The show started life in the 30s as a book by P.G. Wodehouse, before becoming a Hollywood movie musical starring Fred Astaire, George Burns and Joan Fontaine. It also featured the music of George and Ira Gershwin to great effect, including a wonderful new number in the Wodehouse vein called Stiff Upper Lip. So far, so “Crazy For You”, but for all that there’s little truly fresh or new here the entire show sparkles. Jeremy Sams and Robert Hudsoncapture the feel perfectly, injecting some classic Wodehouse quips and Gershwin tunes into the story while director/choreographer Rob Ashford gives the whole thing a wide-eyed, nostalgic charm.
Richard Fleeshman oozes charm as a Broadway writer whose shows are hits on both sides of the Atlantic, but who longs to find a girl he can rescue. When a fascinating – and very British – young socialite appears at the stage door his life is turned upside down. Summer Strallen dazzles as Maud, the “modern girl” who can’t admit she’s just waiting for a knight in shining armour to sweep her off her feet.
“The class system is crumbling around us!” Maud replies in just one example of that wonderful Wodehouse wit!
Elsewhere, in a truly sumptuous cast, Nicholas Farrell makes for a charming Lord Marshmoreton, Richard Dempsey is a delightfully plummy toff and David Roberts & Chloe Hart come perilously close to stealing the entire show as the cook and under cook who pitch woo over the Croquembouche!
The most dazzling performance comes from Sally Ann Triplett as a brassy, sassy and sweet American showgirl who belts out songs with aplomb!
This is a show that belongs on the West End stage and I, for one, will be shocked if it doesn’t make an appearance on one in the next year or so!
"Certain games you look to, maybe against like the likes of Cardiff or Sheffield or Nottingham" - Josh Roach looks to the season ahead for the Belfast Giants
With player announcements in full flow, CHL fixtures next month and the Elite League season hot on its heels what better time to get back to chatting with players on what they are up to and their thoughts on the season ahead. Fresh off announcing his return to the Belfast Giants we caught up with Josh Roach . “We're starting to get close to that pre-pre-season time, so I’m enjoying a little bit more relaxing before we get back into it… it won't be long.” Roach tells us, before sharing how he has spent his summer. “I was home for a quick visit right at the end of the season and then we went on a little holiday, but other than that I've just been on the island. It's kind of nice to have some downtime in Belfast and explore around here a bit more.” “You don't really get the opportunity many times to stay for summer in the place you play, so you get comfortable. This is year five for me, so it is really is like a second home and honestly, it feels more weird t...
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