Read more about the article REVIEW: Back to the Future the musical, Adelphi (2021)
Roger Bart as Doc Brown, Olly Dobson as Marty McFly and the wonderrful DeLorean (Photo: Sean Ebsworth Barnes)

REVIEW: Back to the Future the musical, Adelphi (2021)

The number and variety of Tim Hatley's sets are magnificent and the opening song of the second act "21st Century" is set in Doc Brown's laboratory with white coated assistants with lit up headdress helmets and so many lighting colour shifts from Hugh Vanstone and Tim Lutkin, it is really exciting.  The printed circuit board lighting comes right out into the sides of the auditorium, surrounding the proscenium stage.

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Read more about the article REVIEW: Frozen, the West End Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane (2021). Closing 8th September 2024
Samantha Barks as Elsa (Photo: Johan Persson)

REVIEW: Frozen, the West End Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane (2021). Closing 8th September 2024

How refreshing to have a Disney film that doesn't end with a marriage! There is much to entertain and please adults in this show but your six year olds may need the stamina for a two and a half hour spectacle with brilliant singing and performances.  However many will be pleased that the scary Marshmallow monster does not figure in the UK musical.  Casting Samantha Barks and Stephanie McKeon with their acting ability and contrasting singing voices is a master stroke. 

Continue ReadingREVIEW: Frozen, the West End Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane (2021). Closing 8th September 2024