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BRIGADOON : CAOS Musical Productions at the top of their game

By Phil Hewitt

 

CAOS MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS

is proud to present a

Reproduced with the kind permission of the Chichester Observer.

 


(Photo : John Davidson)

New and returning talent sees CAOS Musical Productions – formerly Chichester Amateur Operatic Society – at the top of their game with an enchanting dose of misty Scottish time-travelling romance.

Kerrie Wenham, in her first CAOS role for five years, shows herself a natural leading lady as the spirited Fiona MacKeith; opposite her, Southsea’s Andy Murray in his first show for CAOS, is just perfect as Tommy Albright, the wandering American who wanders into her life across the centuries.

You need something to click between the two, and it certainly does. Their relationship is key, and Wenham and Murray give it genuine heart, singing with feeling and real passion and bringing to life this most unlikely of romances.

Brigadoon is a village which is fated to appear for just one day every century – or to see it from Brigadoon’s point of view, each night a hundred years passes. Which is a bit of a blow to Tommy’s romantic aspirations, and yet there’s just something about Fiona he can’t let go, as he discovers overpoweringly once he gets back to New York.

But love can conquer everything in this world of fantasy, and Wenham and Murray show us why with skill and spirit – without ever putting anyone else in the shade.

Kerrie Wenham as Fiona MacKeith
and Andy Murray as Tommy Albright.

(Photo : John Davidson )

Yes there are stars, but this is still an ensemble production, with lovely performances wherever you look, not least from Bishop Luffa sixth-former Matthew Hughes-Short as Charlie Cameron.

Matthew has got presence and a voice to match. Definitely a name to look out for. And music teacher Helene Davis, another making her CAOS debut, is a charming Jean MacKeith.  

Add to the mix Kate Sissons’ gorgeous, wistful dancing; Michael Walsh’s first-class musical direction of his excellent mini-band; and a dose of jigs and sword-dancing complete with pipes; and it’s a winning production, huge credit to director Patricia Roberts, choreographer Carolyn Bennett and wardrobe mistress (and CAOS chairman) Elizabeth Peacock.

 

Phil Hewitt - The Chichester Observer

 

 

in The Assembly Room, Chichester

Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th May 2008 at 7:30 pm plus a Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm

 

This gala will include a marvellous
feast of melodies from the era
of Johann Strauss with songs penned by the Waltz King
himself from

“The Gypsy Baron”

and

“Waltz’s from Vienna”

The programme will also
include works by other
composers of the same era
such as songs from
Franz Lehar’s

“The Merry Widow”

and Jacques Offenbach’s

“Tales of Hoffman”

Tickets are priced at £8

For details on how to order
your tickets, please click here

 

Musical Director - Michael Walsh

 
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