Review: POC Revue 2021
April 25, 2021
With COVID having robbed us of PoC Revue in 2020, and coming off the back of an outstanding show in 2019, my expectations were high for this year’s production. Opening the season this year, excitement has built for almost two years without student revues with the crowds to sustain the Seymour Centre. COVID-19 challenges have had wide-ranging impacts on PoC Revue that will likely be replicated across this year’s season; programs weren’t distributed, promotion of this year’s show was altogether more muted compared to previous years, and the enforced break has resulted in a significant exodus of experienced talent. An almost entirely new cast and production team have stepped into new roles this year, with Madhullika Singh and Areebah Mirza directing, and only Ping-Hui Ho returning from the planned 2020 Executive team as choreographer.