See it if You want an interesting large scale atmpospheric musical
Don't see it if you want a musical with lots of songs and glam
See it if If you don't mind watching a Dickens play. Interesting staging with moving platform and hanging lights
Don't see it if For the songs or plot. This is no mystery thriller as you would expect from the synopsis.
See it if you are Dickensian. Great characters played superbly. Atmospheric staging is lovely.
Don't see it if you are musical enthusiast. Read more
See it if you like clever written scripts
Don't see it if your expecting great memorable songs
See it if You never miss a Dickens musical. But it’s no Oliver!
Don't see it if You like musicals to have compelling melodies or rhythms. Despite capable performers, the music all seems a bit dirge-like.
See it if Want to see Dickens re-made or are PJ Harvey fan
Don't see it if Hate Dickens and/or PJ Harvey
See it if You love London, you like Dickens, you appreciate the music of PJ Harvey, you like productions that offer something new
Don't see it if You don’t like a neatly wrapped happy ending
See it if You are enchanted by compelling performances
Don't see it if You're expecting the music to be happy
"...this story of poverty and class mobility is light on the satire and heavy on mood"
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"A five-star wow bobbing in a three-star show."
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"this Dickens adaptation is undernourished and flat"
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"an honourable yet shallow Dickens adaptation"
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"Charles Dickens's watery thriller becomes a striking stage play"
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"With songs as (flaccid) commentary, this is a play with songs, not a musical."
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"...impressionistic, swirling with ideas, but lacking a strong dramatic current."
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"Power’s deft adaptation of Dickens’s sprawling novel emphasises its brilliant characters"
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