Spearheaded by the adolescent Swallow (Lydia White), the young ones seem to question their elders’ unflinching faith yet refuse to bend from their own fledgling faith. It is the 1950s and religious zeal is as high as the crop in the cornfields. We now find ourselves in the heart of the Louisiana Bible Belt. The original novel, by Mary Hayley Bell, was set in Sussex while the 1961 film had moved up to Lancashire. The musical’s book (by Lloyd Webber himself, with Patricia Knop and Gale Edwards) has taken the action Stateside from its humble, English birthplace. Despite being inescapably aware of the townsfolk’s collective hysteria about a murderer being on the loose. A group of children stumble upon an escaped killer in a barn and through their unwavering belief that he is the Second Coming, they decide to keep his whereabouts a secret from the authorities. The premise of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Whistle Down the Wind” is interesting, and quite fun if not a little implausible. “Using multi-talented actor musicians, it is in reality a delight to watch throughout”
Whistle Down The Wind The Watermill Theatre Reviewed – 27th July 2022 Dan Gillespie Sells – Musician / Writer – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.Peter McGovern – Actor – The Comedy About a Bank Robbery.Linus Karp – Actor – Awkward Conversations.Mark Inscoe – Actor – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.Lucie Shorthouse – Actor – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.Emma Jenkin – Actress – Isolation Interview.Leading Light – Theatre Collective – Isolation Interview.James Ringer-Beck – Actor Composer – Isolation Interview.Maryhee Yoon – Actor Writer Director – Isolation Interview.Domenico Lopresti – Performer Producer – Isolation Interview.Matthew Jameson – Deputy Director at The Space – Isolation Interview.Martin Malcolm – Playwright – Isolation Interview.Benji and Elliot – The Bohemians Theatre Company – Isolation Interview.Esther Mackay – Artistic Director The UnDisposables – Isolation Interview.
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