"It all contributes to an exuberant and accessible show, but one that whistles through the greatest hits rather than matching the pioneering creative ambition of its subject."
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" It is tender, empowering and entertaining."
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“It’s in the comedy that the show feels at its most assured and relaxed...For many of us, Twiggy has always been there. But neither her achievements, nor the attitudes and behaviours she overcame, should be taken for granted. Perhaps ‘Close-up: The Twiggy Musical’ will help people notice just how significant an icon she is.”
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"It’s strident, squawky and front-loaded with irony, the cast joshing and eye-rolling with the audience from the start."
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"It was the Sixties, sexy schoolgirls were all part of the culture,” opines Twiggy, explaining that it only seems wrong in retrospect."
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"No matter how many times these characters tell us how important Twiggy is, how much of an icon she was to working-class women, that doesn’t make us feel it. After all of that, we get to know all about Twiggy’s life, and never actually get to know Twiggy. "
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"Not so much a close-up, more a smudged Polaroid taken from a distance."
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"The black and white images and video footage of the real Twiggy, so much more compelling than the action on stage, are a hypnotic reminder of a phenomenon who is simply not captured in this over-bright, over-sentimental, rictus smile of a musical."
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