Cheating partners, overprotective mothers and body image issues. No, not an episode of a daytime talk show but the latest offering from The Other Theatre Company.
Written and directed by Harry Kennedy, who also took on the role of the narrator, Wish was performed at Plumley Village Hall on April 30, May 1 and May 2.
The production followed a group of office workers, whose intertwining stories told of their turbulent love lives.
The show’s music, created by Ian Sherwood, Peter Mallinson and Harry Kennedy, was superb with a range of catchy songs, some performed with more success than others.
Genevieve Smithson shone as Poppy, a girl desperately looking for love and a slimmer frame and showed off some stunning vocals.
The production was choreographed by Sophia Llewellyn and the first number of Act one, We’re Going, stood out as a favourite, with the cast appearing to be battling with the daily commute on a London tube.
The performance culminated in a slightly dubious ‘happy ending’, which saw Claire, played by Kate Smalley, finding herself destined to be the mother of twins to a philandering other half and Hungarian immigrant Tomaz, played by Roger Barlow, officially accepted as a true Brit.
Credit must go to Harry Kennedy and the cast for creating, from scratch, a play which proved an extremely entertaining production.
Review by Plumley Village News, June 2009
For more information about this production, please see our Past Productions page for Wish.