CAROUSEL - THEATRE REVIEW

CAROUSEL AT THE WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE

Theatre Run: Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 October

Performance Reviewed: Saturday 12 October

Reviewed by Kyle Pedley

Sometimes as a musical theatre enthusiast you can’t beat the feel-good, warm-hearted, nostalgia-scented treat of classic Rodgers and Hammerstein. Innocuous, family-friendly, good old-fashioned entertainment with a genuine pedigree of quality and proven appeal through the ages, nowhere more amongst their back catalogue are these virtues apparent than in Carousel. A re-affirming morality tale of family, friendship and vintage romance, the buoyant love story of Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow has once again hit the boards this week in thoroughly professional, supremely entertaining form by one of the Midlands’ most reputable and celebrated theatre troupes, the South Staffs Musical Theatre Company. 

CAROUSEL - THEATRE REVIEW

CAROUSEL AT THE NEW ALEXANDRA THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM

Theatre Run: Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 July
Performance Reviewed: Tuesday 16 July (Press Night)

Reviewed by Kyle Pedley

BMOS - The Birmingham and Midland Operatic Society - has a long, rich history of over 125 years of staging big, prolific musicals and theatrical projects with a level of ambition, scope and quality usually reserved for professional touring productions. As Centre Stage Magazine deftly put it, they are “professional in all but name” and their latest showcase of ability and talent comes in the form of Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Carousel, which the company are performing at the Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre for this week only.