Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear – the Musical! London Reviews and Tickets

This gloriously weird and subversive musical will please adults and kids alike...kids...lap up this offbeat blend of bad-old-days violence, giant dancing doughnuts, and knowing, but expansive, joy.'
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This makes for a satisfying and worthwhile addition to the National's laudable track record of making quality entertainment for all the family. Bonkers, but in the best possible way.'
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Amy Hodge’s production – well-meaning, colourful and jolly as it is – is also half-baked. There’s lots of aimless pottering about, and the unmemorable songs are long...'
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Children's musical is a sticky mess...Andy Stanton’s adaptation of his own children’s books is packed with eccentricity and verbal flourishes – all at the expense of the story.'
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All in, it’s mad as a shook-up box of frogs, crammed with hilarious lyrics and off-kilter humour. And all while delivering a beautiful message of friendship, happiness, ecological awareness, working together and loving bears. Lovely.'
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...Stanton brings this fantastical world to the stage for the first time as the loose storyline threads through a cascade of randomness and wonder. There’s no doubt this show is a lot of fun.'
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Inventive, mischievous and thrilling — this is children’s theatre that could take on Pixar...a great big hairy musical that invades the Dorfman stage with gleeful idiocy.'
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If the words "family musical" fill you with certain wholesome expectations, you are likely to have them gleefully subverted by the National’s new summer show.'
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