Around 30 separate performances made up this very special and entertaining show, featuring a wide range of Islanders with two things in common – talent and residency on our lovely Island.
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REVIEW: My Fair Lady – The Island Savoyards
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is the story of phonetician Henry Higgins who slips into the Covent Garden flower market to record the voices of its sellers, he cracks that he could make a grubby flower girl sound like a duchess. The grubby flower girl, Eliza, takes him up on the…
REVIEW: ‘A Christmas Carol’ – The Island Savoyards
Christmas came early to Shanklin Theatre with a vibrant and feel-good production of A Christmas Carol by the Island Savoyards, directed by Anthony Wright, with Andrew Woodford as Musical Director and Jake Alabaster as Choreographer. A Christmas Carol is the timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, originally penned by Charles Dickens in 1843, who undergoes an unexpected change…
REVIEW: ‘Made in Dagenham’ – The Island Savoyards
Revolutionary spirit was alive and well at Shanklin Theatre last night for The Island Savoyards’ production of the 2014 musical Made in Dagenham, directed by Anthony Wright with Andrew Woodford as Musical Director. Based on the events of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists’ strike, the musical was the creation of David Arnold, Richard Thomas and Richard Bean,…
REVIEW: 9 to 5 – The Island Savoyards
Did you know the parking meter was invented in 1935? Consolidated Industrials office newcomer Judy Bernly shares trivia when she’s nervous, and her opening joke about needing an hour to park – particularly apt for the packed Shanklin Theatre audience! – set the tone for the evening: feel-good and funny, 9 to 5: The Musical is based…
REVIEW: Into The Woods – Christ The King College
“I was surprised by the standard of performance as you often find that school productions struggle to find enough cast with acting talent, let alone the ability to sing; especially with the difficulty that some of the songs in this musical possess, but everyone, even those who seemed less confident, blew me away.”
