musicals and operas review

Sailing To Tomorrow

Carpe Diem Productions

This spirited Scottish Company perform a musical that is very close to home, having been written by Scottish composer Peter D Robinson. The opening of is magically powerful, the 30-strong cast tantalising the audience, as their voices resonate around the church venue. However, as soon as the show starts to progress with dialogue and solos, it becomes sadly all too clear that this is an am dram production, due to the occasional slipped lines and flat notes. Nevertheless, Carpe Diem still manage to pull off a very reasonable performance of this musical about the Highland Clearances of 1845, even if it is a little too long for a show at the Fringe.

St Mark's artSpace, dates vary, 7.45pm (9.35pm), £10.00 (£7.00), , fpp 177

tw rating: 3/5

published: Sep-2008

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