Musical production leaves audience in stitches
Posted on May 30, 2019
The recent Macleans College musical production of the Drowsy Chaperone was seen by capacity crowds.
The lesser known “musical within a comedy” featured a cast of 25 students accompanied by a band of 13 musicians and a large backstage team who ensured that scene changes were slick, costume changes made like lightning and hair and makeup looking stunning.
Comments and feedback by the audiences included the following:
“Congratulations on the show. I loved it so much – so entertaining and such fun. The performances were incredible – both on and off the stage. Absolutely top notch musical and acting”.
“What an excellent production. So impressed with the cast and the band. Well done to all involved”.
“The show was simply spectacular. The singing, the dancing, the acting were all of a standard that would not have been out of place at the Civic. The attention to detail was excellent. This was a truly magnificent production and one totally worthy of the standing ovation it received”.
The lead roles were played by:
- Nelson Lee (Snell House) as ‘man in chair’
- Hayatt Al Joborry (Mansfield) as Mrs Tottendale
- Timothy Lim (Mansfield) as Underling
- Kelsey Martin (Mansfield) as Janet Van der Graff
- Will Crozier (Rutherford) as Robert Martin
- Avaneesh Belwalkar (Rutherford) as Aldolpho
- Amy Guthrie (Rutherford) as the Chaperone
- Bennett Childs (Snell) as Mr Feldzieg
- Michelle Delves (Hillary) as Kitty
- Stefan Hood-Edwards (Mansfield) as George
- Bailey Fleming (Kupe) as Trix
- Nancy Qiang (Upham) and Caitlin Hayward (Kupe) as the Pastry Chefs
- Mr Davidson as Superintendent
Company:
- Billie-Jean Hartnoll (Upham)
- Marianne Reynecke (Hillary)
- Milla Hasselbach (Upham)
- Alyse Goodyer (Te Kanawa)
- Charlotte Cheung (Mansfield)
- Danika Money (Hillary)
- Prisha Desai (Batten)
- Vivian Chan (Te Kanawa)
- Seo Yeon Nam (Kupe)
- Cherry He (Upham)
- Ted Wu (Hillary)
- Shawn Diao (Te Kanawa)
