Review: Kaunotar ja Hirviö

HILARIOUS HOCUS-POCUS

Beauty and the Beast musical tears up dance, music and light show
on the big stage of the City Theatre. Bellan (Marika
Westerling) conquers the audience and the crippled voice of the Monster (Kari Arffman)
the mask competes with Lordi for its effectiveness.

Linda Woolverton’s text is already familiar to those who have seen the Disney cartoon, but
The stage production exceeds expectations, its actual love story
despite stumbling.

Hans Berndtsson’s simplistic caricature direction spawns hilarious
moments. Particularly stinging caricatures make a foolish strongman
Gaston (Mikko Vihma) is surrounded by the village girls Hanna Kaila, Emilia Nyman,
Tiina Peltonen and Katja Sirkiä.

A chandelier for the servants of the castle (Risto Kaskilahti) and a cabinet clock
(Eero Saarinen), on the other hand, sparks of humour at times, even though the sketches are
a dozen things.

Brilliant dancers boldly create the hustle and bustle of a rural village, scare the forest
beasts and finally the feasts of the magical castle. Gunilla Olsson Karlsson’s
In the choreographies, the smile does not fade for a moment.

Perhaps due to Disney’s influence, the execution is lavish with the addition of costumes, wigs,
special effects and music. Authentic Orchestra and Alan Menken
original compositions create that magical
the atmosphere with which a monster can be conjured into a prince by kissing.

And when love wins, the transformation from a monster to a prince is such a hocus
that you have to see it with your own eyes.