In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest nightmare faced by every family creates the focus Lippa, Brickman, and Elice’s musical: the Addams kids are growing up. The Addamses have lived by their unique values for hundreds of years and Gomez and Morticia, the patriarch and matriarch of the clan, would be only too happy to continue living that way. Their dark, macabre, beloved daughter Wednesday, however, is now an eighteen year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family — the most un-Addams sounding person one could be! And to make matters worse, she has invited the Beinekes to their home for dinner. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.

This production was in association with BAOS Limelight

CREATIVE TEAM

Director & Choreographer
NICK BRANNAM

Musical Director
SIMON EASTWOOD

Assistant Director
STEPHANIE WEBB

Production Manager
CAROLINE PRICE

Stage Manager
NICKI HAWKINS

Deputy Stage Manager
JOHN EDDIE

Assistant Stage Manager
STEVE BRANNAM

HIRE SERVICES

Lighting Design
MATT GREEN

Sound Design and Hire
DANIEL PAINE – SPINAUDIO

Set Design
NICK BRANNAM

Scenery Manufacture
STEVE BRANNAM

Costumes
BASINGSTOKE AMATEUR THEATRICAL SOCIETY
PENNY FLEET
JUDE IFOULD
KESHA MCGRUDER

NODA REVIEW

“Director, Nick Brannam demonstrated his experience and talent as he drew great performances from this young cast. He was also responsible for the imaginative and impressive choreography.”

National Operatic and Dramatic Association   – Read full review