Enchanting and delightful - young cast bring Frozen the Musical to Scarborough's YMCA Theatre for the summer

Enter Arendelle, the setting for Frozen the Musical, the coolest of summer offerings from the young people from YM Productions at the YMCA Theatre in Scarborough.

The enchanting, delightful staging of the show based on the Disney movie is director Katie Doubtfire’s swan song and she is bowing out with a deft, song-filled and thrillingly choreographed story of sisters Elsa and Anna.

Fom left: Emma Simpson, Anna, Skye Barr-Powell, Olaf and Lola Hooper, Elsa, in Frozen The Musical (credit: Richard Ponter)

placeholder image — Fom left: Emma Simpson, Anna, Skye Barr-Powell, Olaf and Lola Hooper, Elsa, in Frozen The Musical (credit: Richard Ponter)

When Elsa becomes Queen, the magical powers she has concealed from Anna take over. Unable to cope with her powers, Elsa flees into the mountains. As winter descends on Arendelle, Anna sets off to find Elsa and bring her home. She is helped by ice harvester Kristoff, reindeer sven and happy-go-lucy snowman Olaf.

Katie has filled the show with magic, colour, tenderness as the story of friendship, sisterhood and love unfolds against the production team’s imaginative, snow-glistening sets.

Emma Simpson, as Anna, and Thomas Elliott, as Hans, star in the stage version of the Disney movie Frozen the Musical at the YMCA Theatre (credit: Richard Ponter)

Violet Worthington and Maya Curran, as young Elsa and young Anna respectively, open the show with a confident exuberance before handing the baton to Lola Hooper, Elsa,and Emma Simpson, who carry it high to the fabulous finale.

Olaf and Sven steal the show with cuteness and one-liners. The cast gives full vent to the showstoppers Do You Want to Build a Snowman? and, of course, Let It Go – which the performers do with spine-tingling

Principal cast

Elsa – Lola Hooper; Emma Simpson – Anna; Aaron Dinan – Kristoff;

Thomas Elliott – Hans; Skye Barr-Powell and Aston Sheader – Olaf; Alfie Armitage – Oaked/Pabbie;

Oliver Colbeck – Weselton; Violet Worthington – Young Elsa; Maya Curran – Young Anna;

L Potter – Bulda; Adria Beattie and Adeline James – Sven and Harry Allinson – King Agnarr.

Understudies

Annie Scholey – Elsa; Rosie Cuthbert-Haywood – Anna and Bonnie Hooper – Young Elsa

Supporting cast

Alice Jones, Sophie Corstorphin, Ruby Sellars, Maddy Blackford;

Matilda Griffiths, Alfied Ellwood, Thomas Atkinson, Lily Hayes, Gray Flinton;

Charlie Ackroyd, Lydia Trotter, Leah Ward; Matilda Speight;

Willow Pratt, Finn Ackroyd, Peggy-Sue Clark, Lydia Breckon;

Ryan Hildreth, Hope Patrick, Tommy Colling, Ellyce Huby, Amelia Worrall;

Poppie Pickup, Scarlett Blake, Ava Fodter and Poppy Ellerby.

Production team

Director – Katie Doubtfire

Choreography – Lucy Marshall

Musical director – Stacey Buric and Matt Brooksbank

Technical team

Production and stage manager – Hayley Doubtfire

Deputy stage managers – Amelie Cooper and Layton Blake-Stubbings

Set creation – Owen Hartley and Neven Buric

Scenery/lighting – Jack Dobson, Tom Jey and Sam Haddock.

Costume – Bon Beaumont

Puppets – Little Shop of Hires

Props – Anne Mortlock

Backstage crew – Maisie Harrison, Scarlett Barker-Gee, Chloe York-Thiselton, Hattie Smith and Lily Brown

Lighting design/operation: Oliver Winter and Sam Haddock

Photography: FP Photography

Frozen the Musical is on at the YMCA Theatre, St Thomas Street, Scarborough, every Tuesday and Wednesday from now until August 26, daily at 7.30pm. Tickets from £10 plus booking fees. Call 01723 506750 or visit: ymcatheatre.uk