King Arthur spoofed at ACT
A young Maple Ridge theatre group will perform their "most challenging" musical next weekend
Carly Strang, Ashlyn O’Shea, and Sidney Cramer will be acting in Spamalot, a musical version of the Monty Python’s Holy Grail, at The ACT on Aug. 24 and 25.
Photograph by: Maria Rantanen , TIMES
The latest production by Odeon Theatre is definitely "unpolitically correct," according to the musical's director Rayne Beveridge.
Spamalot is the musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and the non-profit Odeon Theatre will present it to a Maple Ridge audience next week.
While some of the more offensive language and some religious and sexual innuendo has been taken out, Beveridge still wanted to stay true to the humour of the original musical.
"Kids get a kick out of doing something that isn't so proper," he said about the production.
The teens have two weeks to rehearse and learn their parts before getting on stage to perform what Beveridge called "the most challenging" musical put on by Odeon in its four years in Maple Ridge.
Spamalot will be performed with the Ridge Meadows Orchestra, including a violinist from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, providing the music.
Spamalot will be at The ACT in Maple Ridge on Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 25 at 5 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door, and $12 in advance or four for $40.
mrantanen@mrtimes.com
Carly Strang, Ashlyn O’Shea, and Sidney Cramer will be acting in Spamalot, a musical version of the Monty Python’s Holy Grail, at The ACT on Aug. 24 and 25.
Photograph by: Maria Rantanen , TIMES
