The Happy Prince
University of Wollongong Faculty of Creative Arts @ Star Theatre 2 (Hilton)
11:00am, Thu 2 Mar 2006
Score: 6
So – it’s a musical adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. That’s that sorted, then.
The cast of four are equally matched by the audience. They’ve got a musician too, so the production is winning in numbers.
Which is a shame, because they were really quite good.
Sure, it’s a little cutesy and twee – but what do you expect when portraying the friendship between a sparrow (the delightful Michaal Monk) and a statue? It’s a beautiful play, competently performed, and criminally under-patronised.