 Tale
as old as time beautiful young lady Belle (Sarah Ford), pursued by
village bully Gaston (Iain Rowbotham), attempts to protect her father
Maurice (Ian Davidson) by giving up her freedom and staying the prisoner
of the Beast (Michael McFarlane). All’s well that ends well as thanks
to the staff and Belle’s beautiful nature a friendship and then love
develops.
The
staff are Lumiere (Charles Sinclair) a candlestick, Cogsworth (Peter
Easson) a clock, Babette (Jane Donnelly) a feather duster, Mrs Potts
(Monica Holland) a teapot and her son chip a teacup. The staff had been
turned in to objects after the spell to cast their master the prince in
to a beast. Back in Belle’s village Gaston is not only the village
bruit but also the most eligible bachelor pursued by 3 silly girls,
Jackie Beatson, Deirdre McFarlane and Vicki Mc Laughlan. His sidekick
Lefou (Clark Graham) provides the main comedy aspect as well as being
Gaston’s punch bag.
The
show is well directed with good use of lighting effects particularly
during the transformation scenes.
The
set is very complicated and the beast’s castle permanently takes over
half the stage making some scenes in which the whole cast are involved
very cramped but the action within the castle like ‘Be our Guest’
very spectacular. The main characters all have very good voices although
Wednesday’s performance was somewhat marred by sound issues.
I
believe there are a few tickets left for the last few performances.
“Beauty and the Beast” by Kirkcaldy Amateur Operatic Society at The
Adam Smith Theatre 27th April to 1st May 2010,
with a matinee on Saturday 1st.
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