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The Play

The success of this musical revue of Sondheim's early work was a turning point in Sondheim's acceptance into popular consciousness, when first staged on Broadway in 1977. First created in 1975 by a cast of Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan and Ned Sherrin, the piece demonstrates the range and quality of Sondheim's work, featuring numbers from many shows, including Company, A Little Night Music, Evening Primrose, Follies and A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum.

Cast

Suzanne Alkarnaz, Andrew Biggs, Angharad Coleman, Chris Davies, Abigail Ede, Caitlin Evans, Mair George-Babi, Emma Griffiths, Paul Jewell, Lucy John, Gareth Jones, Nadia Kamil, Barnaby Kellett, Lloyd Langford, Simon Lucas, Rhian Matthews, Caryl Morgan, Daniel Moses, Lowri O'Connor, Jordan Piles, Gareth Rees, Matthew Rees, Nick Richards, Miranda Roszkowski, Rachel Sanders, Gemma Sexton, Jennifer Shakesby, Becky Snary, Gethin Squire, Sam Thomas, Bethan Walker, Mari-Ffion Williams.

Production Team

Sian Whomes (Stage Manager), Ben Austin, Ryan Dixon, Chris Evans, Tristram Griffiths, Sally James, Tom James, David Mitchell, Lucy Simmonds, Hilary Statts, James Tamlin.

Staff

Directors – Kevin Matherick, Nick Evans.
Musical Direction – John Quirk.
Choreography – Meleri Cole, Julie Hobday, Yvonne Hudd.
Production – Helen Forde, Mark Heycock, Adrian Hocking, Jeff Lewis.

Course Notes

Side By Side was the fourth work of Sondheim performed by the company. West Side Story (on which he was lyricist), Into The Woods and Merrily We Roll Along were the others .