The best moments in The Company I Keep are the most unvarnished: brothers and sisters squabbling and chasing each other with abandon, a man’s struggle with feelings of hopelessness, the co-dependent dance of lovers.
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Most significantly, it's been executed with great gusto and joie de vivre by a talented ensemble of local musical theatre favourites.
The Perfect Circle is a brand new musical and a work of considerable scope and ambition.
No character has been around the pop culture block more than Count Dracula, who’s so familiar that he tends to be the punch line of jokes told by younger, hipper vampire characters.
The charm of Eight Hands, beyond the obvious talent of the participants, was as a striking demonstration of the versatility of the piano, with radically different attitudes and processes creating diverse musical experiences.
In short, it’s all very funny and a lot of fun - with audience participation, whimsical props and corny lighting adding to the overall effect.
With the show’s name coming from the French word for All Saints Day, each act included a macabre twist of one sort or another, with enough fake cobwebs strewn about the theatre to satisfy even the most ardent of Halloween revellers.
Miss Saigon is confidently performed, with a crisp pace that builds to greater and greater heights of emotional catharsis.
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