\n Anyone who enjoyed the 1974 film starting Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman will certainly take this sparkling theatrical cover version to their hearts.\n<\/p>\n
\n It soars with affection and from the opening sequence to finale this slick and hugely entertaining show never dips for a moment.\n<\/p>\n
\n On its first regional tour, director and choreographer Nick Winston has done wonders with his versatile and creative team Quite frankly – it is fabulous.\n<\/p>\n
\n The original film was a homage to the Hollywood horror genre now with Liverpool Playhouse, the exciting Mill Hill Theatre company has brought back to life a monster hit all over again.\n<\/p>\n
\n A tremendous cast brings a piece of Broadway and West End glitz to the Playhouse stage with first class singing, dazzling choreography and a witty script.\n<\/p>\n
\n A top-notch set, costumes and design all adds to the care and attention that has breathed new life into this tale.\n<\/p>\n
\n Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank plays Dr Frederick Frankenstein – who claims his inheritance to a castle where his grandfather carried out experiments to create the Frankenstein of the title.\n<\/p>\n
\n The villagers are not happy to see him. Pitchforks at the ready.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is masterful piece of visual and verbal storytelling where songs carry the narrative superbly.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jessica Martin is housekeeper Frau Blucher with spot on comic timing.\n<\/p>\n
\n And what a voice Amela Adams has as the sultry, ultra sexy Elizabeth Benning, the good doctor’s femme fatale, so to speak.\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter Gallagher is The Monster and it’s an impressive achievement in making a whole audience fall in love with you in under two and a half hours.\n<\/p>\n
\n Curtis Patrick plays black-draped Igor who, while keeping aspects of Marty Feldman’s on-screen lunacy, establishes very early on quirky nuances of his own.\n<\/p>\n
\n Curtis is a name to look out for.\n<\/p>\n
\n Completing this very tight cast is Simeon Truby as potty policeman – Inspector Kemp and he also doubles up as a hermit in one inspired slapstick scene with the monster.\n<\/p>\n
\n Julie Yammanee is outstanding as medical assistant Inga. On opening night the play was stopped for a short while as Julie injured herself and team player Jessica Wright stepped in.\n<\/p>\n
\n The show must go on and it did.\n<\/p>\n
\n The songs are what you would expect from the genius brain of Mel Brooks.\n<\/p>\n
\n He is a perfectionist and it shows in Deep Love, He Was My Boyfriend and Listen to your Heart.\n<\/p>\n
\n One highlight (and there are so many), is the Puttin’ On the Ritz sequence.\n<\/p>\n
\n Top hat and tails and pure showbiz glitz.\n<\/p>\n
\n It builds and builds to a stunning ensemble tap dancing delight.\n<\/p>\n
\n Young Frankenstein is nostalgic, funny, spectacular and it has a happy ending.\n<\/p>\n
\n What more could you want this Christmas?\n<\/p>\n
\n VERDICT: Five stars<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n A triumph from Transylvania.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n The production is on until January 3. Tickets from 0151 709 4776.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyone who enjoyed the 1974 film starting Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman will certainly take this sparkling theatrical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-615775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115672268443782993","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}