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Loved the movement dynamics and physical mastery of the production - got goose bumps at certain parts! Subtitles above stage like they do in an opera would have helped me to follow along a bit better but it was still marvellous.
The music was so loud that you couldn't hear what the singers were singing. And since it is a musical you needed to hear the lyrics to understand the story.
The music at the beginning was too loud and harsh sounding. It was very unpleasant to the ears. The singing and choreography was fantastic.
The dancing, the singing, the acting, the costumes and the orchestra were fantastic. I loved some of the special effects such as Judas' hands coated with silver. Thank you for a wonderful evening of great entertainment.
Overall production was great, the dancing fantastic, singers voices were amazing, but there was something very off with the sound mixing…the music was so loud that we couldn’t actually hear the song lyrics. I understand that it’s a rock opera and I was prepared for it to be somewhat loud but given that the whole story is told through song it would have been nice to hear it. I was worried that it was just me and my 53 year old ears but my kids 21 & 24 said the same thing. We actually listened to the soundtrack afterwards and then it made sense.
Really enjoyed the performance. My only criticism is the sound. It was very loud and sometimes the sound mixing was off and we couldn't hear the voices.
Set design: great. Performers: great. Sound: total train wreck. There isn't an issue with the volume - the sound is by no means "too loud", but the mixing is atrocious. The vocals - which carry the entire story-line - need to be front and center, nice and clear. However they are buried in the sound of the band - it's a mess. Anything performed without musical accompaniment is fine, but everything else....sheesh. And with ensemble pieces it just gets even worse.....a total muddy mess where the words being sung are incoherent. The venue isn't the problem (Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium). I must have seen at least 70 different performances here of all kinds of shows, from solo acoustic performances, through untold different musicals, up to high volume rock concerts. Absolutely none of them had the sound issues of this show, which had no clarity and no definition. I cannot recommend this show, which I feel is a real shame because everyone on the stage is totally let down by the person at the sound board. Watching a show that has 100% of the dialogue in the form of song lyrics, of which you can only make out around 30% leads to a very frustrating evening.
Enjoyed the show. Great anniversary performance. We’ll go to the show again if have a chance.
I have over 40 years in theater as a technician, I have directed shows in amateur theater and my favorite genre is musical theater. I hated the costumes until herod's costume. That was a wow, the rest were not good. The set was wow and the lighting was wow. The the choreography looked like a bunch of gorillas posturing to each other and there was one female dancer with short hair that was forefront all through the show and was really annoying the prominence given to her with her movements. The direction of the show; the imagination shown was amazing - Peter played acoustic guitar - that added so much to the show. I liked the show but costumes and choreography failed
