Musical Carousel, Dolly tribute and night of tease at Playhouse
The set has been moved in and the curtain raised on All Souls Amateur Operatic Society’s production on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Carousel. Amy Ellison as Julie Jordan and Mark Hutchinson as Billy Bigelow lead the company in the show which includes songs June Is Bustin’ Out All Over, If I Loved You and You’ll Never Walk Alone.
The plot revolves round fairground barker Billy who marries mill worker Julie.
They marry, but Billy loses his job and Julie becomes pregnant. In the famous Soliloquy, he expresses his excitement and concern about the responsibilities of fatherhood. Intent upon providing a decent life for his family, Billy aids in a robbery.
Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent “up there.” Allowed to return to earth for one day 15 years later, he encounters the daughter he never knew.
She is a lonely, friendless teenager, haunted by her father's reputation as a thief and bully. Selflessly, Billy restores a sense of hope and dignity to both the child and her mother, in a dramatic testimony to the power of love.
Carousel is on at the Halifax Playhouse on Thursday March 30, Friday March 31 daily at 7.15pm and Saturday April 1 at 2.15pm.
For tickets, please call Susan on 07837 353294, or call the theatre box office on 01422 365998.
An Evening With Dolly Parton – The Rags To Rhinestones Story is a tribute act on at the venue on Sunday April 2 at 7:30pm.
The one-women production is performed by the multiaward-winning Julia Martin and has been delivered to audiences around the world.
The Rags to Rhinestones Story combines replica costumes; classic hit songs, and a portrayal of Dolly’s epic Glastonbury performance.
A combination of sequined
Dolly costumes, audience interaction, flashing tambourines, classic hit songs, and vocals direct from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee, the show will take the audience on a musical journey through the singing career of a legend.
Forbidden Nights arrives at the Playhouse on Wednesday April 5 at 7.30pm.
It is described as a sexy, innovative and classy show.