Little Shop of Horrors
by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Jersey Opera House and De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Director: Ian Stephens
Musical Director and Supervisor: Kennedy Aitchison
Set Design: Maggie Stephens, Kevin Cutts, Neil White
Animation design: Andy Heath
Cast: Tracey Shaw, John Altman, Ashley Vallance (Jersey), Clare Buckland, Jay Simons, Ashley Vallance (Leicester)
Little Shop of Horrors ran at Jersey Opera House for four weeks before transferring to Leicester's De Montfort Hall, with a largely new cast.
“Director Ian Stephens’ analogy of the Faustian theme is particularly apt as the audience peers in on the love/hate relationship of Seymour and the bloodthirsty and superbly-rendered Audrey II during the course of the show. All of which is played out in front of a dingy, 20-watt bulb-lit skid row set, atmospherically realised by designer Maggie Stephens”. Simon Macdonald, The Stage.
Photos © Michael Hamilton