Formerly known as Maghull Amateur Operatic Society
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High SocietyPerformed at The Little Theatre, 7th to 10th November 2001 Directed by: |
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Photos - Show | Rehearsal one | Rehearsal two | Rehearsals three | Rehearsals four | Rehearsals - Jennys | Rehearsals (Neil)
Cast
Tracy Lord .................................. Elaine Alper
Margaret Lord ........................... Gaynor Hale
Seth Lord ................................... Ian Culshaw
Dinah Lord ............................ Sarah Culshaw
Willie Lord ............................. Tony Adamson
Dexter Haven ................................ David Cox
George Kitteridge ......................... Neil Butler
Liz Imbrie .............................. Jenny Horridge
Mike Connor .............................. David Smith
The Staff
Joan Albertina, Davida Bentham, Anita Davies, Marie Duggan, Carol Kennedy, Sally
Lane, Patricia Robertson, Tom Adamson, Andrew Albertina, David Banks, Matthew Casson
For MAOS
Stage Manager
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Neil Townsend
Stage Crew ................... Andrew Kirby,
Chris McCabe, Marie Orr,
Kathy Rowell, Betty Hall
Accompanist
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Elaine Alexander
Scenery
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Proscenium Ltd, Rochdale
Costumes .................... Backstage (Wigan)
Charade (St Helens)
Wardrobe Mistress
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Patricia Robertson
Continuity
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Thelma Adamson
Librarian
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Andrew Albertina
Front of house, Box Office ................ Yvonne Bryce and Society
Members &
Friends
Properties
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Betty Hall
Poster, Programme design and Compilation .........
Tom Adamson
Publicity & Advertising
................................. Thelma
Adamson
Photography
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Norman Jackson
For Southport Little Theatre
Lighting ............................. Tony Berry, Chris Berry
Sound ................................................. Bill Davies
Reviews
NODA Reveiw
The music of Cole Porter is still the finest legacy the great man left, with continual revivals of what for me are his three great shows, Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate and one of the best if not the best, High Society .
There are two or three versions of this show and this is not my favourite as it has some good numbers missing, but I was very disappointed with what came out of the pit and it did not help the performers on stage, several of which were trying to give of their best in spite of something which was beyond their control.
The "staff" who start the show and linked the scenes, a mixture of persons from below stairs just did not give the start the show needed, and never rose to the level required throughout.
Tracy Lord played by the attractive Elaine Alper caught the character at times but she had some good scenes with David Smith who did well with the part of Mike Connor as did his sidekick Jenny Horridge with the role of the ever patient Liz. Neil Butler had a good stab at the boring George
Kitteridge and Gaynor Hale and Seth Lord played Mr and Mrs Lord adequately. We had a cute portrayal of Dinah by Sarah Culshaw, if we lost some lines it was still a nice performance from this young lady.
Dexter Haven was slightly under played if anything by David Cox, he did not seem to be in as good a voice as I have previously heard him. But we did get an extremely good cameo performance from Tony Adamson who was a smashing Uncle Willie.
I found this production not to be up to the recent standard I have come to expect from this society, having said that it was an enjoyable evening and I look forward to Camelot .
Colin MagentyChampion Review
This was presented at the Little Theatre last month by Maghull Amateur Operatic Society, well-staged with some very good performances by the principals in demanding roles.
Elaine Alper gave an outstanding performance both musically and dramatically as the self-doubting heroine Tracy Lord. I particularly enjoyed her scenes with David Cox as Dexter Haven and David Smith as Mike Connor.
Other fine performances came from Sarah Culshaw as outspoken Dinah Lord, Jenny Horridege as Liz Imbrie, Ian Culshaw as Seth Lord, Gaynor Hale as Margaret Lord, Tony Adamson and the irrepressible Uncle Willie and Neil Butler as rejected fiancé George Kitteridge.
The staff of servants who linked the scenes included many long-standing members of this popular society who had some demanding musical passages.
Well done to you all, especially performing such great songs including "I Love Paris", "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?", "True Love", "Lets Misbehave", "You're Sensational" "I Love You Samantha" and "Its Alright With Me" It was a sentimental journey for us all that night, especially bringing back memories of Frank, Bing, Grace & Celeste.
Congratulations to the production team of Les Gomersall, Paula Harrison and Hilary Burgoyne, not forgetting the stirling work of SM Neil Townsend and his crew.
Well done to all of you for those tributes to a well-loved man of the theatre
whose music & lyrics live on.
Gwen Story