OUR DAY
OUT
Directors: Brainne Edge &
Andrew Swindley
NODA REVIEW
This was a joint production between the youth and the adult
society and aren't they fortunate to have so many young
people who want to be involved in theatre? The youth are
the societies of tomorrow and encouragement of the youth
means an investment in the continuation of this hobby we
love. I know I've said it before but I make no apologies
for repeating the fact.
The production was well conceived and excecuted and there
were some lovely characterisations and not just from the
adults on stage. All the children were totally involved
with the action but, I have to mention the following as
they made the night for me. The two bored girls, Joanne
Callander and Rachel Waring, were super, Carol (Francesca
Nicholson) was played with sensitivity and she sang her
song well. For the boys, both the bully and bullied
performed well but I was impressed with the performance of
Jo Hessey who played the part of Linda. Zoe Duffin
continues to impress as the teacher "with no hair" and
Barry Callander was up to his usual standard with his
amusing portrayal of Les.
The two roles which stood out in this show and for opposite
reasons were those of John Griffin as the nasty Mr Briggs,
who definitely would never need a microphone, he gave a
polished performance. And from the loud to the quiet
teacher who never lost the caring character she portrayed,
we never had a teacher like her unfortunately. Barbara
Wolfe's was a joy.
Thank-you for this was a truly enjoyable evening.
