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  “Little Shop of Horrors” Review – Seymour Cast Produced by Adelaide Youth Theatre Andrew Broadbent 4.5 stars   Playing until Sunday 29 th April. Tickets still available via www.trybooking.com/CGQVT If the Audrey cast is as good as the Seymour cast was tonight, this is going to be a masterpiece of a season. Co-Directors Zali Zedgman and Benji Riggs , Musical Director Mark Stefanoff and Choreographer Lucy Newman collectively moulded an already talented group of youth members of Adelaide and created a very satisfying product. The three Urchins: Crystal ( Amber Fibrosi ), Ronette ( Anika Van Der Walt ) and Chiffon ( Shalee Vicencio ) out sung, out snapped and out urchin’d every other performance of Little Shop of Horrors I’ve seen. The voices these 3 performers display from the very beginning of “ Little Shop of Horrors ” dispel any thought of this being a ‘youth show’ and the expectation level that this kind of thinking comes with. Throughout the story, these 3 characters use

“Mamma Mia”, performed by Westminster School Monday 3 rd April, 2023 4.5 stars We all know the story of Mamma Mia as we follow the 24-hour journey to the wedding of Sophie and Skye, or lack thereof. With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, it’s the songs that we all know and love (or secretly love) that turn this jukebox musical into a story that we can all relate to in some way, but it’s the way the creatives have put their influence into this production that have made it more. I was fortunate to witness the talent from the “Benny” cast. When one goes to the theatre, we expect to be directed to our seats, chatter until the lights dim and the music begins for the overture. Not this time! A bit of pre-production entertainment, featuring ABBA themselves, getting in the way of the captain’s housekeeping address began a night I’m not going to forget anytime soon. During the overture, we see the many students involved in this production as they flow endlessly onto