‘Whimsical, witty and wonderful’ With one of the best origin stories of any book/film/musical, everyone’s favourite personality-filled car (apart from Lightning McQueen and Herbie) soars into the New Wimbledon Theatre. The story of a magic Mercedes chassis saving a single-parent family from a child-hating fictitious Eastern European monarchy still makes little sense, but does it need to? Ian Fleming, of James ...
‘Flashes of comedy are few and far between and the show even lacks sex appeal’ How jazz hands are you as a person? I only ask as Garry Marshall’s touring production of everyone’s favourite Hooker-Businessman romance will test even the most ardent musical theatre zealot. It was 1990, the last gasp of the 80s, a decade so dusted with cocaine and ...
‘Not only missing much of the film’s arch humour but also subtracts a lot of its charm and titular characters’ First, the film rocked a newly minted millennium, then the musical shook Broadway seven years later, next a revitalised production swayed the West End for another three years. Now everyone’s favourite green ogre is on the road again with a ...
‘The evening is over far faster than you would like’ “3 nights only, 3 nights only, that’s all you have to spare” Like the famous song One Night Only reminds us, this fleeting opportunity to see the hit 80s musical Dreamgirls must be snatched, and snatched quickly! Mirroring the rise of the record label Motown Tom Eyen’s snappy script/swinging hits, ...
‘Some gothic flavour thrown in for good measure’ ‘The father of the rock ballad’ and creator of a genre (‘Steinmanesque’), Jim Steinman’s songs have permeated the cultural consciousness. However, all the leather, Harley-Davidsons and soaring vocals don’t equate to an easy ride for his most famous musical. Like a mix between Peter Pan and Repo! The Genetic Opera, Bat Out of Hell welcomes us into ...
‘Hair is a strange creature’ Kicking off the fiftieth-anniversary production, Hair grooves into the night as the audience is left breathless, entertained and flummoxed. This musical whirlwind touches ground in the New Wimbledon Theatre in the first leg of its UK tour. With its many historical layers (sorry, first and last hair joke), many people have a connection to the ...