by Bobby Goudie | Dec 4, 2016 | Dance, Musical Theatre, Reviews, Theatre
Festival Theatre, Sat 3 Dec. The 1952 MGM film Singin’ In The Rain is considered one of Hollywood’s greatest screen musicals, featuring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen. More than 30 years later it was adapted for the stage and opened on...
by Catherine Blanch | Nov 23, 2016 | Interviews, Musical Theatre
by Catherine Blanch. Singin’ In The Rain (the movie) is a 1950s musical comedy choreographed and directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor and Kelly himself. Based in Hollywood in the late 1920s, Singin’ In The Rain is a...
by Bobby Goudie | Jan 10, 2016 | Musical Theatre, Reviews, Theatre
Festival Theatre, Sat 9 Jan. Based on the popular 1990 film featuring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost The Musical, is a highly enjoyable production showcasing the amazing illusions that are possible in live theatre. A technically outstanding...
by Catherine Blanch | Oct 6, 2015 | Dance, Musical Theatre, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Sun 4 Oct Filled with all the music and passion of the movie, Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage stars Kirby Burgess and Kurt Phelan as our unlikely lovebirds Johnny and Baby. It’s a trip down memory lane for an audience who would have grown...
by Catherine Blanch | Sep 7, 2015 | Interviews, Musical Theatre
by Catherine Blanch. Dirty Dancing is the 1987 romantic drama and box office smash hit starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Written by Eleanor Bergstein and set in the summer of 1963, the story follows 17-year-old Frances “Baby” Houseman as she meets and falls...