Dramatic riff on insecurities of youth

The stage musical adaptation of a German coming-of-age saga retains its power to unsettle, says Colette Sheridan

A ROCK musical adaptation of a controversial 1891 German play, Spring Awakening, opens at Cork’s Everyman Palace Theatre on October 19.

The work was produced by Granary Productions and performed at UCC’s Granary Theatre in March. With the same cast and crew, director Tony McCleane-Fay says transferring the musical to the stage of the Everyman Palace allows him to create more spectacle with a greater emphasis on the music.