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The front cover design of the Carousel programme was in keeping with the earlier TOADS programmes. A simple illustration and title were displayed alongside the distinctive TOADS logo of the time, which incorporated the three spires of Truro Cathedral. More information was found inside the programme including a foreword, dates for performances and associated cast listings.
Those prepared to look beneath the surface, may well be rewarded to find in Carousel, the most thoughtfully moral musical of the century’. TOADS production of Carousel was performed at City Hall between November 10th-15th 1958. Production and Chreography was by Mavis Ward, Musical Director was by G. Trehane Collins, Ballet Mistress Vera Gatley and Chorus Mistress, Gladys Hiley.
Carousel programme foreword by The President of TOADS for the 1958 production by Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. The President makes special mention of the producer Mavis Ward who travelled to Truro on a number of ocassions to produce musicals for the company.
An advertisement inside the programme for Finian’s Rainbow, detailing a maternity outfitters in Truro and speaking to the sartorial trends and copywriting style of the late 1950s.
An advertisement inside the programme for Finian’s Rainbow, detailing the next TOADS production, ‘Doctor At Sea’ to take place at City Hall, March 1965.
Jules Martin, Makeup Artist comments, ‘ The whimsical story relating to a crock of gold from Ireland, somewhat reminds me of some of the old Cornish folk tales. It has so much to recommend it, with a good story, tuneful music and plenty of comedy.’ Finian’s Rainbow the musical, was performed at City Hall between 9-14th November 1964.
The advertisement details another Truro business whose logo incorporates the distinctive spires of Truro Cathedral into its spire.
The advertisement details a list of flowers available at the time, outlining flower and horticultural trends of the time.
Finian’s Rainbow was performed at City Hall by Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. It was produced by Mavis Ward who produced more than sixteen of TOADS productions. The musical tells the story of a pot of gold, stolen from a leprechaun by a young couple in the mythical town of Glocca Morra, USA. They flee to the South and settle there, pursued endlessly by the leprechaun. Finian’s Rainbow is a musical whose debut on Broadway in 1947 ran for 725 performances. The musical was later adapted for film. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and released in 1968. An earlier film animation starring Frank Sinata, Louis Armstrong and Petula Clark was never completed, in part due to McCarthy-era trials, in which two of the films starred refused to testify meaning funding was withdrawn.
The story of Kismet (a Turkish word, meaning destiny) is a musical adapted from a 1911 play. The play, first performed at the Garrick Theatre in London was later adapted for a musical performance by Edwin Lester, Director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.