The Phantom of The Opera

Five Towns Theatre seem to have any concept of stopping on how high to raise the bar, or indeed sitting on their laurels, show by show they keep producing performances of the highest quality and professionalism, whichever of their groups, be it their full group or Youth groups.

Based on the novel 'Le Fantome de L'Opera by Gaston Leroux. The young leads, Ben Birkett as The Phantom and Molly Joynson as Christine Daee, were utterly outstanding, their vocal performances alone were truly exceptional, there conveyance of their characters in this classic Lloyd Webber show sublime. I hope we'll be seeing much more of these two in the future.

All of the principal characters were excellent, the focus and intensity required on some of the seven-part vocal pieces was a real credit to all of them, great characterization, some fantastic vocal and comedic performances belying their tender ages.

Produced and Directed by Keith Ragdale and Ed Costello, the pair also covering Musical Direction and Choreography, again seemingly with ease, ( by that I mean an amazing commitment from them both, the amount of time, effort and attention to detail in all aspects of their production process is staggering) to bring yet another classic show to their audience, FIVE weeks. That's FIVE!! weeks since their last Full cast show The Wizard of Oz.

Music, Sound, and lighting, scenery, every aspect had been optimised. Little details can make such a difference, touches like the old style brass shell lighting fans for the front of the stage, the glorious grandness of the theatre arch, all drew you into this world, the corps de ballet, Masquerade, all cemented a vigorous and exciting all-round performance by the youthful cast.

The work ethic from everyone on the stage was both commendable and superb. Very impressive show indeed.

 

 

 

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