I suppose everyone knows the story of RMS Titanic, but how do you put the story of a huge ship and two thousand people onto a provincial theatre stage? This fantastic production is the answer. Focusing on the hopes, dreams and lives of the passengers on a minimalist stage, the tragedy unfolds to its terrible conclusion.
The whole production is wonderful, with expert stage management to impeccable choreography, faultless timing, effective lighting and the use of a mobile stepladder. The songs are also in keeping with the story, starting on a high, then apprehensive and then the realisation of impending doom. This is indeed an epic production of the most (in)famous seafaring tragedy of all.
As an aside, I do not understand why the IMDb title page does not list all the cast members, so just to fill in the gaps: Emily George as Kate Murphy; Luke Harley as Andrew Latimer; Emma Harold as Lady Caroline Neville; Abi Hudson as Maid; Paul Kemble as Joseph Boxhall; Matthew McDonald as Charles Clarke; Danny Michaels as Joseph Bell; Janet Mooney as Head Maid; Joseph Peacock as Bellboy/Wallace Hartley.
