He missed out tonight on a trip to see ‘Joseph’ showing in Glasgow, and what a treat he missed.
Much is made about who plays Joseph these days, especially with the current programme on BBC1; however it is the narrator who really holds the show together and tonight we were not disappointed. Melissa Nettleford might have been an understudy but she showed she could carry the role with great style and character and as Harriet Shore (the programmed narrator) is unknown to me, I for one certainly didn’t think I had been cheated by the swap.
I did however feel slightly cheated about the number of brothers - Jacob had 12 sons, the songs refer to all twelve sons - sometimes by name, however at no time tonight were there twelve! It can be the strangest of things that cause distractions, and tonight number counting was mine - I blame my accounting past - everytime the brothers appeared I found myself counting them to see how many there were this time. Eleven was standard, ten popular, nine common, and on one occasion there was only eight. Poor, poor Jacob kept on losing sons!
But I am nitpicking; it was a great night, great singing, great score, great dancing and effects, lots of laughs, a singing camel, Elvis in a loincloth, and a motorbike. Plus, and this always adds to a shows enjoyment, it was clear that the cast were thoroughly enjoying it.
Will it ever date, or loose its appeal? Somehow I doubt it, the whole age spectrum was represented in tonight’s audience, but I guess you never can tell, after all there is no business like show business.
