{"id":3979,"date":"2017-12-08T06:32:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T20:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2018-02-19T19:46:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T09:46:55","slug":"high-fidelity-hayes-theatre-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/high-fidelity-hayes-theatre-review\/","title":{"rendered":"High Fidelity (Hayes) &#8211; theatre review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>High Fidelity<\/em> is a musical of 2006, a famous Broadway flop (set in Brooklyn). It is based on the novel of 1995, by Nick Hornby (set in London), and the film of 2000, directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack (set in Chicago).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3990\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3990 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/High-Fidelity-02.jpg?resize=560%2C374\" alt=\"Photo: Robert Catto\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/High-Fidelity-02.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/High-Fidelity-02.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/High-Fidelity-02.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Robert Catto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It charts the growth of an emotionally stunted Rob (Toby Francis). He owns a record store for specialised &#8216;nerds&#8217; having given up his successful DJ-ing gigs. A boy-man that refuses to grow up, surrounded by similarly dim boy\/men: Barry (Joe Kosky) and Dick (Dash Kruck), none of them able to commit to any relationship. This show begins with the exit of Rob&#8217;s latest &#8216;failure&#8217;, Laura (Teagan Wouters), he, haunted by past women he let go: Anna (Jenni Little), Marie (Erin Clare), Penny (Madison Hegarty) Sarah (Denise Devlin) and Jackie (Bronte Florian). Director Neil Gooding says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230; this is not always pretty. Our leading character is charming (and deceitful), insecure (yet arrogant), apathetic (yet inspirational), loving (yet fickle), complex (yet irritatingly closed), hurt (and hurtful).<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Toby Francis gives a wonderfully &#8216;tortured&#8217; central performance and uses the intelligent, witty lyrics by Amanda Green, and the book, by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire, to have us care for Rob and all his excruciating male thick &#8216;headedness&#8217; through all his irritating behavioural choices. It is a dynamic demand which he fulfills with extraordinary stamina and a keen sense of acting detail.<\/p>\n<p>The music is by Tom Kitt, who wrote <em>Next to Normal<\/em>, and is of the pop-rock cacophonous kind. I kept hearing the Green Day musical, <em>American Idiot<\/em>, and now understand why. Mr Kitt was a part of that Broadway hit, too, in his duties as musical supervisor and orchestrator. This production is under the musical control of Andrew Worboys and it is acoustically, &#8216;crash-bang&#8217; on. Sound designer is Nick Walker.<\/p>\n<p>In this scaled down for the Hayes Theatre production (which is brilliantly served by production designer, Lauren Peters, with a vivid and intelligently alert lighting design by Alex Berlage), Mr Gooding has created an evening with terrific choreography from Cameron Mitchell, who together have created performances from all that have a perceptible aura of truth in the music theatre genre. There is no weak acting link here in this close-up theatre space (this includes Zoe Gertz, Nicholas Christo, Matthew Predny and Alex Jeans). Plus, they are blessed with singing skills that are zinging.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3992\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3992 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/High-Fidelity-01.jpg?resize=560%2C374\" alt=\"Photo: Robert Catto\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/High-Fidelity-01.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/High-Fidelity-01.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/High-Fidelity-01.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Robert Catto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>High Fidelity<\/em> is really well done and that has to do, mainly, with the emphasis placed on the characters and the relationships that drive the story. I had a really good and appreciative time. The music is not to my taste but I enjoyed this show more than I did the Broadway productions of <em>Next to Normal<\/em> and <em>American Idiot<\/em> which are composed in the same musical &#8216;zone&#8217;. This production has a humanity as well as &#8216;noise&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h6>Company: Highway Run\/Neil Gooding Productions\/Hayes Theatre<br \/>\nVenue: Hayes Theatre, Greenknowe Ave, Kings Cross, Sydney<br \/>\nDates: 22 November &#8211; 17 December 2017<\/h6>\n<h4><b>Kevin Jackson<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more of Kevin Jackson\u2019s theatre reviews, check out his blog at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/kjtheatrereviews.blogspot.com\/\"><b>Kevin Jackson\u2019s Theatre Diary<\/b><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Fidelity is a musical of 2006, a famous Broadway flop (set in Brooklyn). 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That description doesn\u2019t do justice to one of the best and brightest performances I have had the good fortune to see on stage. I am talking about Callum Francis in the Australian premiere production of Kinky Boots, the musical.\u00a0 This is a richly colourful, most engaging, highly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"comedy\"","block_context":{"text":"comedy","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/tag\/comedy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"kinky-boots-01","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kinky-Boots-01.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kinky-Boots-01.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kinky-Boots-01.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3023,"url":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/kinky-boots-qpac-theatre-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":3979,"position":3},"title":"Kinky Boots (QPAC) &#8211; theatre review","author":"David Edwards","date":"September 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Without doubt Kinky Boots is the best new musical in years. It has everything: a great story line, wonderful characters, and toe-tapping music that moves the plot along. It's such a joyful and refreshing spectacle to watch. I loved every damn minute of the two hours of music, dance, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Theatre&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Theatre","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/category\/theatre\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kinky-Boots-03.jpg?fit=1024%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kinky-Boots-03.jpg?fit=1024%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kinky-Boots-03.jpg?fit=1024%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kinky-Boots-03.jpg?fit=1024%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":154766,"url":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wicked-regent-theatre-musical-theatre-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":3979,"position":4},"title":"Wicked (Regent Theatre) &#8211; musical theatre review","author":"Alex First","date":"March 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The prequel to The Wizard of Oz is back to delight anew and delight it most certainly does in a dazzling display at Melbourne\u2019s finest theatre \u2013 the grand Regent.\u00a0This is top shelf entertainment in every way. I speak of the talent, the choreography, the staging, the lighting and the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rsz_wicked-sydney-photo-jeff-busby_2600.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rsz_wicked-sydney-photo-jeff-busby_2600.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rsz_wicked-sydney-photo-jeff-busby_2600.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rsz_wicked-sydney-photo-jeff-busby_2600.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8513,"url":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/33-variations-comedy-theatre-theatre-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":3979,"position":5},"title":"33 Variations (Comedy Theatre) &#8211; theatre review","author":"Alex First","date":"March 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The complexities of music, human relationships and health all get a working over in Moises Kaufman\u2019s 33 Variations, featuring Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn. 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