Blonde Ambition

Hair apparent…

he TY students of St David’s are about to take on one of the most popular comedies of the last 25 years to town.

Having made the leap from the big screen to the stage, the musical adaptation of Legally Blonde has been packing them in from San Francisco to Soho.

It’s the film that made Reese Witherspoon a bankable star for about five years, and its worldwide success in 2001 saw this blockbuster comedy spawn not only a mediocre sequel but a 2009 DVD spin-off and, in January 2007, the musical stage production that continues to tour the world.

And now, with a Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor third outing waiting to hit our big screens, St David’s TY 2023 students are bringing the Harvard Law school misadventures and unlikely triumph of Elle Woods to a stage very near you.

Right, brace yourself, kids, for a very long cast and crew list…

Under the firm hand of director Emily Aylmer, musical director Joyce Murphy (and her assistant, Emma Cronly) plus choreographer Alan McGrath, the cast sees Aoibh Anderson play Elle Woods, Paul McGloughlin as Emmett Forrest, Evan Wylie as Warner Huntingtno, Anna Clery as Vivienne Kensington, Stella Henrys as Brooke Wyndham, Adam Doherty as Professor Callahan, Aoife Ryan as Paulette, Aoife Saunders as Serena, Freya Duffy as Margot and Cailtlin Doyle as Pilar.

Meanwhile the Delta Nu girls are played by Gemma Fahy, Alexandra Ryan Milligan, Grace-Anne Hassett, Ava Dunne, Sorcha Byrne, Maria Whelton de Bri, Ellie Boulter, Ellen Roche, Mia Fallon, Sofia Mitchell and Ella Breen, whilst the chorus is made up of Lucy O’Faherty, Alana Murray, Caoimhe Lyons, Dearbhla Browne, Alison Finnerty, Kate Finnerty, Summer Kavanagh, Chloe O’Reilly, Ellen Drew, Saioa O’Toole Hernandez, Eva Kunz, Ciara Goulding, Zoe Walshe and Maria Whelton deBri.

Also in the cast is Ryan Leahy, Daryl Smith, Sam Lyons, Alannah Gallagher, Max Moody, Kai Hart, Calum Flynn, Maisie Harte, Nathan Donlon, Ruby Mitchell, Ellen Drew, Alicia Fay, Lene Weidenhammer, Dylan Hogan, Grace Doyle, Sofia Held and Abigail Bryan.

Finally, the Frat Boys are played by Ben O’Connor, Max Synnott, Rhys Davies and Fin Davies.

See, what happened there was, once we started listing the cast, well, we felt we couldn’t really leave any of them out. Didn’t realise there was actually 7,428 up on that stage until about four hours in.

Running from Wednesday, March 22nd to Saturday 24th in the St David’s Sports Arena, doors are 7pm, showtime 7.30pm, tickets €15 for adults, €13 for students, and you can grab yours right here.