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Site<\/strong><\/td>NODA<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Date<\/th>30th Nov 2024<\/td><\/tr>
Society<\/th>Hayling Musical Society<\/td><\/tr>
Venue<\/th>The Station Theatre, Hayling Island<\/td><\/tr>
Type of Production<\/th>Musical<\/td><\/tr>
Director<\/th>Rhian Gardner-Roberts<\/td><\/tr>
Musical Director<\/th>Louise Helyer<\/td><\/tr>
Choreographer<\/th>Rhian Gardner-Roberts<\/td><\/tr>
Reviewer<\/strong><\/td>NODA<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I Love You, You\u2019re Perfect, Now Change!<\/strong> is an amazing show \u2013 well, not a show in the traditional sense with a cast of characters and a story running all the way through, but a series of vignettes connected only by the themes of love and relationships, which everyone in the audience who\u2019s experienced a bit of life can identify with. The scenes are mostly independent of each other, but they progress in a fashion designed to suggest an overall arc to relationships throughout the course of one’s life. It\u2019s quick fire, witty and romantic, sometimes a little sad, but it mostly made us laugh all the way through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show started in New York, becoming the second longest-running Off-Broadway musical, running for over 5,000 performances. It has travelled around the world and came to the UK in 1999, with a new production opening in Wolverhampton in July 2024 before running for a month at the Edinburgh Fringe, so we\u2019re getting it on Hayling fresh off the press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the original production had just four actors, Director Rhian Gardner-Roberts has sensibly expanded this to sixteen, if only to save their sanity! Even so, the action is manic, changing scenes rapidly so a black stage, with just a raised platform at the back is ideal, with minimal amounts of furniture and props to set the scenes.  Lee Stoddart\u2019s sumptuous lighting created many different atmospheres and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tom Davison\u2019s sound was crystal clear throughout. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Hard-working MD Louise Helyer and her keyboard are on stage throughout the show providing all the music, which is catchy and memorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhian also devised the choreography which gave us beautifully interpreted set pieces featuring the whole cast, as well as smaller scenes which were equally impressive, such as \u201cThe Highway of Love\u201d \u2013 an entire car journey made using just four office chairs. Costumes throughout (Maria Hammon) were kept simple with a central theme of dark shades of red with more specialist items, like a bride\u2019s dress, where needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won\u2019t pick out individuals for particular praise \u2013 I\u2019d have to include the whole cast and every scene, and I\u2019m supposed to stick to 500 words. What I can say is that absolutely everyone was brilliant: pitch perfect singing, well-considered, nuanced acting and precise interpretation of the choreography. Faultless. Listening to the Director sitting next to me laughing throughout the show, even though she must have watched it countless times during rehearsals, meant that you were bringing something new to the show each time you performed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I want to know is why this hasn\u2019t been a huge success in the West End following its appearance at this year\u2019s Edinburgh Festival Fringe? Your production was stunning, I adored every scene and wished I\u2019d been able to come back and watch it all over again. You are a very talented company, and we are very lucky that you can give us shows of this calibre so that we don\u2019t<\/em> need to go to the West End. Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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