Date: 26th July 2018
Society: Fatfield Musical Stage Society
Venue: Trinity Methodist Church, Shiney Row
Type of Production: Concert
Director: Tim Jasper
Musical Director: Tim Jasper
Report Author: Foster Johnson
Before the National President of NODA and the Regional Councillor, the Fatfield Musical Stage Society gave us, and an appreciative audience, a lovely evening’s entertainment with their Annual Concert.
Devised and directed by the very talented Tim Jasper it was indeed a celebration of music, taking us through a myriad of musical genres ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan, Cole Porter to Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein.
Despite the reduced cast numbers and with only three men in the Show it did not disappoint as the harmonies were crisp and on point and the soloists also hit the mark. The production began with a fine interpretation of Hail Poetry and this set the yardstick for some excellent chorus numbers to follow including America from West Side Story, The Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady, Sit down your Rocking the Boat from Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes from the Show of the same name and a finale medley written by Tim himself.
Interspersed there were excellent solo performances from the younger membership with Steph Crewe giving us wonderful interpretations of In My Own Little Room from Cinderella and Popular from Wicked, Adam Donaldson with Why God Why from Miss Saigon, who then teamed up with Tim to perform Agony from Into the Woods. Claire Taylor with Wouldn’t It Be Lovely from My fair Lady, and Can’t Get a Man with a Gun from Annie Get your Gun.
Not to be outdone the more experienced and stage-wise craftsmen also made super contributions. Barbara Simpson (along with Steph Crewe) pulled at the heartstrings with a lovely rendition of If I Loved you from Carousel and When a Merry Maiden Marries and Only Make Believe from Show Boat ably assisted by Fred Piggford. Anne Taylor was at her finest with her highly interpretive version of So in Love from Kiss Me Kate and followed this up with Joan in recreating a highly interpretive version of I Know Him So Well from Chess.
All in all it was a happy night indeed.
