Review
Amadeus, Tight Productions. |
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Mozart is portrayed as a precocious and 'horrible creature' by Shaffer, and delectably well by Rob Riddell, whose dribbly facial expressions leave Rik Mayal and Rowan Atkinson with minimal repertoires in comparison. Rebecca Leek, who played Constanze, was very natural and believable. The quality of the acting and the interaction between the actors buzzed along nicely, all the characters were well formed right down to the most unwieldy of non-speaking parts. The characters' emotions were sincerely rendered, the comedy was free flowing, and the audience responded similarly. Dora Wade's set was unreal enough (it is realistic as opposed to abstract) through the placing of the furniture and the simplicity of its representation, to bring the play alive in that period, without stifling the imagination as can happen when a set is too literal. The music happened in all the appropriate places, and we were also treated to fervent excerpts from the Mass in C Minor and the Requiem. Pip
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