PTE Mainstage (Venue 16), to July 29

Hard to say if the moon is in the seventh house or whether Jupiter is aligned with Mars, but the age of Aquarius is dawning nightly at PTE.

This seminal rock musical takes audiences on a psychedelic ride back to a time in the late '60s when its celebration of the drug culture, use of the F-word, anti-war message and nudity was truly radical. Today, the effect of its flower power idealism alternates between exhilaration and embarrassment.

Because Hair's book is so weak, director Kayla Gordon is forced to focus all her attention on the great tunes, which are well sold by the tie-dyed and bell-bottomed cast of University of Winnipeg students. Michael Lyons as hippie tribe leader Berger and Dan Szymanski as Vietnam War draftee Claude stand out, but it is female cast members who are consistently in better voice.

The peace and love vibe continues for more than 90 minutes before reaching a feel-good high with the closing anthems Good Morning Starshine and Let the Sun Shine In. By that time, even war-mongerers have to admit that Hair grows on them.