A MACABRE musical theatre classic is set to be brought to life by student performers with the Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts as part of the company\u2019s next production.<\/p>\n
About 35 young performers will take to the stage at Mount Clear College\u2019s Gay E. Gough theatre for a two-day showing of Little Shop of Horrors.<\/p>\n
BCMA\u2019s organisational and creative director Paula Heenan said the production will be a nuanced display from the group\u2019s musical theatre students aged between 13 and 17 years old.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pulled on different skills on them with a really strong emphasis on acting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis group presented Bring It On last year, and this will be a very different show. It\u2019s not a musical that has a happy ending but there\u2019s incredible music and strong dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n
First debuting off-Broadway in 1982, Little Shop of Horrors was also adapted into a 1986 horror comedy musical directed by Frank Oz.<\/p>\n
BCMA\u2019s adaptation is one of four major works in 2023 following Imagine This and Finding Nemo Jr, which is set to conclude later this year with a production of The Wizard of Oz.<\/p>\n
Heenan said the show will be a spectacular display for the company\u2019s production values.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve actually hired a puppet for this that will probably be one of the best puppets that Ballarat\u2019s ever seen, and we\u2019re hiring it from a Melbourne theatre production group,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll have full sets as well so it\u2019ll be pretty sensational as far as that\u2019s concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n
BCMA\u2019s Little Shop of Horrors production will be performed on Saturday 23 September at 7pm followed by a 2pm show the next day.<\/p>\n
Tickets range between $18 and $30 and can be booked at bit.ly\/47S5a8k.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A MACABRE musical theatre classic is set to be brought to life by student performers with the Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts as part of the company\u2019s next production. About 35 young performers will take to the stage at Mount Clear College\u2019s Gay E. Gough theatre for a two-day showing of Little Shop […]<\/p>\n