Arabian Nights - Milton Follies

I took the three hour drive south from Sydney to visit the lovely village of Milton.  

The Director Di Falloon had invited me to see their production of the musical Arabian Nights by Adam Forde and David Perkins which I represent.

The Milton Follies company is celebrating ten years of entertaining their community and I have been honoured that almost half their productions have been from my catalogue. They use a lovely little theatre on the main street in their town.

It was my first live look at Arabian Nights and I was immediately struck by the strength of the music. Song after song was fresh and catchy.

The adaptation written for youth or community theatre faithfully follows the tale of the Queen who tells exotic stories to her King, to distract him from executing her.

The transitions from the stories of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, to the Genie in the bottle, to Sinbad the Sailor provide wonderful costume opportunities. The Milton Players clearly loved this aspect of the show. The set and costumes looked ravishing.

A picture gallery can be seen here.

The large cast were well drilled and performed with great enthusiasm. They ranged in age from eight to 76.

One cast member even learnt a whole role in a few days when someone fell ill.

Congratulations to Di Falloon and the entire team.

The next production of The Milton Follies is Act Your Age – a musical farce which I also represent.

Looks like I will be heading down the south coast once again.

Final performances of Arabian Nights this weekend.

Fri 22nd June @ 7pm
Sat 23rd June @ 5pm
Sun 24th June @ 2pm

by David Spicer

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