Starting tonight at 7 PM tonight the Riverside Community Players Theater will be performing runs of The Magician’s Nephew, a theatrical reiteration of C. S. Lewis’ fantasy children’s novel of the same title directed by Adam Brodner.
The performance was in a black box styled room where the stage was in the center of the room with audience members surrounding it that allowed a ton of creativity with the performance and set pieces in which they used exceedingly well. Adam Brodner, the director of the show, shared that the set decorations were made using recycled materials like any shipping packaging received and that the wardrobe pieces are also re-used.
Adrian Taylor
The story follows Digory and Polly, played by Indie Locke and Piper Joven as they are transported to other worlds by the use of Digory’s Uncle Andrew, played by Mike Eastman
Adrian Taylor
The production quality was really good with the use of lighting to convey the story telling with the colors constantly changing depending on the world they are in which was a really nice touch. The acting itself was excellent. The chemistry between Indie Locke and Piper Joven as Digory and Polly was really sweet and made watching them perform very entertaining. Mike Eastman and Sej Gangula, who played Uncle Andrew and Aunty Letty, played off each other's energy really well and made any scene with both of them extremely comedic and entertaining.
Adrian Taylor
There was a lot of attention to detail throughout the performance. In the background throughout the story, animal characters played by Ryan Clem Barnes, Bella Spelman, Jordan Arcos, and Penelope Joven all had their own set pieces that were decorated down to very small details with intractable props in which they would play around with whenever they did not have any lines.
Adrian Taylor
All in all the production was fantastic and everybody that was part of it did a phenomenal job give or take a couple of minor mistakes. I highly recommend going out to watch it. Shows are going to be held on March 8th at 7 PM, March 9th at 2 PM & 7PM, and March 10th at 2 PM. You can get tickets here
