Saturday, March 31, 2007

Live and Lovely: Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat the Musical

Posted by ai at 11:06 AM

It’s SlippyDisco’s favourite musical. Poppostergirl spent most of her youth calypso-ing along to it. So I was all hyped up for Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat to roll into glamourous Birmingham, and I was not disappointed. For those who find the Old Testament somewhat moralistic and preachy, this show will totally change your mind. I’m not a huge fan of Lloyd Webber, but he has turned this story into a riotous romp through a variety of musical styles and fun performances. The sets were amazing incorporating ancient Canaan, pyramids in Egypt, and even the Eiffel Tower in Paris! The costumes are a visual delight with a rather buff Joseph (more on him later) spending most of the show in a skimpy little skirt number – yet the Pharoah’s wife wears an appropriately slutty and modern red dress, while the guards kind of look like Vorlons (nerd reference number one). Ultimately it’s the song and performances that bring this musical to life. Any Dream Will Do is of course a favourite, and is performed at the very start, the very end and twice during a singalong-an-encore! The Pharoah has a scene stealing moment during his Elvis inspired number and chewed the scenery with his swooning dancing girls who were eating out of his hand by the time the number was over. The choir of primary school children (from my home town of Sutton Coldfield) did an amazing job. However, it was Joseph (a rather RAR Jonathan Parkin in his debut professional role) and the Narrator (an amazing from start to finish Harriet Shaw) who gave flawless vocals, impassioned performances and went from funny to poignant at the flick of a switch. Clearly Jonathan is a young star in the making and I look forward to seeing more of him in the future. The show is a corker and utterly enjoyable from start to finish. I may now be obsessed with learning to get all the colours in the right order for when I sing a long to my Jason Donovan sung soundtrack!!

 

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