Sunshine on Leith

James McShane and Lewis Kerr took centre stage in this production delivering spotless performances with impressive vocals as soldiers Davy and Ally adapting to civilian life on their return to Leith from war in Afghanistan, whilst balancing the effects of war and looking ahead at their personal love interests with Liz (Davy’s sister) and Yvonne, ably played by Jodie Differ and Christine Duncan.  All four were superbly cast playing against each other and each gave performances of the highest standard. As Davy’s parents Rab and Jean Henshaw, David Campbell and Lorraine Keenan brought maturity and drama to their roles as they reflected on family values and working through Rab’s infidelity in dealing with Eilidh, the product of an affair Rab had early in his marriage and the daughter he had no knowledge of. Eilidh was played with great compassion by Rachel Hepburn. The entire company engaged in the drama and delivered some powerful musical moments with drive and passion through solos, ensembles and the collective chorus.  However, one of the highlights for me was Lorraine Keenan’s excellent delivery of ‘Sunshine on Leith’.  The company was supported by an able band of musicians positioned within the stage set. Choreography was slick with everyone on stage moving in the right direction at the right time.  This was indeed an outstanding production which Fraser, Ian, Kirstin and all on and off stage should be extremely proud of making this the first production from the Society in the new Cumbernauld theatre.  Well done!

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