Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde is an ambitious production to take on, and Helensburgh Savoy brought all their talents to bear to ensure that their audiences enjoyed a great production.  Bringing the story to the stage of Elle Woods believing her boyfriend Warner Huntington III, was going to propose to her brought a lot more than she bargained for when Warner told Elle that he didn’t want to marry her. Morgan Harrison was extremely well cast in the role of Elle and brought her triple talents of singing, acting and dance to the stage.   Duncan Robinson, Warner Huntington III  that she always hoped to marry, portrayed his off hand role well, with strong singing and acting.  Picking up the pieces of her broken heart Emmet Forrest, Peter McBride showed his sincere side and his singing and acting were good in equal measure.

The Delta Nu’s worked well together as a team, and the entire cast ensured all aspects of the ensemble work was well executed, showing versatility in singing and dance and getting the “Bend and Snap” mastered! Paulette, played by Emily McGillivray brought real humour to the role and Kyle, the UPS man lived up to expectation!  The entire company ensured the story line was portrayed through song, dance and drama, and each person worked hard on the stage to bring the story to life.  It was clear that as well as hard work, this show had been a lot of fun to rehearse.

The set for the show was simple and effective, and the show moved with ease through scene changes.  I was at the show on opening night and while there were some issues with the sound, I am sure these would be resolved for the rest of the run. Full use was made of the lighting in the hall and the stage crew ensured that all ran smoothly behind the scenes. The production team had obviously worked well together in bringing this enjoyable show to the stage, and as always the entire team involved both on and off the stage, including front of house, should be thanked for bringing this great show to the Victoria Halls. A great night out!

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