GUYS & DOLLS REVIEWS - 2024

REVIEW BY PHIL LOWE - EAST MIDLANDS THEATRE

If classic Broadway musicals with toe-tapping tunes and lively characters are your thing, then Guys and Dolls will tick all the right boxes. Often hailed as the perfect musical comedy, this production from Nottingham Operatic Society, directed by Chris Sims in his first time directing for this award winning company, doesn’t disappoint.

The show introduces us to a colourful cast of characters: Sarah Brown, the no-nonsense “mission doll” trying to save the souls of Times Square; Sky Masterson, a suave high-rolling gambler who takes her to Cuba to win a bet and ends up falling for her; Miss Adelaide, a nightclub performer plagued by a perpetual cold brought on by a 14-year engagement to the eternally scheming Nathan Detroit. Detroit, in turn, is always on the lookout for a spot for his notorious floating craps game.

REVIEW BY NOTTINGHAM POST

Audience 'blown away' by Guys and Dolls at Nottingham Theatre Royal

The Nottingham Operatic Society have created an incredible production of Guys and Dolls. This musical is like no other and is something I had been looking forward to for weeks.

The set was beautifully designed to be big and bold, and all of the costumes were fantastic. No matter what scene it was everyone looked like they were having the time of their life. The production starred Rob Harrison and Louise Grantham-Lang as Nathan and Adelaide, with Abby Wells and Bara Erhayiem as Sarah and Sky.