Vidar Hjarding MBE - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Audio Described Theatre Review

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjarding MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next in his regular Connect Radio audio described theatre reviews.

This week Vidar was reviewing the audio described performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre on Saturday 9 April 2022 with audio description by professional describer Julia Grundy.

This is the UK tour of the London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s multi-award winning Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with cast that includes  Alexandra Burke, Jason Donovan (this time playing the role of Pharaoh) and Jac Yarrow.

The show features songs that have gone on to become pop and musical theatre classics, including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door To Me, There’s One More Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go Joseph.

Vidar began by saying that going to see Joseph was a bit of a trip down memory lane for him as Joseph was his first musical theatre experience and also with this tour welcoming back Jason Donavan to Joseph but this time as Pharaoh and it was Jason playing Joseph in that production that Vidar saw a few years ago. 

Vidar also talked about the great description by Julia Grundy and how Joseph was also one of Julia’s favourite shows which certainly came across in her description.

Vidar ended by saying that he would definitely recommend this touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat as a delightful musical for all the family which has certainly stood the test of time too.

The London Palladium production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat continues on tour around the UK until the middle of October and more details can be found by visiting the Joseph the Musical website below and clicking on to the link for the UK tour - https://www.josephthemusical.com


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