Scrooge The Musical

This was a very entertaining production of a show which can sometimes be a challenge for everyone.  Obviously any production of this traditional story relies heavily on the actor playing Ebenezer Scrooge and here we had a very good portrayal from long standing society member and performer Bob Downing.  Throughout the entire show his years of experience brought a whole range of skills and emotions to the fore and all his frustrations showed at the right times.  This gave him the chance to show a different side to things when he comes to his senses.

However, he couldn’t have done it on his own and there were some very good supporting performances with Mike Rawson strong as Jacob Marley as was Jamie Hughes as the Ghost of Christmas Present.  Pat Hughes as the Ghost of Christmas also worked well with Scrooge.

I very much enjoyed a good performance from John Allanach as Young Ebenezer and the Nephew and his work with Sophie Brown, playing Isabel was excellent.  Tim Harrison was very likeable as Bob Cratchit and Mrs Cratchit (Caroline Ibbetson) and all the family were nicely close-knit with Tiny Tim, played by Isadora Carvill-Belt, being lovely. 

The main chorus numbers were good and taken at the right pace for me with the highlights being December the Twenty Fifth (Kenneth Davison and Maggie Davies as the Fezziwigs), Thank You Very Much (George Ansell portraying Tom Jenkins enthusiastically) and the full company in The Minister’s Cat.

The set was very simple and utilised a super back cloth, designed and produced by society members, and stage props and box sets where necessary.

All in all this was a very good start to Christmas.

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