Guys And Dolls
8th - 15th November 1986
Photographs by John Tustin
| Production Officials | |
|---|---|
| Director | Audrey H McL. Raistrick |
| Musical Director | Jessie Whittaker |
| Assistant Musical Director | Frank Fielding |
| Choreographer | Louise Billington |
| Cast | |
| Sky Masterson | Mike Taylor |
| Sarah Brown | Irene Bowers |
| Nathan Detroit | Graham Yardley |
| Miss Adelaide | Glenys M. Poole |
| Nicely-Nicely Johnson | Colin Crompton |
| Benny Southstreet | Andrew Turton |
| Rusty Charley | Eric Cheetham |
| Harry the Horse | Stanley Collinson |
| Arvide Abernathy | Alec Greaves |
| Lt Brannigan | Norman Bowers |
| Angie the Ox | Ron Finney |
| Joey Biltmore | Wilf Lea |
| Mimi | Dorothy Yardley |
| Gen Matilda B. Cartwright | Diane Tustin |
| Liver Lips Louie | Alex Topp |
| Society Max | Ben Lea |
| Big Jule | Adrian Pollitt |
Mission Band |
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| John Bellis, Norma Dootson, Mary Greaves, Sylvia Fishwick, Catherine Robbins | |
Hot Box Girls |
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| Virginia Bennison, Hazel Gray, Gay O’Donnell, Fiona Steel, Elaine Warren, Dorothy Yardley | |
Havana Girls |
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| Carole Brooks, Barbara Martin, Dorothy Pitfield, Christina Welch, Ruth Wilcock, Janet Witt | |
Company |
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| Claire Clarkson, Helen Collier, Adrienne Green, Jackie Gritt, Barbara Haslam, Jean Maden, Gillian Pollitt, Helen Popplewell, Mary Pycroft, Emma Steel, Julia Sutton, Christine Taylor, Jane Thornton, Betty Towler, Nicola Wesley, Elizabeth Williams, Graham Cohen, David Johnson, Harry Lee, Keith Richardson, Ernest Pollitt, John Wallace, Maurice Windsor, David Witt | |
Bolton Evening News Review
The lives and loves of the ladies and gentlemen of downtown little old New York were chronicled by Damon Runyon, in his own fashion, in "Guys and Dolls".
The form was the short story, the style unique. So happy a conjunction, it might be argued, ought not to be tampered with. But, refusing to regard it as holy writ, along came Loesser, Swerling and Burrows and turned it into one of the liveliest musicals ever.
Walmsley Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Societyare currently giving it an airing and anyone who enjoys an effervescent performance and particularly melodious numbers will find this very much to their taste.
Anyone who can go home without whistling some tune or other from the show must be a dull dog indeed.
Particularly impressive in this production, by Audrey Raistrick, is the ensemble work which gives stability and confidence to the principals.
And the principals themselves are acceptably even and strong. Graham Yardley as Nathan Detroit, Glenys Poole as Miss Adelaide, Mike Taylor as Sky Masterson and Irene Bowers as Sarah Brown attack their parts with authority.
The current high standard of Walmsley productions is maintained - not least in the complicated set changes which this musical demands.
Charles Petry
The form was the short story, the style unique. So happy a conjunction, it might be argued, ought not to be tampered with. But, refusing to regard it as holy writ, along came Loesser, Swerling and Burrows and turned it into one of the liveliest musicals ever.
Walmsley Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Societyare currently giving it an airing and anyone who enjoys an effervescent performance and particularly melodious numbers will find this very much to their taste.
Anyone who can go home without whistling some tune or other from the show must be a dull dog indeed.
Particularly impressive in this production, by Audrey Raistrick, is the ensemble work which gives stability and confidence to the principals.
And the principals themselves are acceptably even and strong. Graham Yardley as Nathan Detroit, Glenys Poole as Miss Adelaide, Mike Taylor as Sky Masterson and Irene Bowers as Sarah Brown attack their parts with authority.
The current high standard of Walmsley productions is maintained - not least in the complicated set changes which this musical demands.
Charles Petry
