ST PAUL’S PLAYERS PRESENTS
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
10TH SEPTEMBER- 13TH SEPTEMBER
THE PRODUCTION TEAM DIRECTOR- Steve Blundell PRODUCER- Liz Blundell ASSISTANT- PRODUCER- Lily Blundell CHOREOGRAPHER- Julia Henry MUSICAL DIRECTOR-Debbie Smith
THE CAST CHIFFON- Linda Bailey CRYSTAL- Kerry McAllister RONNETTE- Jane Catterall MR MUSHNIK- Adrian Beaumont AUDREY- Jane Harrison SEYMOUR- Graham Cohen DERELICT- Graham Bailey ORIN, BERNSTINE, SNIP, LUCE & EVERYONE ELSE- Andrew Crawford-Lane AUDREY II (VOICE)- Tony Henry AUDREY II (MANIPULATION)- Graham Bailey
NODA REVIEW
A quirky story of an overgrown Venus fly trap, with attitude, and the apprentice florist who, having made a Faustian pact with the ever-growing plant, is eventually sacrificed on the alter of his own success. The plant Audrey II, supplied by Proscenium Ltd, was excellent as were its animators Graham Bailey and Tony Henry as ‘the voice’.
I suspect an opportunity was missed with the costuming of the three musical narrators. Although lacking a little pizazz these ladies , Linda Bailey (Chiffon), Kerry McAllister (Crystal) and Jane Catterall (Ronnette) sang very well but represent the only characters who could legitimately inject a touch of glamour in an otherwise dour scenario.Shop owner Mushnik was played by Adrian Beaumont. A creditable performance complete with convincing accent whilst Jane Harrison was totally in character, walk and all, as the dim-witted broad Audrey. The deranged Orin, played by Andrew Crawford Lane, arrived in the auditorium in style — on a high powered Yamaha — number plate PAIN 1. Whilst his performance as the megalomaniac dentist was excellent and highly entertaining the many other parts he took, Bernstine, Snip, Luce and everyone else (according to the programme) suffered in comparison. Changing the style and approach to another character(s) is very difficult to achieve.Graham Cohen played Seymour Krelborn the raison d’etre of the storyline. A fine performance throughout showing a good understanding of this rather shy, downtrodden character.
Musical Director Debbie Smith on keyboards kept the not unpleasant music going at a lively pace and was well supported by Kurt Vosper, Willy Fluss and Alan Pill.
The set looked very good and Director Steve Blundell should be well satisfied with the overall high standard of the production.
Glyn Neary
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