The Lion (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (5)
See it if You’re into a difficult event in a life story told through song and exquisite guitar playing. 75 minutes well spent
Don't see it if You don’t want a musical telling a poignant story.
See it if A wonderful one man show, with great singing and very engaging
Don't see it if Quite a personal and up close theatrical experience.
See it if you want to be captivated by Max Alexander-Taylor's phenomenal performance of Benjamin Scheuer's outstanding autobiographical musical.
Don't see it if you don't like one-man shows.
See it if Amazing costume, beautiful music!
Don't see it if Very expensive.
See it if You want to see the greatest guitar playing you'll ever witness, and an intimate and powerful story of the life of an ordinary man like you
Don't see it if You want to see a big spectacle, or you don't want to feel emotions during a show Read more
Critic Reviews (2)
This is an incredibly life-affirming theatrical experience. I suspect that, when word spreads, this will become a very hot ticket all over again … it's a little masterpiece.
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This production ... belongs totally to Alexander-Taylor, who takes the deeply personal storyline and makes it his own. Sean Daniels [and] ... Alex Stenhouse ... [forge] a seamless collaboration capturing the immediacy of the story.
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