He’s a charming performer with a killer voice. While it’s hard to take your eyes off Rocky, whether you’re admiring his six-pack or, well, any other bit of him, really, the other talents of Ben Westhead won’t go unnoticed. Kristian Lavercombe’s Riff Raff partners her in fine style, switching between Igor-like lackey and imperious oppressor as required. McAdams, who has one heck of a voice, is unrecognisable later as Magenta, with Bride of Frankenstein hair from under which she rolls her Rs like all the best vampires. Stephen Webb as Frank N Furter, Ben Westhead as Rockyīefore any of that, though, the scene is set by Suzie McAdam’s Usherette, with Science Fiction/Double Feature, in which Fay Wray and King Kong share song space with Flash Gordon, the giant Tarantula and the Forbidden Planet. ![]() ![]() The cast members are magnificent, from Haley Flaherty and Richard Meek’s Janet and Brad, introduced via jaunty bubblegum pop ditty Dammit, Janet, to Stephen Webb’s Frank, who arrives to the throbbing Sweet Transvestite from Transylvania. The castle’s other residents include brother and sister servants Riff Raff and Magenta, Eddie the handyman, the mysterious Columbia and newly minted Rocky, an artificial Charles Atlas complete with skimpy leopardskin. Soon they’re knee deep in mad science and madder sex, as master of the house Frank-N-Furter teaches the uptight pair to, shall we say, relax. ![]() Sweethearts Brad and Janet, lost on a dark country road in the middle of a rainstorm, trek to the nearest dwelling to beg use of the telephone. What it isn’t is tired – the current production has enough energy to raise the dead, and Monday’s opening night audience certainly felt it, greeting every entrance like the Second Coming. Haley Flaherty as Janet, Richard Meek as Brad, Joe Allen, Reece Budin, Fionán O’Carroll, Stefania Du Toit and Jessica Sole as The Phantoms.
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