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The Spitfire Grill
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 As the third of four musicals presented
this Fringe by The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD)
I was looking forward to seeing ‘The Spitfire Grill’, this is
the UK Premiere of this musical.
Having
already seen ‘The Jonah Boy’ and ‘Zanna Don’t’ I knew I
was in for a good show as the cast is taken from this years
graduating post-grad students.
Percy
(Nicole Rowley) arrives in Gilead, Wisconsin grasping a page from a
travel book, a picture of Copper Creek near Gilead in autumnal
colours. The Sheriff Joe (Derek McGhie) takes Percy to the local
grill house where Hannah (Rosemary Amoani) the grill owner is not
getting any younger. Percy starts to settle in despite Hannah’s
nephew Caleb (Gerry Harkins) and the town gossip Effy’s (Sam
Blaney) best efforts to cause unrest in the town. After Hannah has
an accident Calebs wife Shelby (Stephanie Callow) helps Percy run
the grill, these two start to develop a deep friendship. Although
The Spitfire Grill has been up for sale for ten years there has been
no takers. Shelby and Percy advertise the grill in the national
newspapers, “for 100$ and a letter saying why you deserve to win
the grill”, the next owners will be decided by the choice of the
best letter, or will it?
The
cast may be small but the talent is huge, the book, music and lyrics
are superb. Some of the musical numbers were very memorable like
‘A Ring Around The Moon’, ‘Something’s Cooking at the
Spitfire Grill’, ‘Ice and Snow’, ‘Shoot the Moon’ and
‘Forest for the Trees’. For once this musical is written with
its three leading ladies in mind and each one played her part
beautifully. From the first notes of the music to the final bows I
was totally enraptured this is yet another CD I hope to add to our
collection. If you can only see one RSAMD show this year make it
either “Zanna Don’t” or “The Spitfire Grill".
*****
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Sheila
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Fringe Programme Page No
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P 178
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Company
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RSAMDA
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Venue Name and Number
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Musical Theatre @ George Square V 37
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Dates and Times
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7,9,12,14,16,19,21,25 August 19.00 to
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