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Synopsis

The tale of the inhabitants of a New England fishing town. Romantic couple, comedy pair, wise old woman and a villain make up the main characters. Songs include You'll Never Walk Alone, June is Busting Out all Over and If I Loved You. Based on the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar as adapted by Benjamin F Glaser.

Our Review:

3 December 2008

Carousel is about the possibility of love and happiness. Everything is in the future, the terms are conditional and June is bustin’ out all over: Julie Jordan tells the brutal fairground barker Billy Bigelow, “If I loved you...,” Carrie Pipperidge has a prophetic vision of domestic bliss, Billie wonders what his son will think of him, and everyone’s determined to have a real good clambake.

When the clambake’s over, Billy kills himself in the muddle after a failed robbery. But the optimism, now mixed with stoicism, starts over again: Nettie Fowler consoles Julie by assuring her she’ll never walk alone, Billy descends from celestial eternity to witness his daughter’s graduation and the New England community holding their head high in the wind and the rain like a terrace full of well-behaved Liverpool supporters.

For a touring production, Lindsay Posner’s show is outstanding, but it won’t dislodge memories of Nicholas Hytner’s defin...

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JohnnyFox - 22 May 2009:

Garrett's off this week. Sensible theatregoers will see this for the bonus it undoubtedly is - she's terrible - and pick up some of the many discounted tickets currently on offer. www.blowstar.blogspot.com/savoy-opera for the full review....

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