After
the initial thought, "someone must be taking the pee" and a
second look to see two productions of the same musical in Edinburgh at
the same time.
After
seeing the production my initial thought returned and this time was
further enforced by the fact that Officer Lockstock (Austin Peters) and
Little Sally (Deanie Eichenstein) both narrate the show but also point
out the salient and sometimes irrelevant points.
In
a world where water is of such short supply only municipal or private
toilets exist, not only that but you are told when to pee or pass stool
and you must pay for the privilege. The penalty for any non-scheduled
urination is banishment to Urine town.
The way urine town is spoken about you get the feeling it is
worse than death and in the second half you find out it is!
Hope
Caldwell (Rachel Hershleifer) only daughter of Caldwell B. Caldwell (Sam
Reisman) philanthropist, and owner of all the toilets in the state.
Returns to the wealth and corruption of her family after her education
at the most expensive university in the world. Meets and falls in love
with lavatory cleaner Bobby Strong (Mike Moonves) whose disgraced father
Old Man Strong (Henry Mortensen) was just that day sent to Urinetown.
It
is the story of their love and a piss-take on humanity.
I
was sitting beside performers from the version of 'Urinetown' at Church
Hill Theatre as part of the AHSTF who have only 4 performances. Their
production has a larger cast more dance numbers and they have cut
different songs. They thoroughly enjoyed this rival production.
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