The Mummy’s Tomb Review

      This really is a show that’s full of surprises and that includes every part about it. It’s scary, it’s funny, it’s musical, it’s serious and it’s farcical…but most of all it’s there for the whole family. I didn’t notice too many children when I went in but coming out they were telling each other about the bits they liked best and is always a good sign.

      Starting the show is more or less in the same way as the film ‘The Mummy’, telling the story of how the mummy came into being, it comes to the point where a professor and his serial amorous daughter embark on an expedition to find his tomb with two of her existing fiancés, each vying for her attention. From there, nothing can be taken for granted. There are songs, jokes and plenty of other surprises waiting round almost every corner, but few of them are expected. It makes for a really fun performance with all the cast playing their part and most having more than one role.

     However, there is one small negative aspect, and that’s because of the nature of the acting company, Cut To The Chase, which is the only one in the country where all the actors are accomplished musicians. Two of them, Lyndsay Ashworth and Laura Penneycard only play very small roles on the stage but their musical contribution more than makes up for this. The other actors also show some of their musical ability on the stage and this makes you appreciate how much work goes into each show. There hasn’t been much of a break for them since ‘Hay Fever’ to learn both the songs and their lines and yet they carry this off as being second nature, seeming almost as surprised as the audience as the varying circumstances unfold. Everyone involved in this production (including the stagehands who received an unexpected round of applause for correcting a minor prop malfunction) deserves a lot of credit for putting on such an enjoyable performance for people of all ages.

Tim. Coyle