THEATRE: "Little Shop of Horrors" is a delight

Performed at the Regal Theatre, based on the famous film by Roger Corman, was the stage performance of Little Shop of Horrors presented by Entertaind. Directed by Scott-Leonard Landers, Little Shop of Horrors is a tale of rags to riches, centred around a dying flower shop on the brink of shutting down for good, until an alien-plant lifeform transforms their lives in the darkest of ways.

Entertaind is a local production community, committing to an ongoing commitment to local community theatre. This showing is the second performance of Little Shop Of Horrors in over eight years, going to show the longevity Entertaind has developed in its time.

This was my first time watching Little Shop of Horrors, and I must say I absolutely adored the humour of the story and I found myself constantly wondering what the ‘horror-plant’ was all about. It seems to me that the plant was a symbol of how greedy, selfish and ever-hungry fame and success can be. The more it grows, the more cutthroat it becomes, the larger it gets the larger its appetite is, and the more it wants to be fed. 

I loved the orchestra, conducted by Scott-Leonard Landers. All musicians were so lively and charismatic, especially the percussion section! I found the percussionists to be comical and full of character. Apart from the instrumentalists, I really loved the three ‘skid row’ usuals of Crystal (Crystal Heo), Ronette (Samantha Jones) and Chiffon (Priscilla Le), they were such bright and entertaining performers and the accents were so on the nose! Loved it! Special mention to Scott for his vocal performance, I did not see that coming!

Overall, Little Shop of Horrors is wonderfully cartoonish, bright, and funny. But most of all, it’s an uproariously great time at the theatre.

8 out of 10 stars