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Tag: Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun in Concert – Theatr Clwyd
Wales

Annie Get Your Gun in Concert – Theatr Clwyd

Tip Top Productions have come bounding back to Theatr Clwyd with full force, bringing a concert version of Annie Get Your Gun to the newly renamed Theatr Moondance. Although this is no ordinary “in concert” as it comes with wonderful staging, fantastic choreography, brilliant projections and a whole lot more. Steve Davies as Producer and Director has put together a highly professional show with a stellar cast and staging that makes you forget you are watching a concert version and allows you to immerse yourself into the full musical. The stage is set with chairs across the centre with a gap in the middle and cast bring on five microphone stands across the front section of the stage which ties in the concert vibe of the show but also helps when it comes to spacing and lighting. Such a cl...
Annie Get Your Gun – Frinton Summer Theatre
South East

Annie Get Your Gun – Frinton Summer Theatre

As a reviewer of many years, I have to confess ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ feels like one of those underrated big shows I’d never heard of, but thank goodness I had the opportunity to watch it at the Greensward Tent, because it is a stellar production with West End credentials. If like me, you don’t feel familiar with the show name, it’s likely you’ll know some of the songs from the score: ‘There’s no business like showbusiness’ or ‘Anything you can do, I can do better’. And I’m sure by now you’ll be humming the tune! The plot is briefly as follows: Buffalo Bill (Nigel Barber) runs Wild West Shows where Frank Butler (Stephen John Davis) is his star shooter. They come upon Annie Oakley (Alex Constantinidi) a ragtag thing of a young woman, who can shoot even better than Frank. Cue a standoff,...