We Will Rock You young @ part
Information
- Date
- 11th November 2023
- Society
- Cupar Youth Musical Theatre
- Venue
- The Corn Exchange, Cupar
- Type of Production
- Musical
- Director
- Lewis Hann
- Musical Director
- Emily Middleton
- Choreographer
- Lewis Hann
“We Will Rock You young@part” has been adapted for youth theatre from the West End hit “We Will Rock You”, based around the music of rock group Queen, with book by Ben Elton. The show is set 300 years in the future, where music and musical instruments are banned, meaning the inhabitants are only aware of computer-generated music and have no knowledge of the rock scene and its many heroes.
Galileo was superbly played by Calan Greig. Calan had the right amount of charisma and humour to portray this role. Galileo’s love interest, Scaramouche, was played by Bethan Laing. Bethan offered a lovely effortless voice, which was used to great effect throughout.
Ashleigh Redpath and Eilah MacKenzie were suitably evil as the Killer Queen and her minion Khashoggi, with both displaying lovely vocals as required. Brit and Oz (Mairi Ironside and Louisa Lumsden) were well cast, and brought out several of the more light-hearted moments, while consistently supplying excellent vocals. The CYMT chorus must be congratulated on their singing and on their movement, none less so than in the Finale when all let their hair down, and, boy, did they enjoy it! (So did the audience!!)
Sound was well mixed and, using backing tracks in lieu of an orchestra allowed easier balance of the vocals – I can’t remember any number in which the vocals disappeared behind the backing tracks.
Lighting was in the safe hands of Rennie Ritchie, Simon Fox and Ross Stockton, the team always remembering to let us see the actors’ faces then adding effects, rather than attempting the other way round.
All in all, a well rehearsed and competent performance with several of the cast looking serious possibilities for the adult company in years to come!
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