Right from the start you are captivated with the story line, the characters and of course the music. the first time we saw the show was an afternoon performance, which we loved, but the only disappointment was that Gina Riley had a substitute. But we got over that and just loved the music and the dance, the energy that went into the dance routines and the personalities that shone
through from the 2 main female actors. We loved it so much we decided to go back to a night time performance, of course looking forward to all the things we loved the first time and in addition this time see Gina. But once more were disappointed when the same
substitute appeared on stage. Once again we overcome our disappointment and absolutely loved the show. Our seats which I bought online were fantastic only 5 rows back and in the middle, which made the 2nd time round even more special as you could actually look into the actors eyes!.. We were tempted to try for a 3rd time to see Gina, and if we could have found out for sure if she would be on stage at that particular performance we would not have hesitated. Is there anyway of knowing at the time of purchasing your ticket, what under studies will be on stage. I realise sickness is something you can't control, but if it's due to other commitments, it should be made known to the customer, and so you have a choice, I mean you see the advertising and
it says Gina Riley as the warden, but out of 2 shows, she wasn't. Back to all the positives, it is one of the best musicals we have seen, am still singing the songs and smile when thinking of some of the humourous scenes. Easily give it 9/10.
Lyric Theatre Star City @
- Pyrmont @
- Wed 29 Jul 2009 @
Favourite moment: thats a hard one, so many to choose from, but I think i'll give it to the dummy scene in the court room, very clever and funny. @
