By Maureen Sullivan
Summer holidays are here – and so are some theatre treats!
Curtain Call Creative bring new-for-summer weekly showings of the well-known and loved musical, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’. While Curtain Call is primarily known for their fabulous work with young actors, this is a full adult production including a children’s choir, coming to Shanklin Theatre on Tuesday evenings, August 6, 13, 20 and September 3 at 8.15pm.
The first ever Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice production to be publicly performed, ‘Joseph’ is an absolute family favourite, and Curtain Call Creative are so excited to bring it to the Island for a summer season! The production will see a full cast of some of the Island’s most talented musical stars, supported by the children’s chorus of students. Let’s Go Go Joseph! Tickets available now at iw.observer/technicolour-dreamcoat.
Over at Niton Village Hall, the Pepperpots are preparing to bring you ‘Two’s Company’ from August 30 to September 1. Billed as: ‘Five duets to make you laugh… and think’, the programme consists of five short pieces, each of which features just two characters – hence, ‘Two’s Company’. Some sketches will make you laugh, some will tug at your heart strings, but they will all entertain. The Pepperpots say: “There’s a seaside theme running through it, which we thought might help prolong that summer feeling (you know, that summer we are all waiting for!).” Tickets are on sale now for £7.50 each at iw.observer/twos-company.
Looking ahead to September, The Apollo will be staging ‘Girl on a Train’; a modern take on ‘The Canterbury Tales’ which comes to Trinity Theatre and GASP are back with another Gilbert and Sullivan musical extravaganza: this year it is ‘The Mikado’. Further details on all these shows will be in next month’s theatre column. See you then!
Isle of Wight Observer