Oklahoma
Information
- Date
- 12th July 2012
- Society
- Conquest Theatre Trust Ltd
- Venue
- The Conquest Theatre, Bromyard
- Type of Production
- Musical?
- Director
- Rebecca Fearnley
- Musical Director
- Greg Swinford
Choreographer: Joy Simmonds
There were a lot of firsts for this production of Oklahoma. It was the first Musical that the Conquest had put on in years, the first time Rebecca Fearnley had directed a musical and the first time that many of the cast had performed solo principal roles. I was a guest on the opening night and whilst the cast were suffering from first night nerves they managed very well. As the Conquest is a small theatre the cast are very close to the audience and it must have been extremely nerve racking for them. The mature cast entertained the audience with all of the well known and loved songs and I particularly enjoyed ‘all or nothing’ sung by Anne Churchill as Ado Annie and John Berry as Will Parker, I thought the smoke house scene, with Ian Price as Curly McLaine and Peter Goodson as Jud Fry was very well portrayed and I liked their version of ‘Poor Jud’; their voices blended very well together. The highlight though was the entire cast singing Oklahoma which the cast sang with gusto and it was very well received by the audience. I hope that by the end of the week all of the first night nerves had settled and that they enjoyed the show as much as their audiences did. Thank you Conquest.
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