101 Dalmatians London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (66)
See it if You want to see a new musical with a new score.
Don't see it if The sound quality wasn't great at times, and the show needed some work.
See it if You have VERY young children
Don't see it if You like music Read more
See it if The best I can say is that I am glad I saw it but won’t be going again. Some of the staging and puppets were clever
Don't see it if A decent show
See it if you want to see a nicely staged but sadly lackluster attempt at telling a well loved story.
Don't see it if you want anything akin to the classic Disney movie or you expect interesting or memorable music. Read more
See it if Outstanding theatre and how clever everything is done. The puppetry of the dogs was brilliant. Great acting by all
Don't see it if Songs were average but then the film version wasn't a musical so they all had to be wrote from scratch.
See it if You wanna see a classic story but made up to date with amazing singers and musicians on stage and crazy costumes
Don't see it if You want a carbon copy of the disney movie, its not that
See it if you want a family show full of fun songs and cleverly staged
Don't see it if you don't like modern adaptions and or dogs
See it if You like to support shows currently not in the West End. Amazing puppetry felt moved and emotional at times in the story!! Great casting!!
Don't see it if You’re comparing it to the Disney classic!!
Critic Reviews (11)
"This puppyish, puppet-led musical based on Dodie Smith’s spotty dog story wins you over with sheer dazzle and bonkers invention."
Read more
"Lots of positives, then, but as a whole, it feels pretty all over the shop. "
Read more
"This family musical, adapted by Zinnie Harris, has form to live up to. It comes with lots of puppyish enthusiasm and Toby Olié’s adorable puppets, but it does not quite manage to melt our hearts in the way of its forebears."
Read more
"Traditionalists shouldn’t be too alarmed. ... Composer-lyricist Douglas Hodge and book writer Johnny McKnight serve up a sugar-and-spice confection — based on a stage adaptation by Zinnie Harris — which ought to appeal to adults and children alike."
Read more
"Woof from a show not yet quite there but giving off every sign of continued life with a bit of care and grooming. After all, if cats can have nine lives, don't these Dalmatians deserve at least one more?"
Read more
“While it’s exciting to see a new musical premiere at Regent’s Park, this was probably the wrong choice. Even with a two-year delay, 101 Dalmatians is more of a dogs dinner than a Crufts Champion, and ultimately, pretty forgettable.”
Read more
"There’s a palpable strain about Zinnie Harris’s hectic, heavily condensed rewrite, which practically drips sweat in its determination to update the original for today’s politically polarised social media age."
Read more