When Harry Met Barry
From: Tuesday, 5th July 2011
To: Sunday, 7 August 2011
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Synopsis
The show is a modern love story told with humour - a quirky tale of boy meets girl... and then meets boy, with the ‘help’ of a visiting angel whose matchmaking efforts go awry. And yes, the main story is a gay love story. But as the reviews first time round were keen to point out this is a show for everyone, regardless of sexuality. It is a story of young love and everyone’s basic need for companionship, or even just a hug... whether it’s the girl who wants to be married, the trendy young clubber, the busy TV chef working anti social hours or the ambitious lawyer.
Our Review:
Laura Norman - 8 July 2011
Billed as a romantic musical comedy When Harry Met Barry has been revived this summer at the Above The Stag theatre following good reviews in 2002 and its 2008 Italian adventure. While it’s a fairly enjoyable evening it didn’t quite have the “razzmatazz” this sort of history might imply and writer Paul Emelion Day’s updated script doesn’t seem to have made his characters anymore current than they might have been when it premiered in 2002 (or if it had been written in 1992 for that matter).
A young cast (mostly just out of drama school), they should be applauded for giving such energetic and sincere performances in a piece that might otherwise have felt a bit run-of-the-mill – boy meets girl, then boy meets boyhood friend (boy), love is rekindled and some get to live happily ever after. Musically they are all strong with the best performance being given throughout by Holly Julier who plays Alice the girlfriend of...Cast
Aiden Crawford (Spencer)
Wesley Dow (Harry)
Holly Julier (Alice)
Madeleine McMahon (Betty Blue)
Craig Rhys Barlow (Barry)
Creative
Paul Emelion (Author)
Peter Bull (for Above the Stag Theatre) (Producer)
Tim McArthur (Director)
Fiona Stewart (Design)
Chris Withers (Lighting)
Tim McArthur (Choreographer)
Fiona Stewart (Costume)
Lee Freeman (Musical Director)
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