night club singer Camille with great ease performing well with Willie Cunningham as Stephano, the owner of the club. The bad guys provided some amusement played by Ray O’Sullivan, Dylan Allison, Julia Shaw and Malcolm McNulty.  Tom Keeble provided a fine Detective O’Connell with Victoria Daley as his beautiful niece Diane.  Hannah Gillies gave an enjoyable performance as Officer Willis with Diane Brisbane and Robert Wardrop equally fitting the bill as Maria and George, the well-to-do parents of Lucas.  Stephano’s girls, dancers and the remaining ensemble all supported the principals collectively entertaining us with carefully selected numbers to fit the storyline from well known musicals as well as some popular songs, all delivered with great conviction.  I must congratulate Amy on her achievement in writing, directing and choreographing the revue, and to Jon-Luke for his Musical Direction and also the company for providing an entertaining evening.

David Black

NODA Regional Representative

District 5

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