High School Musical - On Stage! - 4 out of 5 stars Adelaide Youth Theatre TICKETS: End of Season The second half of AYT’s October school holiday double feature was a bright, energetic and affectionate High School Musical , celebrating 20 years of the much-loved Disney musical. Under Matt Hawke’s direction, with Koroli Magourilos as assistant director, Reo Gerhardy’s musical direction and Tayla McDougall’s choreography, the company delivers an enthusiastic staging full of humour, heart and irresistible fun. Hawke and Magourilos guide the cast with clarity and confidence, quickening the pace in Act Two while allowing familiar characters and relationships room to land. The production embraced the show’s nostalgia without becoming overly reliant on it. Gerhardy’s musical direction was assured, with the principals and ensemble singing with energy and a clear grasp of the pop-driven score, despite some variation in minor characters’ single lines. McDougall’s choreography was superb, co...