![]() ![]() The extensive repairs are, perhaps, indicative of the amount of work required on Giorgio’s part to sort his personal affairs out: Clara is a married woman anyway, and their relationship, which turns out to have been an affair, is brought to an abrupt pause by the nature of military operations – Giorgio is transferred elsewhere. The stage backdrops comprise curtains on either side, and across the stage, moving columns with abstract designs that give the military’s living quarters – as well as every other setting – the feeling that it needs significant redecorating. Kelly Price and Ruthie Henshall, Passion – Hope Mill Theatre – Photo Mark Senior. Henshall’s Fosca moves around without difficulty, so I can only assume it’s a psychological rather than a physical issue. ![]() Dr Tambourri (Ray Shell) will only state the obvious – that she is sick. She is, of course, perfectly entitled to be infatuated with whoever she wishes, except Fosca is the cousin of Giorgio’s commanding officer, Colonel Ricci (Tim Walton), and whatever her ailment is, it results in much screaming and yelling. But there’s Fosca (Ruthie Henshall), who is in love with Giorgio. And it isn’t any old love triangle – Giorgio, an army captain (Dean John-Wilson) is in love with Clara (Kelly Price). Within the first minute, mind you, it is very much signature Stephen Sondheim music that starts washing over the audience, though Passion isn’t quite as wordy as some of his other shows. A love triangle in a musical? How (un)original. ![]()
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