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Richard O'Brien's Rocky
Horror Big 30 Show. - Tour.
Official Website.
Author and Composer - Richard O'Brien.
Director - Christopher Malcolm.
Designer - Robin Cameron Don.
Lighting Design - Michael Odam.
Choreographer - Stacey Haynes.
Musical Director - Iain Vince-Gatt.
Company - Ambassador Theatre Group Productions.
Venue - Kings Theatre, Glasgow 0141
240 1111
297 Bath St .
Dates - 3 - 8 Nov at Mon - Thurs at 7:30pm and Fri &
Sat 6pm & 8:45pm.
2003 Tour Dates and Times - here .
Reviewer - Ricky Lyn.
Great night & Lionel Blair in fishnets!
The Kings Theatre, Glasgow, once again sees the return of Richard O'Brien's
cult musical The Rocky Horror Show. For those who don't know the story,
Brad and Janet, cute American couple, find themselves being lured into
the home of Dr. Frank N Furter after their car breaks down nearby. Fortunately,
Frank N Furter's mansion turns out to be a den of iniquity where all sorts
of shenanigans take place!
The set is fairly basic with a large staircase centre stage separating
out the two main playing areas. There's not a lot of variety in the first
half, but there are a few surprises when the stairs open up and a shadow
screen is used in the second half for some fruity bedroom scenes. It's
generally only when there are two or three performers on stage that you
notice the space is rather empty and bland.
The cast is small with four "phantoms" coming on to bulk out
the larger numbers such as Time Warp and Sweet Transvestite. I would have
liked to have seen the Phantoms more throughout the show. As it was they
seem to be there just to make up numbers. That said, cast numbers are
always small when companies are touring, but here the dance routines and
big numbers didn't disappoint.
Jonathan Wilkes is very saucy in the role of Frank N Furter. Although
there will never be a Frank as good as Tim Curry in the movie version,
Wilkes did win me over with his amazing singing voice, big thighs
and ability to play with the very rowdy crowd, who, on this occasion,
were as entertaining as the performers.
The rest of the cast also put on fantastic performances. The singing is
amazing all round and the band, under the direction of Iain Vince-Gatt,
make sure that we're all up dancing in the aisles by the second song (the
first one was a bit slow).
So, great singing, fantastic band and an audience all dressed up in corsets,
stockings and other lurid costumes. Can it get any better?
Oh yes! Lionel Blair in stiletto heels and fishnets! He plays the
narrator to perfection and uses some of the best audience put-downs I've
heard in a while.
The audience make this show as much as the cast and it's definitely worth
a visit if only to see Lionel Blair in suspenders.
©Ricky Lyn 3rd November 2003 - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
2003 Tour Details of Abassador Theatre Group's
production of Richard O'Brien's Rocky
Horror Big 30 Show..
Remaining dates
3 - 8 Nov at Glasgow Kings Theatre 0141 240 1111.
10 - 15 Nov at Stoke-on Trent Regent Theatre 01782 213800.
17 - 22 Nov at Milton Keynes 01908 60 60 90
Tour ends
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