Jekyll and Hyde
From: Monday, 27th June 2011
To: Saturday, 2 July 2011
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Synopsis
An evocative tale of romance and the epic battle between good and evil. Jekyll and Hyde is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart.
Our Review:
28 June 2011
There is a wonderful 1989 film comedy called The Tall Guy in which the plot centres around an excruciatingly awful musical adaptation of The Elephant Man, entitled Elephant!. The movie includes snatches of several songs, which are the most brilliant parodies of buttock-clenching musical theatre that you’re ever likely to hear.
My advice to anyone planning to see Jekyll and Hyde, in its current touring version, is simple: watch The Tall Guy before you go. It will add immeasurably to your viewing pleasure.
Everything about this production is thrillingly misconceived. The score by Frank Wildhorn is fabulously banal, facile and largely tuneless, with the exception of the big number This Is The Moment, which as an uplifting song of hope is hopelessly mis-placed just before Jekyll turns into Hyde. The book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse are crammed with inspired clichés, torturous couplets and painting-by-numbers dialogue.
And the spectacular dire...
Latest User Review
Phil - 4 July 2011:
Until I see this in Cardiff, I reserve judgement....
Cast
Marti Pellow (Dr Henry Jekyll/Mr Hyde)
Sarah Earnshaw (Emma)
Sabrina Carter (Lucy)
Mark McGee (Utterson)
David Delve (Sir Danvers)
Jacob Chapman (Lord Savage)
Martin Dickinson (General Glossop)
Jon De Ville (Bishop of Basingstoke)
James Gant (Poole)
Amira Matthews (Lady Beaconfield/Nellie)
Daniel Robinson (Bisset)
Matt Stevens (Sir Archibald Proops)
Michael Taibi (Simon Stride)
Rob Copeland (Ensemble)
Grace Gardner (Ensemble)
Alexandra Grierson (Ensemble)
Carolyn Maitland (Ensemble)
Kerri Watt (Ensemble/Swing)
Creative
R L Stevenson (Book)
Frank Wildhorn (Music)
Leslie Bricusse (Lyrics)
Bill Kenwright (Producer)
Steve Cuden (Adaptation)
Frank Wildhorn (Adaptation)
Martin Connor (Director)
Bill Deamer (Choreographer)
Mark Bailey (Design)
Jonathan Lipman (Costume)
Nick Richings (Lighting)
Ben Harrison (Sound)
Tom de Keyser (Musical Director)
Kim Scharnberg (orchestration) (Music)
Jason Howland (arrangement) (Music)
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