Young Frankenstein

It was a pleasure to have once again visited with Cygnet Players and, on this occasion, enjoyed watching their highly entertaining production of Young Frankenstein. Not having seen the show previously I was certainly looking forward to this event.  Mel Brooks adapted his 1974 film, of the same name, to create this brilliant musical comedy.  He is definitely not one to be timid and the adult humour in Young Frankenstein is certainly no different.

When Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, returns to Transylvania and inherits his family's estate he meets a very strange cast of characters. Together with Igor the hunchback, Inga a gorgeous lab assistant and Frau Blucher the mysterious castle caretaker Frederick reignites his grandfather’s experiment but does history repeat itself?

Alex Orchard is to be congratulated, as Director, for taking on this hugely challenging production and for delivering a truly wonderful show.  Careful casting, plenty of patience and undoubtedly a lot of hard work throughout rehearsals resulted in a first-class production with so much pace, energy and non-stop action. 

Congratulations again to everyone at Cygnet Players and especially to those directly involved with Young Frankenstein. I left feeling thoroughly entertained by this excellent production. The cast fully embraced the musical and handled those risqué parts of the script with good-taste and humour. 

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