Can some cows, a farmhand and a prostitute save the World? Probably: it’s a musical, after all. The opening scene aptly sets up the rest of the show, where waking cows (whose sole lines in any songs are indeed “moo”) and our hero, the farmer Charlie, sing a song about loving life to set the scene of quiet idyllic life in a small backwater town in the USA. Our foils are introduced in the next scene, in the shape of the local prostitutes who sing a song about loving being whores, and thus the backdrop story begins.
Next up, God versus Satan, who decide to start again and choose random people to fight their fights. The performers onstage are all well cast and particularly strong is the lead, Charlie, who has an exceptional voice. Satan is also notable with his sparkly sense of, well, devilment, in his portrayal of the character and hats off to the actors playing cows, who strangely do a very good job! The songs are funny with quirky lyrics, but the story is thin in places, (there is a secondary story arc that the main story arc mirrors, which suddenly disappears and then does nothing further with the characters.)
The enthusiasm of the actors is apparent and all important in a musical, however the costume and set design are almost non-existent and obviously low-budget. This show is not without charm and a sense of passion but is not engaging enough to allow the audience to overlook the low budget and slightly clunky story.
3/5 
Catriona Ruth Paterson
