I have been a fan of Shrewsbury School
productions and the writing of Moor, Went and Fanning since 1995 when I
first saw 'Jekyll!', we enjoyed it so much we went twice. I also loved
'The Time Machine' 1997 and was delighted when Jekyll! came back in
1998, 'The Lost Domain' 2000 and 'The Bubble' 2002 didn’t capture my
imagination quite as much. The 2004 production of 'Into the Woods' had
technical problems on the night I was in.
I
was initially delighted to see Shrewsbury back with a new musical by
Fanning and Moore, 'Frankenstein!' once again I was faced with technical
problems. It was the third night of the run and despite arriving at the
venue early I had to wait 45 minutes before getting in to the venue, 25
minutes after the start time, to be told to sit at the side as a bus
load had booked face on seats. Settled in eventually watching a
wonderful spectacle, sumptuous costumes interesting movement but unable
to hear 3/4 of the lyrics, even my ability to lip-read didn’t help.
Whether they were still having technical problems or the band was just
too loud I'm not sure. I asked three separate groups of people from
three different areas and they all had similar things to say.
Those numbers I was actually able to hear sounded very good.
Sadly
this experience will make me think twice about going to see them again.
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