Top Hat
From: Tuesday, 27th September 2011
To: Saturday, 8 October 2011
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
The 1935 film centres on American dancer Jerry Travers (Astaire) who is working for bumbling producer Horace Hardwick in London. When Jerry practices his new dance routine late one night in Horace's hotel, it wakes the sleeping Dale Tremont (Rogers) below. When she goes upstairs to complain, the two are immediately attracted to each other, but complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace, who is married to her friend.
Our Review:
28 September 2011
Director Matthew White (who wrote the book with Howard Jacques) tackles the challenge of adapting the musical Top Hat from screen to stage with real style. He uses the art deco sets by Hildegard Bechtler and lush costumes of Jon Morrell to create a flamboyant and opulent atmosphere. The back catalogue of composer Irving Berlin is plundered to more than double the number of songs we hear in the celluloid version.
But the plot is so thin it needs a lot of help: tap dancer Jerry Travers (Tom Chambers) falls for Dale Tremont (Summer Strallen) and pursues her across Europe in order to win her love. Thankfully White is able to secure great performances from supporting cast like Martin Ball, Vivien Parry and Ricardo Afonso who excel both in slapstick and the delivery of marvellously sarcastic dialogue.
White directs with restraint rationing dance set pieces to an extent that, at times, the show seems to ...
Creative
Irving Berlin (Music)
Irving Berlin (Lyrics)
Kenny Wax (Producer)
Matthew White (Adaptation)
Howard Jacques (Adaptation)
Matthew White (Director)
Bill Deamer (Choreographer)
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