Hinchley Manor Operatic Society (HMOS) proudly present
SOUTH PACIFIC
The story is based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific. Set against the dramatic background of an idyllic South Pacific island during WWII, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific intertwines the themes of romance, duty, and prejudice to create a story that is hilarious, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking. The musical follows two intercultural love stories: Nellie, a feisty nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with Emile, a French plantation owner on the island, who has two children from his late Polynesian wife; at the same time, U.S. Lieutenant Cable falls for a beautiful Tonkinese woman named Liat. Both Americans find themselves struggling to reconcile their own cultural prejudices with their passionate feelings, all the while under the dark cloud of a war that is coming ever closer to their island paradise. South Pacific premiered on Broadway in 1949, and has become one of the most memorable and emotional classics ever written by Rodgers & Hammerstein, with songs including There is Nothin’ Like a Dame, Some Enchanted Evening, I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, Younger than Springtime and Bali Ha’i. HMOS is delighted to return to the Epsom Playhouse and we hope you will join us for this simply breathtaking production, which has been directed by John Harries-Rees together with Brian Steel as Musical Director and Choreographer Sarah Platt.
VENUE - Epsom Playhouse, Ashley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5AL
PERFORMANCES - 13th - 16th May 2015
TIMES: 7.30pm and 2.30pm Saturday Matinee
HMOS Box Office - 020 8942 6867 OR Book Online at - www.hmos.org.uk - We are holding 700 of the best seats at the Epsom Playhouse.
Tickets: £17
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