Theatre returns with spectacular musical boom!

THEATR Clwyd is back with a bang or more accurately with a Tick, Tick...Boom!

- REVIEW/BY MICHAEL GREEN

After three years and a £50m revamp, during which the celebrated Mold cultural centre has defiantly struggled through with a temporary theatre and even a Big Top, it was a pleasure to walk through the doors of the newly unveiled glass dominated frontage overlooking the North Wales landscape.

As someone who went through the doors of the former building countless times in preceding decades, it was quite disorientating to find the magnificently spacious new interior looking completely unrecognisable with impressively vast areas set aside for eating, drinking or simply chilling out.

Overall, the extensive project is still some way away from completion with such vital components as the cinema and the main restaurant falling under the banner of 'Coming Soon!

But I am delighted to report that the main auditorium - formerly known as the Anthony Hopkins Theatre may have also been refurbished but has otherwise hardly changed at all, about which I am overjoyed because it has always been one of my favourite performance spaces.

And my many, many wonderful memories of attending unforgettable productions here - whether it was one of their legendary rock 'n' roll pantos or some of the best Shakespeare I have ever seen during the days of the late, lamented Terry Hands have instantly been added to by an opening production of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical so absolutely flawless and perfectly performed that it had me in tears on at least two occasions.