Cambridge Touring Theatre/Cambridge Arts Theatre. Act I 60m. Act II 30m.
Merlin the wizard searches befriends a messenger boy named Wart who is destined to become King, in spite of of the spiteful jealousy of Morgan Le Fay.
Expecting some sort of historical performance, what I actually got in this exuberant youthful version is something more approaching a Summer Pantomime, quite carefully balanced between historical legend and tongue-in-cheek modern jokery (the "straight line" wrap was the only moment for me that seemed sluggish and unnecessary), and squarely aimed at the Harry Potter crowd.
My own reasons for seeing the show was to see fellow thesp Philip Young (who played Raleigh in Journey's End) in his first professional outing - not as Arthur, but in several other roles, with an excellent vocal range; a definitive requisite when dealing with the talkative children I shared a theatre with during the Saturday matinee.
w: Barry Evans, from the novel by T.H. White.p: Milly Finch, Rosie Humphreys.
d: Emma Stroud.
s: Barry S. Evans, Lane Stewart, Lucy Lill, Milly Finch, Philip Young, Edwin Wright.
m: Simon Humphreys.
The Cambridge Arts Theatre, where the likes of The Goodies and Beyond the Fringe got their first break, and now also Philip Young.
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