From Here To Eternity (London)
From Here To Eternity (London)
70%
70%
(14 Ratings)
Positive
50%
Mixed
36%
Negative
14%
Members say
Great singing, Disappointing, Confusing, Slow, Entertaining

About the Show

Tim Rice's musical based on James Jones' novel returns to London.

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Critic Reviews (8)

BroadwayWorld
November 9th, 2022

"While the romantic aspect is so upfront, it's negligible and inconsequential in meaning. 'From Here to Eternity\ offers a clear, uncompromising stance on the army. "
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The Times (UK)
November 9th, 2022

"Rice’s inventive but mature work helps make a show that is always diverting but never quite snowballs into more than the sum of its parts and never quite convinces you this story makes best sense as musical."
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WhatsOnStage
November 10th, 2022

"I'm not convinced 'From Here To Eternity' really needed reviving, but audiences who miss Saigon and fancy a break from Les Mis but still want to be bombastically belted at, may well have a wonderful time."
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Theatre Weekly (UK)
November 9th, 2022

“the butchering of the book aside, From Here to Eternity remains a superb musical with an outstanding score. It is the music and the cast, in particular Jonathon Bentley and Jonny Amies, that make this revival a roaring success.”
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The Arts Desk
November 9th, 2022

" 'From Here to Eternity' never makes up its mind – it’s not an anti-war statement, not a tale of forbidden romances and not an operatic tragedy of epic proportions. It really only finds its feet in a sensational evocation of the tumultuous attack itself – but, by then, it’s all over bar the dying. "
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The Telegraph (UK)
November 10th, 2022

"Smock’s production itself, with its sinewy choreography and strong sense of soldiers as both brothers and perennial outsiders, does bring out the best in Stuart Brayson’s muscular, if slightly too jolly mash-up of swampy blues, swing and jazz."
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The Guardian (UK)
November 9th, 2022

"Tim Rice’s lyrics are the most striking aspect of a crisp production which can also feel heavy-handed"
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The Stage (UK)
November 10th, 2022

"There’s barely a misstep in Smock’s formidable production: it has the energy of a prizefight, the pathos of doomed romance and the tension of a ticking bomb."
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