Zipp! - 100 musicals in 90 minutes

Advertised as 100 musicals for the price of one, or your money back! What it doesn’t say is that you get about 200 songs from these musicals as well.  They also make up a new musical using suggestions chosen from a bag with about 100 types of character.

The cast: -

Gyles Brandreth: former MP, TV and radio Personality, novelist, newspaper editor, performer and artistic Director of PMT (Pocket Musical Theatre).

Stuart Barr: ex choral scholar, conductor, vocal coach, performer, musical director and orchestra for PMT.

Andrew C. Wadsworth: audio book producer, multi media performer, furniture imitator and enjoys jumping off of bridges.

Claire-Marie Johnson: ex Disney Tigger, highly talented performer (with batons), recipient of an 007 Theatre award 2001 who enjoys working.

Amanda Symonds: promoted from degradation to holy offices, versatile leading lady and solo performer.

I felt the whole cast of this roller coaster of delight for musical lovers had to be fully described but even that can’t explain the vast experience of talent displayed on this stage.  For me guessing the next musical or next song was as much fun as singing along.  Everyone must be exhausted after the show, which involves as much running around, dancing, and quick changes as singing.  Although the main instrument is a piano others are used.  Inventive changes in libretto’s and musical titles added much hilarity, as did interactions between performers and at times the audience as well. 

It seems that Zipp is one of these shows that differs to some extent every performance and I feel I could watch it over and over again.

August 3 to August 26