ALL SAINTS'
COLLEGE QUARTERLY Issue No, 6 October 1989
College dazzles with its 'Joseph' FOUR nighh of high qualit y. high energy entcrtninmcnt ht up All Saint'.' College in Augu~t '' iLh the ,t:~ging of .. Jo,eph and the Amazing Tcchnicolor Drcamcoat". The thous:md~ of hours spent in preparation were well rewarded with the production proving an unrivalled 'uccess. To allribute the \UCCes'i to ,eJected individual\ would be unfair, a' "Jo~cph'' i, a production which succeed~ or faih. not on the pcrfonnance of individuab, but on the feeling generated by the entire ca~l. Thb perfonn ance certainly wccceded and left many "ith tune!. and dance routine~ S\\ irling 111 their head~ for day!.. "Jo~eph" i~ an ithptring :.101) of triumph over adver>ity. Although the Andrew Lloyd Wchbcr{fim Rice production t:l~C~ some liberties wi th the Biblical accoun t. the produc t ion ·~ mc~~age oft he need tO accept and cncnurage the drcame~ in our ~ocict} remain~ 'trongl) 111 locu,. The All Saint-· production u\ed a variety of thea trical techmquc' to explore a wide cros~ ~cc tion of m u~ica l genre~ from the punk/ cin:ll' of the l'hrnadite' through the MiddleEa~! Oil Baron P()liphar, to the Eh i~ and Charle' Amavour roullnc,. ·n1e cncrg) cre:ncd l>y the ea, t in their presentation of the majM 'ongs kept the audience huhbling along with the m. The delightful cameo rok~ und the interplay hct\\CCil dtantttCI" \\Cre expk,Hed w their fuiJc,t. TI1e set de,tgn "a' brilliant m"' colour and \Implicit). the ltght ing effectively created the nwod and the cn:-tu m c~ and prop~ employed a clever combination uf both modem and period ~t) le~.
TI1e band pm' ttkd a re\Lraincd and unified backmg. ~upporung the finely \ung chorus "ork . A' fo r the Individual lead role,. the swdems :-.howcd a line grallp of :tcting technique a~ they developed their characters with 'en'>itivity and the odd touch of rimou' comed~ . "Jo,cph and the AmaLing Tcchnicolor Or..:amcoat" wa' a night of fun. l'rivolity and comedy. Heart)' cong ra tulation~ arc extended tn the emir~ ca\1 and ere'"· wi th a ~pecia l commendall(lll fur the 01rector. Mr Simon Ciip,on. who-.c creati\ c idc<h Jnd dream' made thi' a produc11on of diSilncuon.
- Or t>amela Howat
Students sho w their theatrical talents duri11g the staRing fi[ "J oseph and til t> A mating Tedmicalor Dreamcoat".