March and District Amateur Operatic Society produced an exuberant and
colourful production of the musical Kiss me Kate. This is
quite a challenge to do as the musical score is difficult to say the least
and the subject matter, including a woman being spanked on stage, is quite
uncomfortable to today’s modern views.
There were many excellent performances but Sam Rose (Lois Lane) was
outstanding, managing to look pert and of the period whilst belting out the
numbers in true show style. ‘Always True to You in My Fashion’ was very
poignant. But individual performances were almost secondary to the big
chorus numbers and I am still singing ‘Too Darn Hot’ which was a very
atmospherically staged piece where you could almost feel the Baltimore heat.
Ryan Ogden (Paul) was particularly outstanding but all the cast were
brilliant and made this into a production number to remember. At the end of
it the audience were gasping almost as much as the cast from the energy and
colour.
The wonderful thing about March Operatic is that the chorus is full of
people with different talents all of whom look like they are really enjoying
themselves. It was certainly a ‘feel good’ evening and where else can you
find an orchestra actually playing the songs? Special mention to the
technical team for making it easy to hear and the costume department must
have gone into over, over time to make the lovely costumes and there were
very many costume changes.
If you want to get involved with MADAOS then contact 01354 692048 or check
out their website www.madaos.org.
Liz Wright
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