14-18 March 2006

Fiddler On The Roof nominated for 4 Manchester Musical Awards!
25th May 2006

Fiddler On The Roof has been nominated for 4 Manchester Musical Awards, including the coveted Best Show award. Our other nominations are for Godfrey Roylance (Best Actor for Tevye), Kathryn Penton (Best Supporting Actress for Tzeitel) and Mike McCaw (Best Supporting Actor for Fyedka). Congratulations and Good Luck to Godfrey, Kathryn and Mike, and keep your fingers crossed for that Best Show award!

Romiley Operatic Society's 75th Anniversary Show, Fiddler On The Roof, closed on 18th March 2006 after a superb run! This superb musical was directed by Rod Goddard, with Clare Sweeney carving the orchestra. Romiley had a new choreography team in the guise of Tracy Haslam and Sharon Bell. The show received critical acclaim, with the Stockport Times described it as a 'top notch' show by a 'sparkling 50-strong company [who] are no amateurs'. See the full review here.

Fiddler On The Roof is set in the small jewish village of Anatevka, Russia in the early 20th century. It is concerned primarily with the efforts of Tevye, a dairyman, his wife Golde and their 5 daughters to cope with their harsh existance under Tsarist rule. Fiddler is a superb musical - a sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, thought-provoking show excellently underpinned by Jerry Bock's superb score and Sheldon Harnick's lyrics.

Fiddler won 9 Tony awards in 1965, with the 1971 film version winning 3 Academy awards. For more information about the show, see Musical Heaven's synopsis page.

This is Romiley Operatic's third production of Fiddler, having previously performed it in 1992 and 1983 at the Devenport Theatre in Stockport.