Legally Blonde

This production had great energy and drive throughout, telling the story of sorority girl and Malibu Barbie - Elle Woods, who swaps fashion merchandising to become a student of law by enrolling at Harvard Law School after being dumped by her boyfriend Warner Huntington 3rd, in an attempt to win him back.  In the performance I attended Katy Angus provided all the necessary qualities to deliver an outstanding performance as the extravert Elle which I understand was equally matched by Jenny Carmichael who portrayed the role in alternate performances.  Trent Allen superbly captured the part as the charming but very self-absorbed ex-boyfriend Warner and Jenny Bartley brilliantly characterised and generated much laughter as the unlucky-in-love Paulette Buonufonte, longing to marry a man from Ireland.  Other great performances were provided by Dale Crombie as fellow Law Student Emmett Forrest, Laura Kilpatrick, Nic Duthie and Caroline Constable as sorority sisters Pillar, Serena and Margot; Andrew Davidson as the pompous and manipulative Professor Callahan; Nicola Carmichael as Vivienne Kensington the stuck-up, wealthy, smart driven law student; Megan Daly as Brook Wyndham the exercise video star accused of murder who Elle presented the defence case for; Jasmine Gordon-Brown as Harper and Chris Cheyne as Kyle the smooth-talking UPS deliveryman.  Heather Coulthard and Gerry Jamieson played Elle’s Mum and Dad and it would also be remiss of me not to mention Steve, the 3 year old Chihuahua, as Elle’s dog Brutas and Blue, an 8 year old Golden Retriever, cast as Rufus.  With great singing, drama and slick choreography the entire company and the production team must be proud of their achievements in bringing such a polished production to the stage.

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