Passing Strange - Friday 17th May 2024

I love musicals! Most musicals portray characters that are outsiders, who yearn for more.. In that sense, this show is no different; but that's also the reason why I enjoyed it so much!

I'm a perpetual outsider, and yearning seems to be my default setting!

The story concerns a young man that leaves his home in the US, and travels to Europe in search of himself, and to become the consummate (music) artist. We've all been there right? Except most of us never actually leave; which is why shows like this offer that vicarious sense of adventure that we crave!

I eagerly anticipated the finale, hoping I might learn some profound wisdom.. but life isn't like that. There often isn't anything profound to be learned at the end, except that we should have enjoyed the journey more and just did whatever we wanted to do!

The songs are decent; you probably won't google them on your way home, but they do the job. Overall, it's definitely worth a watch!