Wonderful Day, Regent Centre, Christchurch (From Bournemouth Echo)

Wonderful Day, Regent Centre, Christchurch

10:33am Sunday 25th July 2010 in

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CABARET came to Christchurch at the weekend with this bitter-sweet celebration of the life and music of Hollywood legend Doris Day.

Day was a huge star from the 1930s to the 1960s. Her girl next door persona found her starring in nearly 40 films and she recorded hundreds of songs.

But as this show pointed out, the reality of her life was very different from the sugar and spice public image.

Behind the movie star smile was a woman who had been raped, beaten and swindled.

She now lives a solitary old age with her animals.

Singer and actress Arlie Scott concentrated on the silver lining behind the troubles that clouded her life, reminding the audience of the magic that made Day a Golden Globe and Emmy winning star.

With backing from jazz pianist and singer Andrew D. Brewis, bass player Terry Davis and drummer Frank Carollani she sang the big hits from Que Sera Sera to The Deadwood Stage.

Between numbers like Move Over Darling and Secret Love there were stories and anecdotes to illustrate Day’s extraordinary and sometimes tragic life.