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Photos (L to R)... Joe as Tevye onstage, in his dressing room (photo courtesy of Joe) and with brother Paul on press night in Nottingham



Interviews on television and radio.
Central Television (above) prior to the tour and City Talk on Liverpool radio in April.(below)


What the press had to say.....
 
"Joe McGann, playing Tevye, has given the milkman a certain manner that is instantly engaging and the delivery of his many witticisms is all but perfect..... on the whole, this is as good a Tevye as anyone is likely to have seen."
The Stage Online
 
"Joe McGann brings to the part an actorly precision and sprightly seriousness that is both fresh and endearing. This is McGann's triumph."
Sunday Express
 
"Dairyman Tevye is the central character around whom the musical must stand or fall… and Joe McGann is brilliant."
yourcanterbury.co.uk
 
"McGann captures perfectly the long-suffering Tevye's attempts to adapt with the times – delivering asides with the timing of a comedian, never overstating the deliberately sentimental songs and carrying on a running discourse with his god."
Blackpool Gazette
 
"McGann adds such colour to the stage that it is profoundly obvious when he is not there"
Express & Ster
 
Joe McGann cuts a more realistic figure as the central character, the milkman Tevye, than the sprucer Topol in photographs of the original production. He sings and acts his way with appropriately glum wit and stoicism through the soft rebellion of his daughters which precedes the more traumatic upheavals to come.
Birmingham Post
 


Synopsis

Joe is currently starring in a nationwide tour of 'Fiddler on The Roof', playing the lead role, Tevye.

Fiddler on the Roof is set in the small Jewish village of Anatevka, Russia, in 1905 and is concerned primarily with the efforts of Tevye, a dairyman, his wife, Golde, and their five daughers to cope with their harsh existence under Tsarist rule. It tells of a father's struggle with his elder daughters wishes and the changes in their society against his own traditional beliefs.

This is an excellent role for Joe and I urge you all to go and see it if you get the opportunity.


Review
"A Fiddler, on the Roof? It sounds crazy, no?"
These words, alongside the beautiful music that runs throughout this production, set the scene for a wonderful evening. Told through the eyes of Tevye, this is a powerful story of a man fighting to keep the old traditions alive, yet wanting to keep his children happy and accept the new ways. He can compromise to a certain extent, but everyone has their limits and Tevye reaches his when dealing with his middle daughter, Chava.
The dancing throughout is joyful and very powerful, fitting in perfectly with the story. The songs, from the well-known 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker' and 'If I were a Rich Man' through the beautiful 'Sabbath Prayer' and the haunting 'Anatevka', all took us on the journey with Tevye and his family. 
This is a long production, at three hours, but is an amazing piece of musical theatre. There are no weaknesses in the cast and they performed perfectly together, but special mention has to be given, I feel, to Carrie Ellis (Golde), Tommy Sherlock (Motel) and Wendy-Lee Purdy (the Matchmaker).
And so to Joe's performance as Tevye. I was very unsure what to expect as I had never seen 'Fiddler', either on screen or on stage and it had never been a musical that held particular appeal for me. I needn't have worried. Joe took to the stage and became Tevye, the dairyman. There is an undercurrent of humour throughout this production and Joe is so good at the one-liners and the comical looks, but this was so much more. From the traditional dairyman looking after his family, to the father rebelling against the idea of his daughter wanting to marry for love he held everyone enthralled. The humour came through in 'The Dream' and when he sang 'Do You Love Me?' to Golde I think everyone was willing her to answer in the affirmative.
This show has everything and for me Joe held it all together as the pivotal player in the story. The ending, when it came, was one of hardship, but of a hope to come with a new life in a new country where Tevye and his family may one day be united again.



Tour Dates ~ 2008
25th February                                   Nottingham Theatre Royal
3rd March                                         Nottingham Theatre Royal
10th March                                        Manchester Palace Theatre
17th March                                          Malvern Festival Theatre
24th March                                  Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
31st March                                           Blackpool Grand Theatre
7th April                                                       Dartford Orchard
14th April                                                   Edinburgh Playhouse
21st April                                                        Liverpool Empire
28th April                                                 Oxford New Theatre
5th May                                                Wimbledon New Theatre
12th May                                                 Derry Millenium Forum
19th May                                                   Stoke Regent Theatre
26th May                                             Torquay Princess Theatre
2nd June                                                       Bristol Hippodrome
9th June                                                     High Wycombe Swan
16th June                                        Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
23rd June                                                        Hull New Theatre
7th July                                                    Milton Keynes Theatre
21st July                                                    Woking New Victoria
28th July                                                      Bradford Alhambra
4th August                                   Llandudno North Wales Theatre
11th August                                      Eastbourne Congress Theatre
18th August                                               Glasgow Kings Theatre
25th August                                                                         TBC
1st September                                         Southend Cliffs Pavilion
8th September                                            Cheltenham Everyman
15th September                                           Cardiff New Theatre
22nd September                            Wolverhampton Grand Theatre