All performances of 'Fiddler On The Roof' will be dedicated to the memory of our former President,
Harry Dallard who sadly died February 2007. Harry had expressed great delight that we would be performing his favourite show for the first time since 1974.

Filled with laughter and tenderness. It catches the essence of a moment in history with sentiment and radiance.


Synopsis

The people of Anatevka, a small Jewish community in Tsarist Russia, earn their simple and precarious living from the land. Tevye, a milkman, is a devout and humorous man who believes that their strength derives from the age old laws of 'tradition'. He explains that everyone is a 'fiddler on the roof', trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck. However, these traditions of a lifetime are to cause Tevye many heart-searching problems which he debates with God and his conscience.

One of the most important customs in the community is that of the Matchmaker, who arranges suitable marriages for the villagers. Tevye first met his wife Golde on their wedding day and they were told that they would learn to love each other. To Golde's amazement, Tevye asks her "Do you love me?" - after 25 years of marriage!

Tevye and Golde have five daughters. The three eldest flout this solemn tradition and choose their own husbands. Tevye is unable to resist the look in his daughter Tzeitel's eyes when she has given her pledge to Motel, a poor tailor. Even though a match has already been arranged between her and Lazar Wolfe, the butcher, he gives his permission for them to marry.

Another of their daughters, Hodel, falls in love with Perchik, a student and revolutionist. Tevye is shocked when they ask for his blessing and not his permission to marry. Perchik leaves the village to join the struggle against the Tsar. Later, when Hodel hears he has been taken to Siberia, she immediately decides to join him. In a tearful farewell she promises her father she will be married under a canopy by a Rabbi.

Their third daughter, Chava, realises the unhappiness it will cause if she becomes involved with Fyedka, a Russian and a Gentile, but she eventually gives way to her emotions and commits a terrible sin by marrying him. This time Tevye cannot turn his back on his faith and deny all his beliefs by accepting them and Chava is banished from the family.

Anatevka gets caught up in the political upheaval when an edict decrees that Jewish families must leave their villages within three days. As they put together their few belongings, the villagers mourn for the sorry little place, which through all the familiarities and hardships shared, has been their home. Sadly, they leave to make new homes and live in Poland, the Holy Land and America.


Songs & Music Numbers

01. Prologue And Tradition
02. Matchmaker, Matchmaker
03. If I Were A Rich Man
04. Sabbath Prayer
05. To Life
06. Miracle Of Miracles
07. Tevye's Dream
08. Wedding Procession
09. Sunrise Sunset
10. Wedding Celebration And The Bottle Dance
11. Wedding Procession
12. First Act Finale
13. Do You Love Me
14. Far From The Home I Love
15. Chava Ballet Sequence
16. Rejection Scene
17. Anatevka
18. Finale
19. Any Day Now

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