The Manchester Evening News Alan Hulme

Oh boy, oh Baby, what a delivery. This ante-natal knees up is the happiest event of the season; an adult, literate, bouncing bundle of joy.

It’s a zany, oddball musical from mid-eighties’ Broadway that looks at three very different couples on a college campus somewhere in small-town America.

Lizzie (the magnificent Caroline O’Connor) and Danny (Nigel Richards) are students… Pam (Susie Blake) and Nick (Tim Flavin) want a baby… Arlene (Dilys Whatling) and Alan (David McAlister) have just waved goodbye to the last of their grown-up daughters… All six principals are perfectly cast. These are ideal performances from professionals at the top of their craft.

Baby won best musical production at the Manchester Evening News Drama Awards.

“The bonny, bouncing winner is Baby, the Wythenshawe Forum’s European premiere of the Broadway show about being pregnant. Brilliant cast – truly superb, razor-sharp staging. Congratulations to director Roger Haines.

The Stage Bill McCoid

Nice tunes, neat performances…

Baby is sugar coated and light in texture… It’s ultimately the delivery which gives us a bouncing baby. Caroline O’Connor…makes maximum impact playing Lizzie Fields, girlfriend to Danny Hooper, played with sweet gusto by Nigel Richards.