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Theatre 2000 Regent Centre Christchurch March 2006 The plot revolves around Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous novella concerning Dr Jekyll’s quest to separate man’s good and evil sides. His quest succeeds, bringing about the persona of the evil Edward Hyde, whose murderous tendencies are only too clear. So too are some of his ‘victims’ as they leave the stage, but that is a minor point in a fine production dominated by a marvellous tour-de-force in the title role. Chris Vessey not only has a great voice and lashings of presence, but his acting ability is second-to-none and his transformation from one character to another is eerily and outstandingly created with a marked change in voice, posture and expression. Helen Walton and Clare Gray, who play his fiancée and the prostitute with whom he becomes entangled, are also both superb, as is Julian Smith as his friend John Utterson. There’s good work too in minor roles and from the chorus, with some great singing all round, and a final word of praise must go to the excellent orchestra. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo 
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