Carousel

Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers

Carousel opened on June 16, 2018 at the Regal Theatre, Perth, Western Australia.

Producer - WAAPA
Director - Jason Langley
Musical Director - David King
Choreographer - Cameron Mitchell
Set Designer - Tyler Hill
Costume Designer - Eilish Campbell
Lighting Designer - Trudy Dalgleish
AV Designer - Phoebe Pilcher
Sound Designer - Maddison Bradfield
Fight Choreographer - Andy Fraser
Voice and Dialect Coach - Luzita Fereday

Production Manager - Danae Crawford
Stage Manager - Brooke Verburg

Cast
Julie Jordan - Amy Fortnum
Billy Bigelow - Andrew Coshan
Carrie Pipperidge - Jessica Clancy
Enoch Snow - Kurt Russo
Nettie Fowler - Elise Muley
Mrs Mullin - Stacey Thomsett
Jigger Craigin - Todd Peydo
Louise Bigelow - Alexandra Cornish
Enoch Snow Jr - Ben Stuart
Starkeeper - Alessandra Tonkich
Heavenly Friends - Crystal Haig, Emma Bradley, Prudence Daniel
Mr Bascombe - Sezgin Aygun
Soldier - Jarrod Draper
Captain Watson - Joshua Reckless
Policeman/Dr Seldon - Jarrod Griffiths
Sailor - Aiden Puglielli
School Principal - Maverick Newman
Snow Children - Imogen Howe, Madeleine Jolly Fuentes, Sara Reed, Jack Shatford

Ensemble
Tahra Cannon, Grace Collins, Isabelle Davis, Rose Shannon-Duhigg, Victoria Graves, Caitlin New, Ciara Taylor, Annabelle Rosewarne, Benjamin Barker, Axel Duffy, Ethan Jones, Alex Landsberry, Conor Neylon, Jed McKinney, Jackson Peele, Harry Targett, Luke Leong-Tay

Photography
Stephen Heath
Jon Green

Director Jason Langley does a sterling job. He has set this production in the period of the Vietnam war to re-examine the theme of a psychologically damaged soldier’s difficulty in returning to a morally changed society. Langley succeeded in unveiling the powerful drive of the piece and its dark undertones.

The Australian – Rita Clarke

In this production of Carousel, director Jason Langley has most effectively repositioned the action in the Vietnam War era and thus side-stepped any unhelpful cutesiness. This is a compelling production in which the spectre of domestic violence is ever-present and where there are all-too-few moments of unalloyed happiness. But it will, without doubt, come to be seen as one of the theatrical highlights of 2018.

SeeSaw – Leon Levy

Director Jason Langley has wisely relocated the musical from it’s original setting of the 1890’s to a more modern backdrop of America during the time of the Vietnam War and it allows the production to tackle our changing attitudes to domestic violence.

Out In Perth – Graeme Watson

It would be hard to watch this production and not be moved. Carousel is visually and emotionally stunning, and not to be missed.

Arts Review – Craig Daglish