The Dundee Courier reviewed the premiere of Nan Garland -
"Truly Original"
"Boasts a number of brilliantly-written songs"
[size=12]Dundee Rep Theatre women's singing group Loadsaweeminsingin' performed the premiere of Michael Marra's If The Moon Can Be Believed to a packed house at the theatre last night.
The new comic operetta - which is almost a complete sellout - is written by the renowned Dundee artiste, writer and musician and is being presented to celebrate the tenth anniiversary of the singing ensemble, which operates under the umbrella of the theatre's successful Community Company.
It is a hilarous tale of a a camp of truants made up of womwen of all ages who ran away from school many years ago to make their home in the wilderness.
Here they have been taught questionable knowledge by a character known as the Professor, completely unaware that school is over and too frightened to return.
The story follows what happens when one of the camp's founding members falls foul of the police. A wild and whacky plan is hatched to avoid the long arm of the law, and the ensuing chaos features a boy band, half a pantomime horse, and a band of marauding policewoman attempting to keep them on the straight and narrow.
If The Moon Can Be Believed is a truly-original production that boasts a number of brilliantly written songs providing many laughs for the whole audience.
The performance from the colourfully-costumed cast are individually memorable not only for vocal accomplishment but also for comic timing.
What all this creates is the wonderful atmosphere that can only be achieved through theatre for and by the community.
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