I have seen ‘Into the
Woods’ performed in several ways but not with such a large cast.
Each of the main characters are represented as usual, but we had
two Wolves, two Stewards, two Pantomime Horses and a whole flock
of Birds and Woodland Creatures.
Shrewsbury School has a good
Fringe pedigree with both original musicals and traditional ones.
I enjoyed this production for its performers, costumes, direction
and the quality of the vocals, but it was spoiled because due to
its popularity I ended up sitting side on to the action. With the
performance space being long and thin other performers masked
several salient points.
I know and appreciate it
takes time to write a new musical but please either write a new
one or revive, ‘Jekyll!’, ‘The Time Machine’, ‘The Lost
Domain’ or ‘The Bubble’.
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