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Come From Away – Altrincham Garrick Playhouse

11Sep

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Come From Away – Altrincham Garrick Playhouse

Some musicals are written to entertain, some are emotional and then there's Come From Away, which takes you on a journey through both and leaves you with a sense of hope in humanity. Altrincham Garrick Playhouse's performance is a wonderful reminder of why this extraordinary musical has captured audience’s hearts around the world. Set in the aftermath of the events of September 11th, Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of the small Newfoundland community of Gander, which suddenly found itself welcoming around 7,000 passengers whose flights had been diverted and grounded. What could have been an overwhelming crisis became a story of kindness, generosity, friendship and human connection. What makes the story so powerful is that it doesn't focus on the tragedy itself. Instead...

Cinderella – Waterside Arts

Sale Nomads are back at Waterside Arts with their annual post Christmas pantomime. This year Cinderella is the one in favour for the first time since 2017. In this production we have all the usual protagonists – Cinders, Buttons, Prince Charming, Dandini and of course the ugly sisters. The Nomads have high production standards and here they work hard to keep those standards in place. In the majority, it works. Good actors. Well designed and executed set. Excellent technical execution. The one blip – parts of the script. Pantomime is always a derivative art form. The basic plot, the corny jokes and so on. Some blatant plagiarism is a little harder to handle. Maybe the writers didn’t expect audience members to be as fam...

Priscilla Queen of the Desert – Waterside Arts

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was originally a 1994 film starring the sublime Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce. Some years later it was converted into a stage musical, and it is one of the campest but fun musicals around. Sale Nomads have this year brought it to Waterside Arts for a four-day run. The plot takes two drag queens and a transgender woman as they travel together across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs to perform at a resort there. One of the drag queens, Tick, has a more important reason for organising the trip. The resort is run by his wife and the six-year-old son he has never met is there. Buying an old bus they name Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, their journey is an experience of rejection, acceptance and frien...