Every now and then we have the pleasure of sitting through a show that is fascinating in many different aspects. I recently took a young person to their first ever ‘live’ musical show. Up till then their only experience was to a Circus In Geelong. Inundated with technological marvels that insinuate themselves into our lives we forget sometimes that there are real people out there doing real things for real entertainment. Must we have to live in virtual worlds when our own is far more fascinating than any video game.
The 2010 Graduating Music Theatre Performers from the University of Ballarat recently performed ‘Urine Town’ as professionally as anyone who has trodden the boards of the Regent. From ‘Overture’ to ‘Finale’ the audience was totally captivated. I won’t name the performers who stood above all the others because such a list would mean having to name them all. The goodies were so gaggingly good, the villains were really venal and even the camp guy was gay. The laughs came exactly as intended by the writers. I’m am constantly amazed that these young performers can remember every line of dialogue, every word of a dozen songs and every one of the 4362 dance steps for two hours. A couple of times there were brief pauses in the dialogue but I was unable to ascertain whether this was for laughter or effect, or for a few seconds the mental thought “Oh s**t what was my next line”. Maybe the show went a few seconds over because of this but that was another few seconds of pure, unadulterated enjoyment. Who would have imagined (other than The Astonisher) that having a Pee could be so entertaining?
Tomorrow you may meet them serving behind the counter at a whitegoods store, checking out your groceries or making an appointment as a doctors receptionist, one of them might even test you for your Drivers Licence, but for a couple of magical hours they successfully transported us to another world. As I said to the young person at the time “you don’t need special glasses for this is the ultimate in 3D ”.
Keep your eyes open for even more performances from our talented local actors and musicians. Buy a ticket now for ‘Singing In The Rain’
What a pity that we can’t utilise the talent we have in Ballarat better than we do. A site to put into your favourites http://www.hermaj.com/
The 2010 Graduating Music Theatre Performers from the University of Ballarat recently performed ‘Urine Town’ as professionally as anyone who has trodden the boards of the Regent. From ‘Overture’ to ‘Finale’ the audience was totally captivated. I won’t name the performers who stood above all the others because such a list would mean having to name them all. The goodies were so gaggingly good, the villains were really venal and even the camp guy was gay. The laughs came exactly as intended by the writers. I’m am constantly amazed that these young performers can remember every line of dialogue, every word of a dozen songs and every one of the 4362 dance steps for two hours. A couple of times there were brief pauses in the dialogue but I was unable to ascertain whether this was for laughter or effect, or for a few seconds the mental thought “Oh s**t what was my next line”. Maybe the show went a few seconds over because of this but that was another few seconds of pure, unadulterated enjoyment. Who would have imagined (other than The Astonisher) that having a Pee could be so entertaining?
Tomorrow you may meet them serving behind the counter at a whitegoods store, checking out your groceries or making an appointment as a doctors receptionist, one of them might even test you for your Drivers Licence, but for a couple of magical hours they successfully transported us to another world. As I said to the young person at the time “you don’t need special glasses for this is the ultimate in 3D ”.
Keep your eyes open for even more performances from our talented local actors and musicians. Buy a ticket now for ‘Singing In The Rain’
What a pity that we can’t utilise the talent we have in Ballarat better than we do. A site to put into your favourites http://www.hermaj.com/
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