… When McFadden’s best music – usually his more complex and agitated work – is performed by the stronger singers we see the show’s potential. Chris Hamilton and David Hooley excel as the two dastardly friars, Sean Perez admirably realises the most intriguing character, Ibarra’s friend Tasio, and Marcus Rivera portrays the fiercely committed rebel Elias without resort of exaggeration.
Dancers (choreographed by Novy Bereber) intermittently twirl into seemingly the wrong show, and Deirdre Burges’ set (accommodating McFadden’s pedestrian septet) is striking enough, while, like the creators, narrowing director Aarne Neeme’s options.
Original Article:
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/musicals/noli-me-tangere-review-dazzling-flashes-reveal-the-show-that-might-have-been-20190331-h1d02e.html
