Lyceum, Sheffield – until 27th November 2021
Reviewed by Alison Beaumont
4****
This is a musical comedy from the writers of the Jersey Boys. Wednesday Addams has grown up and fallen in love with a boy Lucas from a respectable family. Wednesday entrusts her dad Gomez with the secret that her and Lucas are going to get married. Gomez has never kept any secrets from his wife Morticia and is torn between his loyalty to his wife or his daughter. The two families are to meet for dinner with funny consequences.
I had never watched the Addams Family on TV but had formed an own idea of what the musical would be like (thinking it would be really depressing and dark) and thought it wouldn’t really be the kind of musical I would normally watch but went with an open mind. How wrong could I have been. This was one of the most funny and enjoyable musicals you can see. The only downside for me was it was quite a long production at approximately 2 hours 30 minutes and the delay in it starting on time did mean it was quite late when it finished.
Wednesday played by Kingsley Morton was an absolutely amazing singer her vocals showed real talent.
Gomez (Cameron Blakely) portrayed his Spanish heritage very well and could not fault his vocals.
On this particular occaision Lucas was played by the understudy Matthew Ives but did a faultless show.
I really liked the Full Disclosure song and found myself getting into the swing of it. The part where Grandma (Valda Aviks) said I have weed myself was so funny.
My daughter particularly found Lurch (Dickon Gough) funny, how he managed to do everything so slow and his expression on his face did not move. The surprise at the end by his character was surprising and funny. Never did I imagine he could have sang like he did.
There was a minor blip when the coffin that Pugsley (Grant Mcintrye) was asleep in got stuck on the stage and the people moving the props struggled to get it off the stage for the next scene but this just added to the hilarity of the show.
The only part of the show that to me was a little long and I found could have been cut down a bit was Tango de Amor with Gomez and Morticia (Joanne Clifton).
All of the ensemble were excellent, brilliant dancing, singing and the excellent costumes all added to the show and they were equally as much a part of the production as the main characters.
One of the funny quotes that stuck in my head was by Gomez when he said “Wednesday is growing up so fast she will soon be Thursday”.
Overall an hilarious comedy which exceeded my expectations.