See it if You like a loud show full of Pet Shop Boys music, nice bodies and some great oneliners. Nice vocal performances
Don't see it if You expect a decent script or cant stand flashing lights.
See it if you love musicals like taboo which have a sexy but darker side to them
Don't see it if if you prefer a more classic style musicals
See it if Good music and vocals, and a great use of the venue.
Don't see it if Felt a bit dated and the book was fairly weak.
See it if you like your trash HOT. Also, Frances who for many represents something wonderful and iconic and therefore represents a homecoming.
Don't see it if you don't like a book glued with gossamer thread, paper-mache characters and no logical plot development. See more below. Read more
See it if You like Pet Shop Boys music, the work of Jonathan Harvey, the Turbine Theatre, supporting Terrence Higgins Trust.
Don't see it if You want something up to date, pumped up, or new
See it if you're a Pet Shop Boys fan and want to see a production of a show they wrote the music for.
Don't see it if you want to see a well-written piece of theatre.
See it if This is a terrific version, staged perfectly in spite of the wobbly mics. The cast are having fun and Ruffelle leads it with aplomb.
Don't see it if It's dated enough that it's almost come around again, and the uneven book is just a coat-hanger for impassioned PSBs karaoke. But I love it. Read more
See it if you're drunk.
Don't see it if you care about storytelling.
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"A drug-fuelled night of hedonism ends in tragedy, growth and a sense of hope."
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"Adequate songs are not enough to fill out Jonathan Harvey’s flimsy clubbers’ romance"
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"within the limits of that bear-trap book, the production can only do so much."
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"Closer To Heaven, is a fun, wild, hilarious and debauched night out"
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