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on melodrama propertytoday by Pippa Munro Hebden - Weekendplus To advertise in Weekendplus, call


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DIREC'TOR David Thacker and design­ er Ashley Sharp have had a ball in creat­ ing the Octagon’s production of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” - both lit­ erally and metaphorically! ' .This is a wonderful psychedelic inter­ pretation set in 1967, the summer of love


• in San Francisco, the Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper, Cardin and Courregges, and also anti-Vietnam war protests and the coup that put the Colonels in charge of a


. repressive regime in Greece. Theseus’ court is militaristic and his


bride-to-be Hippolyta is unhappy. But when the young lovers and the Athenian workmen escape to the woods they find themselves in a surreal world of multi­ coloured, multi-sized plastic balls that roll around the stage giving a sense of fun and anarchy, which eventually envelopes everyone. .The diverse cast are terrific. Bob Edwards is both Theseus and a thought­ ful, complex Oberon. Paula Jennings is Hippol3rta and a wonderfully sexy sbcties “bird” as Titania. Rosie Jones, Vanessa Kirby Jake Norton and Nick Under-


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THE minute the Opera North Orchestra strikes up, you know you are in Gilbert and Sullivan land. “Ruddigore” is one of their lesser-known and less frequently performed operettas, but Opera North’s revival is well worth see-


mg. The plot is based on Gilbert’s


witty overturning of the Victo­ rian penchant for melodrama, that realm of innocent heroines beset by dastardly villains. Robin Oakapple, in reality Sir


Ruthven Murgatroyd, heir to a cursed baronetcy, (Grant Doyle) is in pursuit of the lovely Rose Maybud (Amy Freeston). Ham­ pered by shyness, he asks his fos­ ter brother Dick Dauntless, newly returned from sea (Hal Cazalet) to woo her for him. Inevitably, Dick falls for her himself, but the situation is fur­ ther complicated when Dick reveals Robin’s true identity both to Rose and to Sir Despard (Richard Burkhard), the younger brother who has been forced to inherit the title Md the curse of committing a crime a


day that goes with it. Actually the plot is just a


framework for all kinds of ironies, paradoxes and pastiches. Richard Burkhard and


Heather Shipp as his one-time fiancee, now Mad Margaret, are clearly enjoying their comic roles as Baddy, Maddy and then amazingly reformed Goodies, she has to be kept in check with a catchphrase. I’m sure Basingstoke is a


delightful place, but never will I be able to visit without thinking of Mad Margaret. Richard Angas sings the role


of Old Adam Goodheart Robin’s servant who changes from the devoted old retainer into a wonderfully ham wicked servant straight out of a Ham­ mer Horror movie. The movie theme is cleverly


played on. The production by Jo Davies is set somewhere in the 1920s, using projections of old silent movies to set up the plot and the costumes fit in. Opera North return to the


Lowry, in June with La Boheme, Maria Stuarda and Rusalka. We can be so proud of our own northern Opera company.


REVIEW: “A Midsum­ mer Night’s Dream”, at


the Octagon, Bolton, until Saturday.


Box Office: 01204 520661. Website:


www.octagonbolton.co.uk by Pippa Munro Hebden


woood are delightfully charming and con­ fused as the lovers. However, special praise must go to the


“Rude Mechanicals”, who double as Palace Guards and weirdly costumed fairies. Keiran HUl is an appealing Bot­ tom. Russell Dixon gives another of his superb performances as Peter Quince. His interpretation of Quince delivering the prologue in the play within a play is mas­ terful. They are well supported by some won­ derfully comic performances from Lau-


•rence Clark, Brendan Quinn, Russell Richardson and Kiruna Stamell. The whol.e is masterminded by Puck, an unusual but clever interpretation by Leo Atkin.'


The final act is hilmious. As I left, I fol­


lowed several members of the audience who were still giggling, complaining of stomach ache with laughing so much! I was in a similar state, plus having the unattainable desire to be able to wear mini-skirts and high-heeled white PVC boots again!


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