{"id":70743,"date":"2023-02-22T04:17:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T04:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/review-sister-act-at-the-new-victoria-theatre-woking\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T04:17:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T04:17:22","slug":"review-sister-act-on-the-new-victoria-theatre-woking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/review-sister-act-on-the-new-victoria-theatre-woking\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Sister Act on the New Victoria Theatre, Woking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I noticed this manufacturing on the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo in August 2022 with an all-star forged together with Jennifer Saunders, Keala Settle and Beverley Knight it was a glitzy star-driven present with ticket costs as much as \u00a3250 to justify and whereas pleasing I famous that the present was designed for the UK Tour to comply with and would symbolize significantly better worth in regional venues across the UK. The tour arrived on the New Victoria Woking this week with a full home on a Monday night time with a high worth of \u00a362 and proved that it’s a fantastic feel-good occasion night time out. The tour will now proceed till April 2024 with 24 extra venues to go to so there are many alternatives to get a celebration collectively to go and benefit from the present.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hammersmith forged largely continues on the tour with Lesley Joseph stepping up as Mother Superior to switch Jennifer Saunders, Sandra Marvin shifting from alternate Deloris Van Cartier to switch Beverley Knight and Catherine Millsom stepping up as Sister Mary Patrick to switch Keala Settle. Overall, the band and ensemble are diminished to make it extra economical to tour however the present nonetheless delivers a enjoyable, nostalgic and uplifting night time out and is not any much less pleasing regardless of the absence of the headline stars.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/a>Clive Rowe continues because the pleasant cop Eddie Souther, Steady Eddie to his pals, and is an absolute pleasure together with his fantastic voice and wonderful comedian contact, you immediately heat to his character, and he actually shines in \u201cI could be that guy\u201d. The criminals he seeks to arrest are Curtis Jackson performed with a powerful seventies vibe by Jeremy Secomb and supported by a hilarious trio of gangsters performed by Bradley Judge, Tom Hopcroft, and Damian Buhagiar. They are nice collectively in \u201cWhen I find my baby\u201d after which actually ham it up in \u201cLady in the long black dress\u201d. They transported us again to these seventies discos of their look and strikes, nice enjoyable and offered a number of the present highlights.<\/span><\/div>\n

Lesley Joseph is fantastic as Mother Superior demonstrating all her sensible comedian timing and delivering her songs with nice poignancy, attraction and a contact of humour. Her stage expertise shines by way of, and her pure stage presence holds you spellbound as she slowly melts in her acceptance of Deloris who the present revolves round. Sandra Marvin might not have the charisma of Beverley Knight because the would-be cabaret singer and gangster\u2019s moll Deloris Van Cartier, however she steadily blossoms on stage as her character develops and is a triumph by the top of Act two. She delivers a succession of highly effective soulful seventies tunes from her first look with \u201cTake me to heaven\u201d and \u201cFabulous, Baby\u201d by way of to the show-defining \u201cSister Act\u201d and the uplifting \u201cRaise your voice\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span><\/a>The Ensemble of Nuns work exceptionally nicely in reworking from dreadful singers into a formidable gospel choir with robust characterisations all through. Anne Smith has a very good cameo because the rapping conductor Mary Lazarus and Lizzie Bea continues because the pleasant harmless postulant Mary Robert with a beautiful model of \u201cThe Life I never led\u201d exploring her self-doubt. Catherine Millsom performs Mary Patrick at her\u00a0fearsome finest swinging incense bottles on chains within the ultimate battle. The lack of three Ensemble members from the forged for the tour does make the stage look sometimes half-filled for the large musical numbers however the joyous power of them within the dance numbers is infectious and brings a smile to the viewers.<\/span><\/div>\n

The Production is slickly staged and lit with flown panels with built-in lights, sufficient structure to recommend the inside of the Nunnery and easy settings for the Police station, Eddie\u2019s spare bed room or an area bar. The stage does look empty at instances, nevertheless it leaves loads of house for the set-piece routines. Director Bill Buckhurst and choreographer Alistair David make sure the tempo is maintained and there are some pretty touches just like the chase of the rickshaw, Souther\u2019s fast costume change and the ultimate gunfight within the convent. The Finale costumes by Morgan Large are a gloriously glittering rainbow twist to the standard nun\u2019s behavior that naturally brings the present to a celebratory conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span><\/a>This is a enjoyable musical with a various forged of all sizes and backgrounds that mix collectively right into a full-blown ensemble manufacturing that entertains and step by step emotionally engages you. Still, most of all it’s merely a pleasure to look at. Definitely a present to see when it visits your City over the subsequent yr.<\/span><\/div>\n


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Review by Nick Wayne\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


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Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/span><\/p>\n

Seat: Stalls, Row F | Price of Ticket: \u00a362<\/span><\/p>\n

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