{"id":6355,"date":"2012-05-31T23:46:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T22:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2012-05-31T23:46:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T22:46:35","slug":"oliver-bullseye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2012\/05\/oliver-bullseye\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver! Bullseye!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Lord I love a musical. A buttock clenching spectacle with hoards of talented singing, dancing, acting, bouncing characters engaging you to such an extent that when the curtain goes down incredulously you check your watch unable\u00a0 to believe time has vanished so quickly and it\u2019s \u00a0already time to get out of your comfy red velvet seat and return to the real world.<\/p>\n

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Cameron MacIntosh\u2019s Oliver <\/a>is like that. I am sitting writing this having just seen the production at The Edinburgh Playhouse <\/a>singing Food Glorious Food, Consider yourself one of the family, Oliver<\/a>, and other less known songs which are all whirling round my head and all of which are incredible ear worms.<\/p>\n

I went along with my friends daughter age 10, who was just in the Primary 5 production of Oliver at her primary school in \u00a0Argyll.<\/p>\n

As we perused the program before it started she said\u00a0 \u2018he\u2019s ensemble what does that mean?\u2019<\/p>\n

Part of \u00a0the theatre company I explained, one of the guys who turns his hands to everything singing, dancing, chorus, and may even play a few different parts during one show.\u2019<\/p>\n

Oh she said and flipped on through the program,<\/p>\n

During the break we were talking about the production. Camercon MacIntoshs\u2019 and hers.\u00a0 She mentioned one of her cast members.<\/p>\n

\u2018What part did he play?\u2019 I asked<\/p>\n

Ensemble she said simply.<\/p>\n

Right.<\/p>\n

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On the journey home I got her crit.<\/p>\n

\u2018Yes\u2019 she sighed \u2018that was very good but our school one was better in some bits, More dramatic too\u2019 she said \u2018apart from when Nancy died and the dog who was playing Bullseye walked onto the stage and fell asleep on top of her.\u2019<\/p>\n

Yes I can see that would break the tension I said<\/p>\n

Mmmn she nodded sagely.<\/p>\n

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So back to the other production….Brian Conley\u2019s Fagin was brilliant. His timing perfect and he was channelling Ron Moody \u00a0– there were moments when Ron was up there on stage I swear.<\/p>\n

Nancy was fabulous.<\/p>\n

Bill had a real touch of the Oliver Reeds \u2013 large brutal with eyes that bored into the soul.<\/p>\n

The one who stole the show for me though was The Artful Dodger \u2013and whoever he was tonight he will surely be a name we will all know soon \u2013 he was impeccable.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell grab your friends 10 year old and go. Grab your mum, brother, friend, a stranger, David Dimbleby or your partner and go. It\u2019s a eye poppingly good west end production that\u2019s come to roost in The Edinburgh Playhouse and you and yours will love it.!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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