Jacob Robinson also excels as Raoul and a very bright future awaits all three if they embark on a career on the professional stage. A powerful chemistry exists between Jessica and Chris Wagstaff, who is as sympathetic as he is scary in this difficult stage role. The scenes with the Phantom are so good, so captivating, you don’t want them to end. Jessica Heaps is spellbinding as Christine, with a voice so pure and powerful it is sure to bring you out in goose pimples. Not only are the cast gifted singers, but they are equally adept when it comes to conveying the intense emotion running through this most un-orthodox of love stories. Remember that name – on the evidence of this stunning show he is going places. It is difficult to perform but this vibrant young company make it look oh so easy, under the accomplished direction of Joseph Meighan from Flixton. Musically, this is Lloyd Webber’s finest hour for me, with a score teeming with memorable, sumptuous showstoppers. Altrincham Garrick’s The Phantom of the Opera, on the other hand, is pure brilliance with the cast spectacularly rising to the many challenges this fabulous musical poses. The last youth production I saw, opposite Shakespeare’s Globe in London, was pure torture. Make-up & Wigs – PATRICIA SHAW AND THE GIRLS FROM SOUTH TRAFFORD COLLEGE.Phantom Make-up Artist – LIZZY GARRETTY.On-stage Scenery Technician: PAUL SIMPSON.Stage Crew: MARK McEWAN, STUART KILBURN, JO MYERS, ADAM HOOPER & PHIL GLEAVE.Assistant Stage Managers – JESS FAWCETT & TONI RUTA.Properties & Furniture – JOHN NEWTON & JO MYERS.Assistant Musical Director – RUAIRI LEONARD.ViolinII:JO LUCAS Viola:LIAM REDMOND Cello:CARA JANES Contrabass:ALI MCMATH Harp:SOPHIE ROCKS Flute/Piccolo:CONOR PRESCOTT Flute:CLARE HOUGHTON Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:EMILY FARREN Oboe/Cor Anglais:HEREWARD READE Bassoon:BETH DAVIS TrumpetI:BEN CONWAY TrumpetII:ADAM ALBINSON Trombone:MATTHEW CORRIGAN HornI:ADAM JORDAN HornII:DAVID MAXTED Percussion:TREVOR BARTLETT KeyboardI/Accompanist:SAM DAVIS KeyboardII:RUAIRI LEONARD.The Ballet Chorus of the Opera Populaire – EMILY BARNETT, REBECCA DALE, BETHANY DONELON, MADDIE DORE, MADELEINE FAY, KATE HOWKINS.The Company – AIDAN BURGESS, RYAN CLARKE, AMY FAULKNER, LIZ FRASER, DOMINIC GRATTON, REBECCA HANLEY, ELISSA HEADFORD, EVIE HEADFORD, LUCY SHORT, HANNAH WILLIAMS.Auctioneer/Monsieur Lef’vre – RYAN CLARKE.Carlotta Giudicelli – BEATRICE MARSHALL.Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny – JACOB ROBSON.The Phantom of the Opera – CHRIS WAGSTAFF.
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