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Crazy for You

Kilworth House Theatre, North Kilworth
From: Thursday, 4th June 2009
To: Sunday, 5 July 2009

Our Review: starstarstarstar

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Synopsis

Songs such as "I've got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Nice Work if You Can Get it". The heart-warming story of Bobby Child's dream to be a dancer on the stage combined with a boy-meets-girl love story. Lots of songs and dancing. Popular with amateur clubs who perform by arrangement with MusicScope and Stage Musicals Ltd of New York.

Our Review: starstarstarstar

12 June 2009

It is impossible to review a production at Kilworth House Theatre without taking into account the extraordinary context.

Opened in 2007 in the grounds of a luxury country house hotel, the venue is a well-appointed, beautifully designed open-air theatre nestled among the trees in a woody glade. However, although the auditorium is covered only by a vaulted, tent-like canopy and the lack of walls allows a chill breeze to blow through, the term “open-air” implies a temporariness that really doesn’t apply to this wonderful whim of the property’s owner, Celia Mackay.

With a necessarily short season limited by the weather, she has put together programmes that have so far included star circuit names such as Ken Dodd and Elkie Brooks, with a full in-house production at the heart of the schedule. And in two short years, it’s really made its mark.

This summer, the glade is jumping to the sounds of George and Ira Gershwin and the posthumously manufactured show Crazy For You, whi...

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Cast

Mark Stanford (Bobby)
Cassidy Janson (Polly)
Michael Howe (Bela Zangler)
Cameron Jack (Lank)
Lisa Donmall (Irene Roth)
Peter Edbrook (Everett Baker)
Kerry Washington (Patricia Fodor)
Bryan Kennedy (Eugene Fodor)

Creative

George Gershwin (Author)
Ira Gershwin (Author)
Ken Ludwig (Book)
Kilworth Theatre (Producer)
Mitch Sebastian (Director)
Mitch Sebastian (Choreographer)
Matthew Freeman (Musical Director)


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