Tomorrow Maybe

Stickman Productions in association with ACJ Productions

Asante Coffee Shop, Romsey

NEVER was a song lyric "something extraordinary" so apt to describe this award winning production written by Amies and Clements.

Revamped a little from last year's Curtain Call Production of the Year award-winning original, it concerns the rotational visits of various customers and staff to Italian ex-pat Rosa's coffee shop (a naturally pure and effortlessly empathetic performance from Mary Rose Finden) via sung stories of love and loss, battle of the sexes and regret tinged with hope.

Flawless direction enhanced a beautiful score of both funny and haunting songs with contemporary lyrics encompassing all aspects of modern life from TV remote hogging, childbirth, commuter travelling, loneliness, stalking, loss and gain in all its forms.

An ensemble piece, the singing was pure joy to listen to, especially as the frequent nine part harmonies came from around your seat enveloping you in its precision and grace.

Characterisation was so precise and focussed you forgot there were only nine performers regularly on stage.

Immaculate musical theatre heaven.

DAVID PUTLEY