Much-loved West End main girl Carrie Hope Fletcher brings her boundless power and easy vocals to Glasgow this week because the indomitable Calamity Jane.
The everlasting basic is taking part in to packed homes on this present UK tour and its simple to see why. The phenomenal forged and the whip-cracking tempo the present gallops alongside at beneath the course of Nikolai Foster guarantee it is a manufacturing full of highlights.
The story of the Gold Rush gal and her tall tales in late nineteenth Century Deadwood South Dakota, the firmly feminist Calam refuses to be sure by societal norms: she rides and shoots and cusses and causes mayhem higher than any man within the Wild West. But beneath the gruff floor Calamity is on the lookout for love and when a rival for the affections of Lieutenant Gilmartin comes alongside, Calamity’s jealousy is difficult to rein in.
The complete manufacturing provides off a joyous power from begin to finish, helped alongside by the actor/musicians on stage. The forged look as if they’re having a ball and their enthusiasm and dedication transmits to the viewers. These basic songs are given full justice, a lot to the delight of the viewers. As the primary bars of The Black Hills of Dakota ring out, the viewers, phrase good, sing alongside in concord and stay enraptured till the ultimate curtain. Of observe too is the modern stage design and atmospheric lighting. The stage throughout the stage is a cleverly designed contact.
As the sharp-shooting, tall story telling frontierswoman, Carrie Hope Fletcher is completely forged. She radiates a heat that’s exhausting to withstand and her vocals are good all through. She raises the roof with each quantity and brings the viewers to cheers with Secret Love. Fletcher is greater than ably supported by Vinny Coyle because the notorious Wild Bill Hickok, his resonant baritone is particularly efficient in Higher than a Hawk and the chemistry between the 2 leads as they commerce insults on the best way to discovering love is solely plausible. Samuel Holmes supplies implausible comedian aid as Francis Fryer the performer on the top of an unlucky case of mistaken identification.
This is a manufacturing of infinite high quality from forged, to band to design and course. It additionally proves that basic musicals given a brand new life will all the time entertain.
Runs till 5 July 2025 | Image: Mark Senior
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