If the dress rehearsal on Tuesday evening is any guide, the audiences who attend the Dannevirke Theatre Company's latest production of Beauty and the Beast will leave hugely impressed with the show.
Colour, drama, dancing, humour, great sound and lighting, continuity and excitement – the show has it all.
Director Elijah Graham has put together an extremely difficult show to perform with the extra pressures a Disney production provides, but he and the company have triumphed.
Tuesday night's dress rehearsal was a riveting performance the only downside being there was not an audience of 600 to see it.
All of the leads were very strong, Belle's (Tania MacKay) excellent portrayal of her troubled role matched by her lovely voice, Ben Ellington as Gaston showing he has a strong singing voice to add to his well-renowned acting skills, Jon Fletcher as The Beast demonstrating great strength yet frailty of confidence in himself and Graham Lund as Maurice interacting with Belle as only a father can.
