Performing Arts
Another first, Dan Farmer, basked in the KEVICC spotlight,
give us his best American accent as Mal Beineke, a boring
suburbanite who gets his hippy mojo back by the end of the
show. 'To be a part of the production,' he says, 'was brilliant,'
as was 'being able to experience such a professional level of
production.' It was also wonderful to see Rhiannon Jobes in
a show for the first time, clad in her beautifully morbid lace
wedding dress!
A particular highlight for me was Jess Glover, who excelled
as Wednesday Addams in her first leading role. After being
a Grease chorus member last year, here she gave what I felt
was the strongest vocal performance of the show. She has
such an extraordinarily powerful voice
In shaving his head to portray Uncle Fester, Harry Wakeley
was the embodiment of commitment to his art. His scene-
stealing rendering of
The Moon And Me
, and his lovable
performance as the big-hearted Fester, was golden.
Once again, the leading lady, Hannah Souch, is dependably
fantastic as the devilishly alluring Morticia, a role she called
'unique, so different from myself, or anything I’ve done
before.' Another KEVICC dramatic veteran, James Turner,
was great as Lucas Beineke, said 'The costume and set were
amazing! The rest of the cast were as amazed as I was!'
created by Lorna Souch. I couldn’t imagine
anything more impressive than the expanse
of '50s nostalgia she provided for Grease, but
yet again Lorna has virtually single-handedly
graced the annual production with an
enormous wardrobe of bespoke costumes. She
has outdone herself outdoing herself!
After
Grease
, the best production I have ever
performed in, Alex Harris has given us another
musical delight with The Addams Family.
Liam Heitman-Rice year13SDE
