Rollicking crowd- pleaser
WHAT do you get when you combine a meek and mild florist’s assistant with a beautiful, scatterbrained blonde shop girl, throw in a sadistic motorbike riding dentist and a rather overbearing shop owner? Then to spice it up, why not add a plant with an insatiable need for human blood? The end result is the rollicking musical Little Shop of Horrors.
NQOMT’s final show for the year is a real crowdpleaser. It’s funny, very rock and roll and with a touch of horror ( but humorous horror, not scary).
There are a number of standout performances from the featured cast. Mark Whittaker plays the nerdy Seymour to perfection. He shows great talent, with impeccable acting and singing ( and a few unique dance moves).
Judy Higgins- Olsen as the female love interest Audrey is strikingly beautiful, vague, Advertise in the paper and online. quite sexual and she dazzles the audience with her virtuosity and charm.
Michael Browne gives a great performance as the shop owner Mr Mushnnik and the villainous dentist, Dr Orin Scrivello is played with a roguish charm, but a goodly amount of sheer creepiness, by Lachlan Dalby, making a welcome return to the Townsville stage. But the highlight of the night was definitely the plant, Audrey II. We see it grow from not much more than a potplant to a gigantic, human devouring monstrosity. The vocals of Kelly Stone and brilliance of puppet- master Jeremiah Pau combine flawlessly to provide a memorable character that can convince an audience it really is alive.
Another highlight of the evening was the quintet, The Fabulous Songbirds. The crème- de- la- crème of the city’s female singers, Rachel Cairns, Jill Cason, Bree Hodsdon, Cicely Biara and Morgan Eldridge join forces to create an entertaining group whose presence is