Bursting onto the stage in full monochromatic glory with an intriguing and exciting score by Steven Lutvak and book by Jay Dyer.
Alistair Brammer, Landi Oshinowo, Sally Ann Triplett and Mark Meadows | Photo © Manuel Harlan
This glorious pastiche brings together episodes from Alfred Hitchcock Presents, one of the most popular shows in the Golden Age of Television.
The exceptional cast brings to life just another ordinary day in an American city. There is murder, a paranoid housewife, an escaped convict and many more.
Their stories are woven against a TV studio setting with bare lights, boom microphones and a frame of a TV adorns the proscenium arch.
The excellent design by David L. Arsenault and John Doyle is atmospherically lit, whilst ensuring the black and white era is held with care and charm.
The cast is a list of who’s who in current musical theatre. It is led by Scarlett Strallen, Sally Ann Triplett, Nicola Hughes, Gary Milner, Mark Meadows, Alistair Brammer and Damian Humbley.
All of whom have the opportunity to enjoy a great score which brims with humour and performed to perfection.
Directed with razor sharp precision by John Doyle, it is cinematic, switching door panels in a seamless view of each story as it develops.
It is fun and joyful, tongue is firmly in cheek but it is hard not to get lost in the sea of talent onstage and the opportunity to hear a new and vibrant score.
In the words of John Doyle: “I describe it as Alfred Hitchcock goes Into The Woods. It’s enormous fun. It’s very jazzy, very 1950s in style. It’s joyous.” I would have to agree wholeheartedly.
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Reviewer: Petra Schofield
