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Allendale Players Allendale Centre Wimborne January 2003 Chorus dancing was faultless and the principal performances were very good indeed, not least Peter Watson (Captain Perkins), Mike Lofthouse (Captain Blackbeard), Syd Young (Pirate Jake), Christopher Hope-King (Mrs Dolly Crusoe), Mike Stephenson (Robinson Crusoe), Larresa Evans (Polly Perkins), Phil Evans (a slightly too camp Little Willy Crusoe) and especially Kate Mounce as a show-stealing Girl Friday. The singing was tuneful, the script fine, sets and costumes were bright and colourful and, as usual, director Roy Joseph had added a few little surprises, with pyrotechnics and a flame-breathing dragon guarding the hidden treasure. But, despite all that, the magic was missing from the production and too many scenes acted out in front of the curtains led to a sense of individual ‘turns’ rather than an on-going complete story. And there was so much of the ‘oh yes it is, oh no it isn’t’ routine that at times I could have screamed. Sorry – I really wanted to enjoy myself but I was awfully bored. No wonder the tinies in the audience were restless. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo |
