Heroes & Villains

Review by Marilyn Barber

This production — a musical compilation of the heroes and villains of the West End’s biggest shows — began and ended on the right notes, with lots of good performances in between.

Kicking off with eight women singing ‘Holding Out for a Hero’ and with the curtain coming down with three numbers from ‘Les Misérables’ – what was there not to like?

There were numbers from musicals to please all generations, from ‘Oliver’ to ‘Hamilton’, and from ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ to ‘Six’.

As the adult cast was made up of 17 members, it isn’t possible to highlight all the specific performances, but I did feel that the female chorus numbers from extracts from ‘Chicago’ were particularly good. So well done to Mikaela Buckby, Jemma Cable, Evelyn Kearney, Bea Oakley, Lauren Ferger-Andrews, Selina Rumbold, and Debbie Potter-White.

And Alan Colclough certainly deserves a mention. He turned himself inside out as ‘Jekyll & Hyde’, and didn’t hold back in singing ‘I am What I Am’ from ‘La Cage aux Folles’.

The society won’t be short of adult members in the future if the performance by the 12-strong junior cast was anything to go by. They were simply stunning, lighting up the stage with every appearance.

Directed by Selina Rumbold, the production team also deserve accolades for the two performances on Saturday 15 November.