Bringing macabre to the stage, the musical closely follows the characters created in the cartoons of the same name, with a typically ghoulish storyline.
Director Sam Quested’s casting was first-class. The cast even looked like the characters (with the help of some outstanding costumes and make up) and had the expected mannerisms down to a tee. Morticia (Sarah Mulcare) batted her eyelashes at the ardent Gomez (Ian Watts) and the sexual tension crackled, while a pouting Wednesday (Vikki-Jo Keens) discovered her passion went beyond torture and Pugsley (Oakley Chamberlain) desperately tried to maintain the status quo. Best moment though, was Lurch (Oliver Gratton) discovering his voice.
The issue was that the individuals were brilliant but the whole thing never quite came together. The set changes were laboured, cast members visibly counted themselves in and the odd bum note rang out, which made the production disjointed. I’m sure this will iron itself out over the course of the week and hopefully a larger audience will provide the atmosphere that was lacking.
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