THEATER REVIEW- Xenu is Loose!!

“Xenu is Loose! Cower puny Humans as the Dark Prince of the Galactic Federation rains Atomic Death once more upon your Pitiful Planet - The Musical!”

The best part of this show is a straight toss-up between its title, and the moments in which I anticipated the lights dimming…a joyful interval in which I imagined all of the wonderful jokes and songs a show with such a great title might include. Unfortunately, even cheeseball humour and mockery can be botched, a skill only comparable to that of my high school cafeteria--- which was the first to discover a way to ruin even cartons of pre-packaged milk (maybe I should turn this into a play?). The entire show lacked the energy, dialogue, humour, musical talent (huge loss, considering it was a musical) and all-out enthusiasm of classic B-movie favourites. I laughed regularly out of self-pity and at the two plain-clothes guitarists on either end of the stage; they were ridiculous bookends for the elaborate laser-tag game that unfolded.

This show is ridiculously fun to be indignant about and has created a sort of bond among all of its victims. Check out hilarious audience reviews here ....one even describes the experience as‘out of time, out of place, out of tune mind rape’!