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City of Masks review – theatreland ghost story with female phantom of the opera out for revenge
In a West End theatre, a young actor hears a disembodied voice coaching his singing. It’s the start of an icky ghost-on-human romance This ghost story set in a West End theatre is creakier than the old wooden floorboards on stage. It’s a gender reversal of Phantom of the Opera with a female phantom: wildly talented composer Eve (Amanda Jiang), who died tragically in a theatre fire. Or did she? That’s the question for earnest young actor Christian (Charlie Goddard) cast as the lead in a revival of Eve’s hit musical, City of Masks. It’s being staged in the very theatre where she died. Then Christian starts hearing a ghostly disembodied voice coaching his singing. Part of the problem with the film is a clash of acting styles. Jiang seems to have stepped out of a David Lynch film to play Eve; sensual and mysterious. Meanwhile, actor Deano Bugatti Mitchison channels Al Pacino in Scarface leve
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In a West End theatre, a young actor hears a disembodied voice coaching his singing. It’s the start of an icky ghost-on-human romance This ghost story set in a West End theatre is creakier than the old wooden floorboards on stage. It’s a gender reversal of Phantom of the Opera with a female phantom: wildly talented composer Eve (Amanda Jiang), who died tragically in a theatre fire. Or did she? That’s the question for earnest young actor Christian (Charlie Goddard) cast as the lead in a revival of Eve’s hit musical, City of Masks. It’s being staged in the very theatre where she died. Then Christian starts hearing a ghostly disembodied voice coaching his singing. Part of the problem with the film is a clash of acting styles. Jiang seems to have stepped out of a David Lynch film to play Eve; sensual and mysterious. Meanwhile, actor Deano Bugatti Mitchison channels Al Pacino in Scarface leve
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According to The Guardian’s source item, City of Masks review – theatreland ghost story with female phantom of the opera out for revenge, In a West End theatre, a young actor hears a disembodied voice coaching his singing. It’s the start of an icky ghost-on-human romance This ghost story set in a West End theatre is creakier than the old wooden floorboards on stage. It’s a gender reversal of Phantom of the Opera with a female phantom: wildly talented composer Eve (Amanda Jiang), who died tragically in a theatre fire. Or did she? That’s the question for earnest young actor Christian (Charlie Goddard) cast as the lead in a revival of Eve’s hit musical, City of Masks. It’s being staged in the very theatre where she died. Then Christian starts hearing a ghostly disembodied voice coaching his singing. Part of the problem with the film is a clash of acting styles. Jiang seems to have stepped out of a David Lynch film to play Eve; sensual and mysterious. Meanwhile, actor Deano Bugatti Mitchison channels Al Pacino in Scarface leve
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