Reviews

Babyteeth is a story about a dysfunctional family and the hangers-on who tag along for the ride. Of course ‘dysfunctional family’, nothing new there right? Who hasn’t seen that story before? But what makes Babyteeth so interesting is that while you see each character as being enmeshed in an ensemble you also see them as individuals, starkly drawn with hideous and noble traits all at once.

At first blush the challenge to create a musical about sideline parents at a soccer match with a cast of just four would seem a huge challenge.

Yet from a ten minute seed of a musical, a full length production has evolved with some nice tunes, more than a few laughs  and the odd tug on the heart strings.

The obvious gags are ably exploited; getting lost finding this week’s match, parents behaving badly and complaints about bad refereeing.

At first glance Midsummer appears to fall into that category of a typical delightful romantic comedy which tells a tale of two people stumbling upon one another at a pub, falling drunkenly into the sack, shagging like there’s no tomorrow and then in the cold hard light of day realising that they don’t really have “chemistry‘” but that they really “like” each other.

Noah’s Ark is a biblical story that at times is depicted as a charming tale of God’s creatures walking two by two into the safety of an enormous ark. At its crux, though, is an apocalyptic event of a grieving God about to destroy his creation with world-wide deluge – only one family, and one male and female of every living creature are saved.