Monday, June 22

Tag: Company

Company – A Musical Comedy – University of Sheffield Drama Studio
Yorkshire & Humber

Company – A Musical Comedy – University of Sheffield Drama Studio

Handsworth and Hallam Theatre Co raise the bar and the roof with their highly enjoyable and professional production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company – A Musical Comedy. What a refreshing change to review something a little different from the norm and witness a local theatre company dealing with a notoriously difficult dark comedic production with such flair and ease – the time flew by and I was highly impressed! Directed with admirable confidence by Matthew Walker, with directorial assistance from Jane Jefferson-Blythe, the eleven vignettes are merged seamlessly and with purpose. Hayley Wilbourne and Beth Cooke’s choreography gives much to the production and the rehearsal is evident with the complexity of the use of stage and proxemics. A production team at the top of their game. Origin...
Company – Bridewell Theatre
London

Company – Bridewell Theatre

Stephen Sondheim's Company won six Tony Awards for its original 1970 US production. Its witty and innovative format of a series of vignettes, focusing on the central character Bobby, stunned audiences then and continues to delight with a message that's as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. It's Bobby's 35th birthday and he's reluctantly at a surprise party thrown by his friends. Surrounded by married and single friends, ex- and current girlfriends, Bobby witnesses the swirl of emotions, the joy and the heartbreak of being in relationships of all types.  As the drink, weed and emotions flow, Bobby's married friends set him up with dates and try to persuade him that he needs to be married. But Bobby isn't wholly wedded to the idea of commitment, and it seems his married friends are ...