Rocky Horror Show

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Rocky Horror Show Review:

By Bobbi-Sue Menard - Alaska Highway News - Fort St. John

Monday October 25, 2004

"The Stage North Theatre Society has brought the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Show, to the stage at the North Peace Cultural Centre...

...The show started out with a tentative feel from the cast as they took the big step of appearing on stage in corsets and fishnet tights. It didn't help that initially the volume on the microphones of the main characters was a little low leaving the audience straining to make out the [lyrics] of the songs.

It took the singing of the famous song Time Warp for the production to really start grooving along, the high camp and melodrama was backed up by the volume and energy of the chorus, and the actors on stage seemed to take a big breath and settle into their roles.

Darren Szpak plays Frank, the hedonistic transvestite...Szpak filled the role of Frank with a large presence and he sang really well keeping his voice right through to the end... Given the amount of singing he had to do that is very impressive. Gilles Francoeur plays Brad, opposite Pam Mounsey as Janet. The pair play off each other well...

...Jenn Gretzinger and Stephanie Pound are Frank's assistants. Pound has a dynamic vibrant feel for her role and Gretzinger is solid as Cloumbia. Blair Scott brings his huge energy and welcome bravura antics in the role of Riff Raff, the butler, and then there is the brave, brave Neil Praud as Rocky. Rocky is Frank's last experiment, and Praud gamely tackles the tough role.

While the cast worked hard their energy seemed to drop towards the end of the show... While the stage itself has obvious benefits in design, I was hoping for a little more visual zip. The costumes aren't quite as daring as [the] London [production] of the play, but the corsets, feather boas, and high heeled pumps on the guys all make a lasting impression.

I really enjoyed this show on a lot of levels. It is so ambitious for co-directors Jen Strachan and Teela Gould to bring it to the live stage in Fort St. John...If you are looking for a daringly different night out the the Rocky Horror Show is for you.

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