It was the northern premiere of the musical and Barrow Amateur did the town proud. Because the show is nearly all sung, and there are very few spoken words, the actors had to put all their emotions across in song, stated the review. Kenny Smyth as the American world chess champion Frederick Trumper did this brilliantly. He had a strong rock voice and performed his songs really well, and his added dramatic dimension made him a force to be reckoned with, said the review. Sarah Flanaghan as Florence Vassey, Trumper s chess second and lover, gave a moving performance as the woman who kept putting love for the men in her life before her own interests.
Thousands of New Zealand homes have been affected by the leaky buildings crisis (file photo).
OPINION: An architect is commonly regarded as the author of a building. In reality, they work with a large team of people – including the client, the client’s builder, and an array of suppliers and manufacturers – all of whom are responsible for producing a good outcome. It is therefore unjust and inaccurate to place blame for a leaky building solely on an architect. Despite being designed and built to code, thousands of New Zealand homes constructed in the early to mid-2000s were affected by the leaky buildings crisis, where materials and construction methods used were retrospectively found to have weathertightness issues.
Robin Twyford directed the ever-popular
Iolanthe, a tale of fantasy, fun and love as the House of Peers clashes with the Fairy Kingdom. The show was staged at Forum 28 and theatre critic Helen Wall was there on opening night and wrote The Mail’s review. She said that Barrow Savoyards had created just the right world of magic mixed with the absurd. The curtains opened on a scene from a Victorian child’s pop-up book, a rural idyll peopled by the most cheeky, mischievous, feisty fairies imaginable. They were led by Sheila Thorne, as a splendid Queen of the Fairies, singing her first major Gilbert and Sullivan role and making the most of the comic opportunities in the part, while Helen Troughton as Iolanthe sang beautifully and lent just the right amount of pathos to the story.
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Falling ice, melting snow pose risk as temperatures rise Alexis McAdams
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Gas stations, homes, and other buildings across Chicago and the suburbs are dealing with the dangers of heavy snow and falling ice.
New surveillance video captures the moment a canopy at a suburban Des Plaines gas station collapsed early Monday morning.
Cameras were rolling at the Pantry N More across the street as the weight of the record snowfall and heavy ice proved to be just too much for the roof.
WATCH: Surveillance video shows gas station roof collapse
Des Plaines firefighters rushed to the Mobil on the corner of Ballard and Potter Road just after midnight.