Fiddler On The Roof Reviews Everyman

The everyman company has set the bar so high with this first production that one wonders how they are going to top it but with the amount of talent in the ranks i wouldn t put it past them.

Fiddler on the roof reviews everyman.

The reviews hub was set up in 2007. It represented a high water mark for the jewish community in cardiff but as their numbers steadily declined or moved to outlying suburbs the synagogue fell into disuse and finally closing in 1989. It is pretty lengthy matching to three hours in all but nothing gets boring and it s impressive to see. I suppose fiddler on the roof is just the movie that lovers of the stage play were waiting for and since fiddler is the most popular stage musical in history that s something all right.

But would it be heresy on my part to suggest that fiddler isn t much as a musical and that director norman jewison has made as good a film as can be made from a story that is quite simply boring. The fiddler on the roof stage production by the everyman theatre company in sophia gardens cardiff was great to see. Fiddler on the roof is at the everyman in rep until 1 july. With its determination to find humour in race religion and the bleakest of situations fiddler on the roof often feels more akin to a croft and lloyd sitcom than the turn of the century russian literature on which it is based.

Theatre fiddler on the roof everyman the synagogue on cardiff s cathedral road was founded in 1897 on land donated by the third marquess of bute. Without our traditions our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof. This fiddler on the roof would be a pivotal moment marking the return of the everyman theatre s repertory company. Artistic director gemma bodinetz s new production the first with the liverpool everyman s new 14 strong repertory company and based on the long running broadway show.

I had a good time watching this stage performance as well as my parents. 14 actors handpicked from hundreds after a gruelling audition process. Fiddler on the roof review exciting and satisfying everyman liverpool the classic musical about village custom and community is the perfect choice to launch artistic director gemma bodinetz.