See it if You love London, you like Dickens, you appreciate the music of PJ Harvey, you like productions that offer something new
Don't see it if You don’t like a neatly wrapped happy ending
See it if you enjoy epic story-telling based on Dickens
Don't see it if you do not like historic stories in a minimalist production Read more
See it if you enjoy 19th century London brought to life weaved around the characters' relationships to one another. Riveting play with music.
Don't see it if your preference is light hearted musicals/plays without music.
See it if You are enchanted by compelling performances
Don't see it if You're expecting the music to be happy
See it if you're looking for a spare adaptation of a (rightfully) neglected Dickens story, or like me a fan of PJ Harvey who wrote some original songs
Don't see it if you're looking for a tight adaptation, at 3:15h this is overlong, production is black on black with some interesting lighting, just so-so.
See it if You want an interesting large scale atmpospheric musical
Don't see it if you want a musical with lots of songs and glam
See it if You like stories about Victorian London
Don't see it if If you don't like Pj's Harvey songs
See it if If you don't mind watching a Dickens play. Interesting staging with moving platform and hanging lights
Don't see it if For the songs or plot. This is no mystery thriller as you would expect from the synopsis.
"...this story of poverty and class mobility is light on the satire and heavy on mood"
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"A five-star wow bobbing in a three-star show."
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"this Dickens adaptation is undernourished and flat"
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"an honourable yet shallow Dickens adaptation"
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"Charles Dickens's watery thriller becomes a striking stage play"
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"With songs as (flaccid) commentary, this is a play with songs, not a musical."
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"...impressionistic, swirling with ideas, but lacking a strong dramatic current."
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"Power’s deft adaptation of Dickens’s sprawling novel emphasises its brilliant characters"
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