26/02/2019
A review of 'It's Your Wedding Day' by Bruce Wyatt on behalf of NODA.
This year CATS departed from their usual February programme and staged a two part performance of a one act play by Cheryl Barrett entitled ‘And the Bride Wore…’ and a concert of wedding related songs collectively called ‘It’s Your Wedding Day’.
In the play, Tayla and her bridesmaids are attending the Bella Sposa Bridal Boutique to choose the dresses for the big day, but when both sides of the family attend, differences between them emerge which are both funny and alarming! The cast of 10 ladies all made a great contribution as each expressed their own likes and dislikes for what they would like to wear and in addition to how they felt about each other as the complimentary bubbly flowed. It would be difficult to highlight any one actor as they all added significantly to the plot which directed by Cheryl Hooper, flowed at a good pace. Congratulations to all; Wendy Holloway, Sarah Cook, Lyndsay Berryman, Nicki Payne, Amy Agnew, Sarah Clarke, Fay Hooper, Sam Payne, Lottie Walton and Amber Clarke.
The set was perfect for the play and you could easily imagine yourself in what was a typical wedding dress shop and during the interval, the audience were served with a complimentary glass of fizz and some beautiful cup-cakes, adding to the occasion.
For the second part of the evening, some of the play cast were substituted by Cheryl Hooper, Dan Hooper, Hollie Hooper, Jan Kear and Pat Price in the concert consisting of 12 various wedding related musical numbers, This was well produced by Nicki Payne with some slick and polished choreography by Hollie Hooper, particularly the title number ‘It’s your wedding day’ and ‘A Thousand Years’ which was sung with great feeling. A three piece band with Lucas Ball, Del Clarke and Ian Armstrong provided just the right level of accompaniment. Inter-mingled there were also three poignant readings relating to love and marriage which enhanced the concert programme.
Whilst CATS had departed from their usual February programme, it was a polished departure that worked and was very entertaining.
Bruce Wyatt
