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All Saints Dramatic Society De La Salle Theatre Southbourne Bournemouth January 2006 The cast play swans, ducks, frogs, cats and more in a variety of highly original costumes with not a beak or feathered head to be seen, yet there is absolutely no doubt as to what they are portraying. And, as ever with ASDS, the characterisations are spot-on all round. In particular, Simon Trueick, grey-suited and bespectacled, is wonderfully appealing as Ugly, and Paula Davies brings a tear to the eye as his anguished mother, Ida. Tony Edwards is marvellously impressive as a showman-type Bullfrog, and Rosie Lock (Queenie) & Mia Skytte-Jensen (Lowbutt) prove an excellent comic pair, while Peter Nunan is every inch the baddie as Cat. The score, played by an excellent five-piece band, is very reminiscent of Sondheim, and seemingly just as complex, so perhaps that is the reason why the singing is not always quite as tuneful as it might be. But with such a lovely, heart-warming story so beautifully portrayed by the company, I’ll forgive them anything. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo 
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