Mummy Mia!

What an enjoyable evening with songs and dance and lots of laughter, all aspects showing off the amazing talents of the group with great fun. Peter Franklin amazes with his aptitude to set up situations: who would expect the link of a tomb discovery in 1923 with the transport through the pyramid to King Tut in 2400BC and all his subjects. And once again all the action set off with excellent settings and costumes: such a great team behind scenes.
 Every single member of the cast named with care and each had a moment of starring centre stage as each role written for the particular talents, reading the programme brings a laugh with the ingenuity of the named characters and trying to guess what will happen.
 A camel, Feetlebaum, that not only danced but won a race around the auditorium, a great costume, and integral part of story. And revealed from the costume in another guise, Jane Temple and Barbara Franklin as superb sand dancers. Explorers Iain Mawson and Steve Benson with Katie Hoxley (hierographics Rosetta Stone) and Marjorie Davies as Gertrude Bell all involved in the discovery of the tomb and further exploration story, plus engineer Dave Long. And of course, expected inclusion of ‘Old Bazaar in Cairo’ with Dave Buckley and Chris Hoxley. Then through the pyramid (clever scenic) which was a revolutionary development in tomb building from previous ‘cubes’ (clever idea with Rubik of Gail Woodhouse) to King Tut and wives (Kate Olby, Jennie Blowers, Jess Tutt) and slave (Martyn Scott); plus of course the court with Embalmer (Alison Mawson), Physician (Sam Duncan), Scribe (Michelle Cobbett) and Priestess (Erica Roche), and the chorus of Wailers all playing their parts in unravelling the unlikely story.
 Loved the expected songs from the regulars to their usual high standard (and trying to predict what might be in the script!), loved the expected tap routine and general movement by all, impressed by the great ‘black and white’ mime dance routine which was very slick and clever, and loved the entire enthusiasm and dynamism and all round fun from the entire company in yet another great summer entertainment. And as finale, what more could we wish for than the appearance of ‘the King’ himself as starring role with song and fireworks!

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