Celebrating a decade since inception, Movies to Musicals, beneath the sure-handed baton of Ross Gunning, take us on a celebratory, sentimental, energy-packed journey over the previous ten years.
This ‘highlights’ present delves deep into the archives to ship a various programme. There are blasts from the previous from Funny Girl, West Side Story, Bugsy Malone and Mary Poppins and fairly actually an audible blast within the case of the Stomp part. There are some works lauded however lesser recognized to these exterior the musical theatre world: Something Rotten and Newsies and there are some sure-fire viewers pleasers from Six, Wicked and Les Miserables (a triumph for the corporate eventually yr’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Movies to Musicals ensemble are ably supported by a primary fee band and the native Rock Choir. Gunning has additionally collected a formidable number of particular company for this celebration: Paul Tabone ‘The Tenor From Oz’, Britain’s Got Talent finalist, classical singer Lucy Kay and a trio of West End royalty: John Owen Jones, Kerry Ellis and Scotland’s personal Sabrina Carter. Stand out amongst them are Carter and Kay who blow everybody out of the water with their vocals.
The night is interlinked with sound bites from the younger solid and the present’s creatives who communicate with evangelical enthusiasm about simply how essential the entire world of Movies to Musicals is to them. Most particularly throughout the pandemic after they managed to put in writing and report their i-Tunes Top Ten single You Can’t Stop The Music.
There’s a lot to applaud right here, the night not solely showcases the vocal and dance abilities of the younger ensemble however their dedication to skilled ranges of perfection, their musicianship and musicality. Bright careers should absolutely be assured for a lot of of those younger performers, each onstage and off. The choreography from the 2 younger artistic artists accountable is recent, energetic and most of all robust and unique.
One notice of criticism would should be the continuity between acts which faltered barely and led to a sense of disjointedness and a few heart-breaking technical blips with microphones that didn’t throw the younger performers however should absolutely have robbed them of their second within the highlight.
There’s an awesome feeling of pleasure and hope about your entire endeavour. With the promise of a reprise for Les Mis and subsequent yr’s occasion pencilled within the diary, he future is assured for this first-rate firm.
