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Swanage Choral & Operatic Society with Pubeck Players Mowlem Theatre Swanage September 2003 SCOS junior and senior members, with an age range of something like 7 to 70, joined forces with Purbeck Players to produce an evening of staged songs from Barnum, Chicago, Annie, Aspects of Love, Guys and Dolls, The Sound of Music and Half a Sixpence. Toe-tapping numbers all, beautifully costumed and, save one or two chorus members who looked as if they would rather be elsewhere, sung with vitality, enthusiasm and panache, not to mention by some excellent voices. Taking up most of the second half was Noel Coward’s short play, Red Peppers. Although it was well performed, this rather acerbic piece about a double act struggling to survive in the dying days of vaudeville seemed at odds with the up-beat tone of the rest of the evening and was perhaps not the ideal choice of material. Nonetheless, both companies are rich in talent and I would doubt that anyone left the theatre disappointed by what they saw. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo |
