At this point, everyone knows about The Addams Family. My love for the all-together ooky family began at the age of eight when my great auntie gifted me a copy of the original 1964 TV series on VHS back in Christmas 1997. Ever since, the black-and-white comedy has been sketched in my mind for its oddball charm and spooky humour.
Since its inception as a comic strip in The New Yorker in 1938, The Addams Family have been rejigged and refitted a number of times. There’s been the ever-popular 90s movies with the God-like casting of Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christina Ricci and Christopher Lloyd, and a series of animated films - with the latest released just last year.
As modern day producers seem to have a tendency to do, it’s natural next step was to be transformed into a musical. The Addams’ Family, currently at Manchester’s Opera House, focuses on Wednesday Addams, who has fallen in love with a man from a respectable family (I.e. one that doesn’t relish in torture and enjoy hanging out at graveyards). With secrets in tow, the two families meet for a dinner together and, well, you can imagine the rest.
