After The Flood: review

Engaging, thought provoking, and ultimately quite cathartic, new Jewish-Australian musical After The Flood reimagines the story of Noah’s Ark is a modern urban setting. After The Flood is the brain child of Ari Jacob, who is credited as creator, composer, and producer. Jacob’s collaboration with co-writer Josh Gurgiel and arranger Adam Starr has resulted in a tight, cohesive chamber musical for five performers with an economical running time of 110 minutes (including 20-minute interval). While there are a couple of clunky lines of exposition, the dialogue overall is pleasingly natural. Particularly impressive is the quality of the score, which is very enjoyable to hear and easily accessible at first listen. It is meant as no small compliment to say that the light rock style of the score brings to mind Broadway musical Next to Normal, another musical about a troubled family, also unhappy in their own distinct way. Following a brief sombre prologue which sees the four remaining family…

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