Aspects of Love (West End) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (100)
See it if you want to see high quality musical and/or like Michael Ball.
Don't see it if you think Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical is old and boring. You like straight forward story. This is 'aspects' of love, not love story.
See it if you enjoy ALW's haunting tunes here. I saw the original on Bway many years ago, & the score is still lovely & moving. Ball still sings LCE.
Don't see it if you are offended by almost all of these characters having affairs with each other no matter their ages.
See it if You like more traditional musicals (this is a Lloyd Webber classic) with well known classical songs; it story also enchants you.
Don't see it if You're looking for something fast paced and/or modern. This is a tradional style musical.
See it if ...you know and love this material and/or Michael Ball. I adore ALW's score for this show, and this may be your last chance to hear it live.
Don't see it if ...you need a strong book or likeable characters, because this show doesn't really offer either of those. Read more
See it if you love incestuous Andrew Lloyd Webber shows or just really need to hear Michael Ball sing Love Changes Everything within this show.
Don't see it if you can’t withstand cringing very hard at a plot. Read more
See it if Some good songs and singing but slow and uninvolving.
Don't see it if The storyline is still weak.
See it if you want to hear the songs and score and love ALW and want to see a show that probably won't be revived again soon,
Don't see it if you want a show with a story you can get invested in, or you're looking for a show with a strong set, this set was particularly ugly
See it if you want to see Michael Ball sing "Love Changes Everything." If you can get a decently priced ticket, it's worth it for this song.
Don't see it if you want a good story. The unusual love triangle coupled with flirting cousins doesn't work, and the performances are not all strong.
Critic Reviews (14)
"A story of postwar, would-be bohemians engaged in cross-generation, borderline-incestuous romances within their own family and social circle, its characters are thin and dislikeable, its plot preposterous."
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"I don’t want to overreact to what is basically a pretty silly musical with nice tunes and solid performances...Ultimately the story of ‘Aspects of Love’ is probably best viewed as a relic of a different era, when people did actually cop off with their teenage cousins and the British were only just fumblingly acknowledging that sex was a thing."
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"It is, without doubt, a well-oiled show, easy on the eye and ear."
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"This revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1989 hit musical may not quite sweep you off your feet – but it still beguiles"
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"You sit through the two and a half hours hoping that the characters will acquire some sort of depth. They never do."
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"This production represents a gamble, too, and whatever one's reaction to the intractable nuttiness of the material, something about it - rather like a bygone, life-defining love affair - proves impossible to dismiss."
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"You can certainly admire the efforts made here, while also questioning the wisdom of trying to stage such an inexorably dated – albeit occasionally beguiling – piece."
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"Ball performs with characteristic ease, soaringly delivering the song everyone’s waiting for, which has been shamelessly reallocated from Alex to George for the occasion. But enduring this lurid musical male fantasy is a high price to pay: one tiny spark of nostalgia for one giant ick."
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