Love Bytes is proof good drama happens in school

May 7  2010

On Saturday night, the Alberni District Secondary School Drama Club performed their rendition of Love Bytes for an enthusiastic audience at the Capitol Theatre.

Love Bytes is a play compiled of various quirky, and sometimes cheeky, segments portraying the many facets of love. It ranges from Shakespearean chivalry to the absurdities of modern technologies, like online dating sites, texting, Skype and much more.

Opening with Cupid and his Love Fans performing Skinnamarink, including the lively hand gestures, Love Bytes was jam-packed with humour. The play also had it's sentimental moments during Sisterly Love, a segment where Cydney and Demi Pedersen expressed both their love and irritation for each other to the audience. It also pulled at your heartstrings during A Mother's Love Story, which was a story about a mother's sacrifice for her son. My Father's Love Letter, which was a heartfelt letter read by Charlotte Taylor, was also a moving moment.

The performers weren't only fantastic actors, but they were also equally spectacular with the song and dance numbers as well. When the cast sang My One and Only Love, their passion was evident and their harmony was
beautiful.

Although the whole play was remarkable, the highlights were the Twilight parody entitled Twilight Love with Angela Edwards and Stephen Burton as Bella and Edward. The audience really shrieked with laughter at the sarcasm
they both depicted. The audience laughed especially when Stephen was being a skeptic wondering whether love is even possible when death is inevitable.

Another highlight was when Ronna Mellaart was being melodramatic while picking the petals off of a flower. During the He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not segment, she was delivering lines such as "He loves me!" in a shriek of
victory followed by a sarcastic and disappointed, "Umm, he doesn't love me?"

Hats off to the wonderful cast, production team, choral director, choreographers and everyone who made Love Bytes happen. The play was truly a delight to take in.