The Band's Visit (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (14)
See it if you love stories that feel real or transportive music.
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See it if A good production, which I enjoyed more than in New York. Very intimate venue
Don't see it if You don't like a slow story, where very little happens.
See it if you want to see a different kind of musical. This production really transfers well to the small stage at the Donmar Warehouse.
Don't see it if you're looking for a small musical where the actors play instruments on stage and the emotional songs are the highlights.
See it if You’d like a meditative few hours thinking about music and connectivity
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See it if you love a small show about real people
Don't see it if you want action
See it if you enjoy original story-driven musicals
Don't see it if you don't like original musicals or shows without spectacle
See it if a glorious simple musical production with exceptional singing, musicianship and an original story with depth and heart
Don't see it if you are expecting a standard west end musical
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Critic Reviews (8)
"It’s a romantic, inventive, deeply disarming show about how we’re all defined by the need for connection."
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“The acting is iffy at the edges and the pacing is off at the start. But the humane spirit of this show is irresistible and the core group of musicians and actor-players very tight indeed. “
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"Like the movie, this show leaves you mildly frustrated that you never quite get to know the musicians or the townspeople. Then again, this is a musical which, for all its air of faded romance, isn’t a conventional love story. "
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"The entire ensemble is lively and engaging. But it's the band and the music that are the star, the qualities that lift this show above the average and turn it into an uplifting evening."
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"Not much happens here – and yet everything happens. Captivating."
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"It’s quiet and simple, yes, but it’s precisely that alchemy that makes it special. I’d watch it again in a flash."
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"There’s an airy absence of detail in a piece that leaves us to weave meaning from its gossamer threads. It charms, but that – I’m genuinely sorry to say – doesn’t feel like quite enough."
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It is The Band’s Visit ordinariness that makes it extraordinary; it doesn’t follow the typical structure of a musical, and the story is simple but profound. This is a vital piece of theatre, and the arrival of The Band’s Visit in London is something for us all to hear about it, because it is important.
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