Review: The Armed Man - an ambitious project for Whanganui
3 May, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui choirs and Brass Whanganui rehearsing for the Anzac Day concert. Photo / File
Wanganui Midweek
Review:
I would never have believed that when I moved back to New Zealand I would be sitting in a concert of The Armed Man by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins in my home town of Whanganui.
Just like the remarkable fact of seeing Bill Bailey here just a few weeks back, this place continues to punch well above its size. Unlike the latter, this concert was a case of local talent and ambition wonderfully on display and how appropriate that this was arranged to be part of the Anzac Day commemorations.
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The lighting, stage and costumes all came together for an unforgettable night of scandal, passion and crime. Choreographer Tegan Hardy kept true to the original production with strong links to Bob Fosse s style, doing his legacy justice as the cast played the stage, capturing the rivalry between Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly.
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Roxie Hart, played by Jessie Feyen, loves that funny honey of hers. Hart, played by Jessie Feyen, and Kelly, played by Alex Hughes, performed their own cell block tango with each other, breathing new life into the characters fans love to hate. Feyen was a vision, capturing the too-big-for-her-boots, C-list celebrity with a flash-in-the-pan narrative that almost became her demise.