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Victoria Players Burgate School Drama Studio Fordingbridge May 2005 The play is set in Truvy’s Beauty Shop in Chinquapin, Louisiana, and it was particularly impressive that the ‘southern state’ accents were maintained throughout – a rare joy. I was reaching for the tissues very early on, as bride-to-be Shelby (a superb Sarah Newman) suffered a diabetic ‘hypo’. But everyone had their tale to tell, and as we were drawn into the diverse lives of these southern belles I know I wasn’t the only one moved by the traumas and highlights of their lives. Every one of these ladies – Sarah Pollard (Truvy), Natasha Wilson (Annelle), Betty Price (Clairee), Jill Saunders (M’Lynn) and Jo Etheridge (Ouiser) – lived their character through and through. Each was so utterly believable that I am still visualising Annelle’s mad landlady, Ouiser’s pink-skinned dog, Truvy’s wayward sons, Clairee’s radio debut and M’Lynn’s long vigil at her daughter’s bedside. I laughed, I cried, and I loved every second of this deeply moving tale of women’s support for each other. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo 
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