Keighley Youth Theatre presented two performances last week of an engrossing new play set in the 1960s written by their director David Knights.
The large cast of 20 filled their roles with skill and humour, and sang their hearts out as the action proceeded at Oakworth Methodist Church.
Backed by an expert band of bass, drums, guitar and keyboards, their enjoyment, and ours, was unstoppable.
The huge gulf between now and then was beautifully observed, and individuals had so much to dig their heels into.
The different families were nicely contrasted, and feelings young and old were typical of what we all went through.
The sixties musical revolution was very much and properly to the fore, and highlighted the expressive range of attitudes and feelings.
Set in the countryside, where feelings ran high and misunderstandings and prejudices were rampant, old favourites like The Great Pretender, Shout and Bobby’s Girl came very much to the rescue.
The script and the music was well integrated by the director and his players, like Sam Clegg’s dual role, Jack Armitage and William Bishop’s youngsters and the bevy of young ladies, not forgetting the inventive puppetry!
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