Review: Tarzan

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Cold shivers. Few musicals shake emotions like Tarzan at the Helsinki City Theatre.

Kari Rentola, Deputy Director of the Helsinki CityTheatre, directs the direction of his life in Tarzan the musical. It has been known for a long time how skilled the theatre’s dance group is, but now it achieves incredible acrobatics in the choreography of Marjo Kuusela and Oula Kitti.

Based on the Disney film, written by David Henry Hwang and composed by Phil Collins , the musical is so visually and content-touching that the closest comparison can be found in The Lion King in New York.Tarzan stands up to comparison to the fullest.

The entire team throws themselves devotedly and professionally into the adventure and the growth story of Tarzan, who grows from a little boy to a young man. It tells about differences, the importance of family and the choices you have to make as you grow up. Of course, the story also includes the love story of Tarzan and Jane, which is sure to touch the young audience. The scariest of the jungle’s villains is the destructive Leopard sneaking through the jungle with its flashing eyes.

Katariina Kirjavainen’s set design and Elina Kolehmainen’s costumes create a stunning external setting for the musical. The stage turns into a mysterious jungle, including the soundscape. One of the most visually stunning scenes is the bursting into bloom of exotic plants performed by the dancers. Jane is about to be caught in the jaws of a carnivorous plant, but Tarzan saves!

The stars of the first premiere of Double Crew were the handsome Jon-Jon Geitel, who plays the title role, the supple, wonderfully voiced Sanna Majuri in the role of the monkey mother, Matti Leino , who plays Tarzan’s monkey friend and enchants as a singer, and Luka Haikonen, who also plays the role of little Tarzan naturally.