Anyone Can Whistle (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (12)
See it if A really fun production, didn't take itself seriously and made difficult material work.
Don't see it if You want a traditional production. This was VERY silly, but it worked.
See it if you have never seen it and are a Sondheim Fan. The mayor steals the show. Other than her, the performances are ok.
Don't see it if You don't want to see a very quirky dated show morality tale about political corruption. The plot misses which is why it's not revived more
See it if you are interested in seeing a rarely performed Sondheim Musical
Don't see it if you want an entertaining evening and to discover what the show is actually about Read more
See it if you like theatre that's a bit out there and unusual, as well as a diverse and vibrant cast who do their absolute best
Don't see it if you're looking for some kind of narrative and directorial masterpiece, or a plot that makes any kind of sense Read more
See it if You’re a Sondheim fan, wanting to tick this rarely seen show off your list.
Don't see it if The plot can be hard to follow and some performances feel slightly amateur. An entertaining night at the theatre but not a great production
See it if You want to tick one of Sondheim's rarely done shows off the list. Notable performances from Chrystine Symone & Alex Young.
Don't see it if You want a show with a clear plot line. Production felt amateur at times and needed more polish.
See it if you're a fan of Stephen Sondheim's music and are not looking to see a show with elaborate staging.
Don't see it if you don't feel like sitting through almost two and a half hours with little plot.
See it if If you love Sondheim this is for you. It closed on Broadway after a handful of shows and its barely shown.
Don't see it if A show with no narrative and its hard to follow and its mad
Critic Reviews (7)
...there are equally good reasons why this show is rarely revived. Rankcom’s production will please bereaved Sondheim completists. Anyone more discerning should give it a body-swerve.
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What this trailblazing talent [Stephen Sondheim] never short of an opinion might make of Georgie Rankcom's production is anyone's guess, though I suspect he would admire a sizeably non-binary set of artists gathered on a show about otherness and non-conformity.
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A whimsical political satire written with Arthur Laurents, it is, well, pretty loony...ironically, the show is so strenuously unconventional that all meaning is lost. A fun attempt, but this is one for the Sondheim completists.
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Ultimately, Sondheim and Laurents's bizarre confection isn't in whistling distance of being a great musical, but it is undeniably a notorious part of Broadway history, and one that all musical theatre completists will want to encounter.
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Sondheim described his show as a “cartoon”, which seems a fitting description for Rankcom’s fantastically silly retelling...In a production that celebrates all that are considered ‘other’ in society, it is fitting that the abundantly talented, diverse cast carry this largely muddled story.
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Somehow accomplishing 'Simple' and other busy songs on a thin strip of stage, Georgie Rankcom’s production brilliantly gives the show new contexts.
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The rarity factor is practically off the scale when it comes to this cartoonishly bright, buoyant revival of Stephen Sondheim’s early cult flop. It has been staged with emphatic flair by Georgie Rankcom...
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