Uplifting musical performed by students (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)

Uplifting musical performed by students

CIRENCESTER College's performing arts students' adaptation and performance of Moll Flanders promises to entertain and lift the audience's spirits.

Daniel Defoe's famous 18th century novel about a girl born in Newgate Gaol is brought to the Sundial Theatre in this rumbustious musical adapted by Claire Luckham with lyrics by Paul Leigh and music by George Stiles.

The tale of Moll's many fortunes and misfortunes as she travels from Newgate to Colchester to Virginia to Bath to Liverpool to London and back again is told in a vivid series of deft and funny scenes.

Travel, highway robbery, bloodsport, thieving, marriage and sex become Moll's pastimes as, with unfailing optimism, she seeks security in a world where the odds are stacked against her.

The songs have fresh and witty lyrics set to English folk-tunes from Greensleeves to Over the Hills and Far Away, to evoke the period.

Moll Flanders will be performed four times at the Sundial Theatre, on Tuesday, May 14 at 1.30pm, Wednesday, May 15 at 1.30pm and 7.30pm and Thursday, May 16 at 7.30pm.

Tickets from the box office on 01285 654228 or via boxoffice@cirencester.ac.uk