You Give a Little Love
Bugsy
Malone
Durham Gala Theatre
28th
May 2014.
The Gala Theatre Stage School have put
together the classic children’s musical with high production values and a very
large cast. The large number of people who turned up just goes to show that
family friendly half term shows will bring people in. It was very nearly a sell
out for the Gala and the large crowd were in for a treat.
The stage production is based upon the 1976 Alan Parker debut
which starred Jodie
Foster as Tallulah as one of the central characters. With such large shoes to
fill it is pleasing to see the children seemed to be at ease and relatively
undaunted at entering such a large Durham crowd.
Silly string replaced custard in the splurge guns and they
were a source of much amusement in the crowd. When the curtain was finally
raised to reveal a multi-level set centred around Fat Sam’s Speakeasy and it
reflected a professional mentality by the show’s producers.
The children are all to be commended for their performances
and their ability to sing, dance and act. The characters Fat Sam and Tallulah
were well charatcterised. In terms of singing, Blousey Brown stole the show
with a mature sounding rendition of Ordinary
Fool. However the titular character, Bugsy Malone, was extremely well
casted as the young chap narrated, acted and sang his heart out for the full
show. With a show like this it is shame
not to be able to pick out each fabulous performance from such a large cast.
Each one can be proud of entertaining the audience and, as Baby Face showed at
the end, provide some heart warming and funny moments.
This review
was written by Stephen
Oliver
for Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com).
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