Spring Awakening

This show is tremendous. It is very clear that the team has a rich understanding of the themes and symbols in the text, and they make them manifest in their staging and design, which are incredibly intricate. The play makes excellent use of contrast: Melchior's enormous physicality against Moritz's stillness, the grotesqueness of the adults in the first two acts, against their delicate, intimate, and connected scenes in the third act, Moritz's fast and unwavering tempo against everyone else's variations. All of these elements sharpen each other and facilitate a much deeper understanding of what is clearly a difficult text. The show makes use of images that are sometimes visceral and sometimes intellectual. And while the play may be about the... full review

All facets of this production came together for me. The production design, the direction and the use of the space were completely creative and like nothing I'd ever seen at the Complex before. The recklessness and wild abandon of youth were beautifully captured as well as the cold alienation by adults and the "real" world. I LOVED the masks, the clowning techniques, and really inventive use of the set. Don't miss this show!... full review

From Set Design to the Acting, Light and Sound and Creativity, this show is a must see! It takes a great production like this to keep a 105 year old play alive and relevant. Go and see this show if you can! Enci Publisher, Bitter Lemons http://Bitter-Lemons.com... full review