The Addams Family (Manor Musical Theatre Company)
When your an Addams (so the song goes) you need to have a little moonlight ..... well that moonlight is currently shining over Sutton Coldfield Town Hall as Manor Musical Theatre Company bring the musical by Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, based on the original cartoons from the pen of Charles Addams, to the stage.
Strange stories often make the best and most imaginative of musicals and this is no exception, Pam and James Garrington have chosen not to fill the stage with too much clutter and allow a fairly extensive supporting cast to hauntingly overlook the action. This allows Maggie Moriarty's intelligent choreography to flow freely as there is always a ghostly figure to join the principal actors and enhance the mood. Tim Harding adds even more to the ambiance as Musical Director with some atmospheric interpretation of Lippa's score.
Heading the rather creepy yet lovable inhabitants of Central Park is Mark Skett as an imposing and gloriously voiced Gomez, complemented in every way by Beth Hooper as a delightfully domineering Morticia. Further inspiring and commanding performances are created by Karrise Willetts as daughter Wednesday, stunningly delivering the song 'Pulled' and Jack Dolaghan as diabolical son Pugsley.
Completing this peculiar family are the slightly surreal Fester played with great energy and characterisation by Andy Hooper and a highly engaging Grandma played by (I suspect a considerably less ageing) Kate Dyer. One can of course never really complete The Addams Family without old retainer and butler Lurch, perhaps not much to say but, a striking portrayal by James Dolaghan including a richly deep-voiced performance of 'Move Towards the Darkness'.
We are talking a story of love as Wednesday has fallen for 'normal' boy Lucas Beineke, probably the character performance of the night from Tom Lafferty, frustrated by his parents Mal, the authentic 'All American' father and convincing accent of Richard Parry and soon to be liberated mother Alice, another excellent performance from Megan Daniels.
I doubt that any evening in such company could be classed as 'One Normal Night' but, this is a talented cast and thoroughly entertaining production so don't let the few remaining performances slip you by, instead enjoy that 'Full Disclosure'.
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Strange stories often make the best and most imaginative of musicals and this is no exception, Pam and James Garrington have chosen not to fill the stage with too much clutter and allow a fairly extensive supporting cast to hauntingly overlook the action. This allows Maggie Moriarty's intelligent choreography to flow freely as there is always a ghostly figure to join the principal actors and enhance the mood. Tim Harding adds even more to the ambiance as Musical Director with some atmospheric interpretation of Lippa's score.
Heading the rather creepy yet lovable inhabitants of Central Park is Mark Skett as an imposing and gloriously voiced Gomez, complemented in every way by Beth Hooper as a delightfully domineering Morticia. Further inspiring and commanding performances are created by Karrise Willetts as daughter Wednesday, stunningly delivering the song 'Pulled' and Jack Dolaghan as diabolical son Pugsley.
Completing this peculiar family are the slightly surreal Fester played with great energy and characterisation by Andy Hooper and a highly engaging Grandma played by (I suspect a considerably less ageing) Kate Dyer. One can of course never really complete The Addams Family without old retainer and butler Lurch, perhaps not much to say but, a striking portrayal by James Dolaghan including a richly deep-voiced performance of 'Move Towards the Darkness'.
We are talking a story of love as Wednesday has fallen for 'normal' boy Lucas Beineke, probably the character performance of the night from Tom Lafferty, frustrated by his parents Mal, the authentic 'All American' father and convincing accent of Richard Parry and soon to be liberated mother Alice, another excellent performance from Megan Daniels.
I doubt that any evening in such company could be classed as 'One Normal Night' but, this is a talented cast and thoroughly entertaining production so don't let the few remaining performances slip you by, instead enjoy that 'Full Disclosure'.
Book Here
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