by Sandy Wilson
seen at the Menier Chocolate Factory on 16 February 2020
Matthew White directs this fizzing revival of Sandy Wilson's 1953 musical The Boy Friend, with Amara Okereke as PollyBrown, Dylan Mason as Tony Brocklehurst, Jack Butterworth as Bobby Van Husen, Tiffany Graves as Hortense, Janie Dee as Madame DuBonnet, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson as Maisie and Adrian Edmonson as Lord Brockenhurst, with an excellent supporting cast of singer/dancers. The production is designed by Paul Farnsworth with lighting by Paul Anderson, and the orchestra is led by Sion Beck.