The Two Most Perfect Things
From: Wednesday, 27th June 2012
To: Saturday, 21 July 2012
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Synopsis
Using the words, letters and music of Noel Coward and Ivor Novello, this musical play brings together the story of these talents, who between them wrote numerous songs, stories, plays and musical spectaculars.
Our Review:
Kieran Corcoran - 4 July 2012
As one yet to enter into the Cult of Coward (or the Novitiate of Novello, for that matter), I could only follow so far into the obvious and fulsome love for the pair which writers and cast have poured into this production. While the two entertainers certainly penned some entertaining songs, neither their lives nor melodies are really strong enough to support a two-hour show.
Half narrative and half showcase of as many Coward/Novello melodies as possible, even a gentle puff of scepticism towards this “celebration” of the two entertainers dissipates the airy premise holding the show together like so much fizz in a champagne flute.
While some songs suited the story marvellously, (“Mad About The Boy” soundtracked Novello’s admirers and “London Pride” was a predictably stirring way into the war years), many bore only tenuous relevance or were altogether arbitrary.
The 13-song “concert” after the narrative ends is an e...
Creative
Adrian Fisher (Author)
Stuart Barham (Author)
The Words and Music Theatre Company (Company)
Richard Digby Day (Director)
Tim Reed (Design)
Davy Cunningham (Lighting)
Sheila Irwin (musical staging) (Music)
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