[Gordon Getty's Usher House] is just about an hour long and a few minutes are quite pleasant. The story of the brother and sister, the last of a long line of family oddities, has Poe parachuted in as a visitor to save them – or is there more sinister work afoot? Benjamin Bevan acts his socks off as a childlike, obsessed and tormented Roderick Usher, menaced by the mysterious Doctor Primus sung by Kevin Short. Jason Bridges sings and acts Eddie Poe with elegance but there is not a lot he can do with the plodding plot and over wordy libretto.