Over The Rainbow - The Eva Cassidy Story - Reviews
Joanna Forest, The Public Reviews at Bromley
"Sarah Jane Buckley is outstanding as Eva Cassidy, with her superb singing voice she efforlessy carries this musical. A stand out moment of the night is the song ‘Autumn Leaves’, where Buckley shows us some tremendous acting as she really lives the despair and fear Eva has as she in the midst of cancer treatment and gravely ill. There are of course the well known hits such as Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Songbird, and Fields of Gold, which Buckley sings so beautifully with great emotion and sincerity. We have so much empathy for Buckley’s Eva, brave, sweet, truthful yet troubled, that we are truly moved when she sings her last song before she dies at her tribute concert ‘What a wonderful world’. An incredible performance that has us completely drawn in from start to finish."
Laura Bates, Lancaster Guardian at Lancaster
"It is safe to say that over the Rainbow contains something for all ages. The cast of eight (musicians double up as actors) produce a moving and emotional piece."
Graham Williams, Swansea Evening Post, Swansea
"The performance from the eight strong cast – who double up as musicians in the big production numbers are uniformly excellent and one would need a heart of stone not to be moved as the central character falls victim to the cancer which claimed her life at a tragically young age."
Geoffrey Billingsley, News Shopper Online at Greenwich
"This is a wonderful tribute to a special artist who continues to touch people's lives through her music."
ESP3, Peterborough
"It perfectly captures evocative snapshots of Eva's life, telling her story through short scenes combined with a range of her beautiful, emotional and soul-stirring tunes... The cast are amazingly versatile and it's definitely a show you should make a point of seeing."