Concert Details
| Title: | The Witches of Eastwick - SOUTHERN UK PREMIÉRE [9th of 10 limited UK releases] |
| Performed by: | Act Too Productions |
| Time: | Friday, 22 September 2006, at 5:00pm |
| Place: | Hawth Theatre, Crawley |
| Description: | "A TRULY MAGICAL SHOW" Sheridan Morley, International Herald Tribune In the tiny New England town of Eastwick, Rhode Island, three modern day witches innocently plot and conjure over a heady brew of weak martinis and peanut butter brownies. But when their longings are made flesh in the arrival of one Darryl Van Horne, all hell breaks loose. Quite literally. The original London cast starred Lucie Arnaz, Ian McShane, Maria Friedman and Joanna Riding (right). SAYS WICKIPEDIA The story, set in the fictional Rhode Island town of Eastwick, is based around the magical abilities and personal growth of the three female protagonists (the Witches Alexandra Spofford, Jane Smart, and Sukie Rougemont). Initially their power is minor, but expands to involve the summoning of a devil-like character Darryl Van Horne. The mysterious Darryl seduces each of the women in turn, teaching them how to further their powers and creating a scandal in the town. The women come to realise that Darryl is corrupting them and the town, and resolve to exile him from their lives. Differences between the novel and the film While the movie portrays a very romantic view of the witches: the way they act and the things they make happen in Eastwick during the plot, and charges most of the guilt on Darryl; the book shows a more cruel and evil set of witches, mostly oriented to having affairs with the men in town and hurting their women with their spells. The book is also overly charged with sexual content, compared to the movie. And yet, although the weight of guilt is also dispersed between the witches, Darryl still kept enough of it to end the book being even more villainous and evil than his movie counterpart. THE STAGE SHOW The stage show is a mix somewhere between the book and the film. Much of the saccharine ‘American movie’ gloss has been removed and substituted with quick whit and intellectual double entendre more typical and fitting of a british musical comedy. If you expect to see the movie on the stage then prepare to be surprised as the stage show is excitingly more entertaining. |
| Tickets: | From box Office 01293 553636 or www.hawth.co.uk |
| Contact: | info |
