Wakefield Theatre Royal – until 29 April 2022
Reviewed by Alison Beaumont
5*****
Ghost the Musical by Diva Productions is based on the award winning 1990’s movie. It is full of romance, comedy, drama, excitement and sadness. For those of you who don’t know Ghost is about 2 young lovers Molly and Sam who live in a New York City Apartment. One night on their way home Sam is mugged and murdered. Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next. He learns that Molly is in great danger and with the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown Sam tries to help protect Molly.
Molly was played by Beth Rosamond in this particular performance, and she was absolutely amazing, I was blown away by her performance, her vocals were faultless, she is one very talented lady. I particularly liked it when she sang With You, which portrayed great emotion, you could feel the sadness with her. Michael Markey played the part of Sam effortlessly and you could clearly feel the connection between Sam and Molly.
Aimee Good (Oda Mae Brown) was funny and a great performer, you started to get the feel-good vibe during the scene in the Psychic Parlour. Meghan Riley who played Oda Mae Brown’s sister and was also part of the ensemble sang really well. All the dancers were very good, the tap routine was a great addition to the musical. The choreography was effective throughout.
The set was very cleverly done, the use of the projector in the scenes was great and really added to making the musical visually appealing. The train scenes were absolutely amazing. Everything about this show is brilliant and you really have to see this to appreciate the performance and experience some great visual effects