The Best Thing About Memories..is making them

The curiosity of two elderly ladies crashing the opening of the show, injected a comical touch to the proceedings. Muriel and Barbara’s visit (on the wrong night), certainly awakened the audience, who were never going to be disappointed. A well recognised Greatest Showman number, ‘From Now On’, was well placed & the harmonic rendition opened The Company chorus perfectly. ‘Let it Go’ from Frozen by Erin Craighead certainly had the wow! factor.  From her high step, the new house lighting was very cleverly choreographed to follow her every hand and arm movement. Her outstanding vocals were the first of many highlights in the show along with her hilarious rendition of the Forbidden Broadway ‘On My Phone’. Superb! Jeanette Davidson treated us to a beautiful rendition of ‘Tonight’ from one of my favourite musicals West Side Story and the real belter of a song ‘Blow Gabriel Blow’ was easy pickings for the powerful and charismatic Laura Whitlaw, supported by The Company. The well known number ‘Razzle Dazzle’, was certainly that, as Neil Webster and the dancers strutted their stuff and Money, Money, Money added real value to the programme, performed by Neil Carruthers and Lindsay Nurney, the latter also soloing in ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’. Hakuna Matata’ from Lion King and numbers from Les Miserable, ‘Castle on a Cloud’, ‘Drink With me’ and ‘At the End of The Day’ were all excellently delivered, with the latter being dramatically and dynamically choreographed for the whole company. In my opinion, it was possibly the better number for the Act 1 finale than ‘Jellicle Cats’. Act 2 was… I mean, ‘The Book of Mormon’, superbly presented, well done guys. The next DMTC show, The Sound of Music, was well covered by very competent members but it would be unfair to comment on the soloists incase the auditions don’t go their way.  It was lovely to hear, ‘I’m Getting Married in the Morning’ from a very well-loved stalwart, in the My Fair Lady sequence. The massively expressive, ‘Just you wait ‘enry ‘iggins’ was superb, not forgetting a classic Ascot Gavotte chorus. The ‘Funny Talent Skit’ was outrageously brilliant, with everyone giving their own spin on their character and hilariously drawing in the audience with their clever script and interaction. Innovative! There were very lovely renditions from Gigi, Chess and Mamma Mia, creating memorable performances. The artistic staging and lighting enhanced the drama throughout the evening. The ‘Mary Poppins’ sequence was without doubt a real crowd pleaser, with ‘Feed the Birds’ being a beautiful and mesmerising solo and ‘Let’s Go Fly a Kite’ a rousing chorus.  The ‘Forbidden Broadway ‘Supercali’ also had the audience in stitches. Excellent! This was a very well constructed ‘Trip Down Memory Lane’.

DMTC should be so proud of their wonderful night of entertainment. 

Thank You Everyone. 

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