Fiddler On The Roof Reviews Chichester

Five stars who would have thought that a musical set in an ukrainian shtetl that tells of the persecution and eviction of jews from their homeland would prove to be such a durable success.

Fiddler on the roof reviews chichester. Fiddler on the roof review. There are many reasons why daniel evans may have chosen to revive fiddler on the roof as his first musical at chichester. Forty years on was about the change of regime in a public school. The cast of approximately 30 were excellent at all times as were the props special effects singing dancing and humour tinged with sadness throughout.

Tradition vies with progress throughout fiddler on the roof. Chichester festival theatre chichester fiddler on the roof it was amazing. Fiddler on the roof continues at the chichester festival theatre until 2 september. Lastly i ask daniel how fiddler on the roof fits in to the 2017 festival season at chichester festival theatre.

Fiddler on the roof opened last night to rapturous applause not necessarily a given with chichester s knowledgable and critical audience. It won nine tonys on stage after all the 1971 film won three academy. It is a nice touch of chichester to provide a real live fiddler on the roof of the. Their ovation wasn t just for the outstanding performance of its star comic and actor omid djalili as dairyman and father of five daughters tevye but also for an incredibly good ensemble whose singing made the production soar.

Caroline or change was set in a time of extreme political upheaval and change in the deep south in the 60s. Chichester festival theatre director daniel evans draws out the warmth comedy and emotional honesty of a musical that is often underserved by sentimental productions. The opening blast of jerry bock s score is a loud hymn to tradition but those same traditions threaten to entrap its characters time and again. Fiddler on the roof definitely sits in.