Bonnie & Clyde (West End) London Reviews and Tickets

86%

(375 Ratings)

Positive

90%

Mixed

Negative

Members say

Entertaining, Great singing, Absorbing, Clever, Great acting

About the Show

Frank Wildhorn's Tony Award Nominated musical about two infamous outlaws.

In Western Texas at the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie and Clyde go from nobodies to folk heroes. Bank heists and killing sprees put these ill-fated lovers on the map, with their escapades capturing the attention of the entire country.

'Bonnie & Clyde' is a musical inspired by the true story of the American criminal couple, Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow. The pair travelled across the States with their gang, robbing banks and catching the attention of the Police as well as the Press.

Seven-time WhatsOnStage Award nominee Nick Winston directs. With music by American composer Frank Wildhorn ('Jekyll & Hyde'), lyrics by Don Black and book by Ivan Menchell.

Show-Score Member Reviews (375)

100

Thank goodness it’s back, Must see, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You’ve seen it before… or you haven’t yet seen it. One of the best shows in 2022 and now it’s back, you could say 2023 as well.

Don't see it if You’re mad! It has to be seen!

100

Epic, Fast paced, Ambitious, Gripping

See it if You love amazing songs. Gritty story lines

Don't see it if You don’t like musicals

Must see, Intense, Great singing, Enchanting, Absorbing

See it if You like powerful vocals

Don't see it if You want every detail of the plot explained

Great writing, Great staging, Great singing, Entertaining, Absorbing

See it if You love Frank Wildhorn, or if you love seeing historical stories; a captivating piece with catchy songs and impressive performances.

Don't see it if You prefer more fantasy-inspired stories.

Absorbing, Great singing, Great acting, Indulgent, Riveting

See it if you like a really engaging soundtrack with some brilliant songs, a phenomenal cast, and beautiful staging

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Action-packed, Fun, Emotional, High energy, Great score

See it if you like stories about gangsters and crime, and like a fun and original score that is different from most contemporary modern scores

Don't see it if you don't like themes of murder

Entertaining, Enchanting, Delightful, Clever, Absorbing

See it if Great songs, singers and plot

Don't see it if Quite raunchy

Absorbing, Great writing, Great staging, Great singing, Great acting

See it if You want a new show to be excited about! Music is stunning, cast is superb. The arts theatre is an amazing space for this production!

Don't see it if You don’t like big noises.

Critic Reviews (14)

“Too glib to be serious and too po-faced to be a spoof, this Broadway musical about the Depression-era outlaw couple suffers from a criminal lack of focus...It’s just another bouncy, breezy, brainless musical trading on a bit of name-recognition.”
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“ ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ feels weirdly oblivious to the reasons why Parker and Barrow are still famous a century on...But if this rose-tinted musical romance was all we had to remember them by, I’m sure their memory would soon expire from sheer boredom.”
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“We get terrific musicianship and singing, imaginatively murky period design by Philip Whitcomb, in fact tip-top professionalism all round, but without enough substance to fire up the imagination.”
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"A show as sensational as this deserves a permanent home in the West End for an open-ended run. But with a show this phenomenal, I’ll take what I can get. After all, a short and loving run ain’t so bad. It really would be a crime to miss this killer show."
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“If there is a palatable musical route into the ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ story, then neither Winston, Wildhorn nor the rest of creative team have discovered it.”
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“While thematically richer than most musicals, Menchell’s plot lines are slightly meandering, though director Nick Winston whips up a sharp pace that cracks through the tragic twosome’s murderous time, never unnecessarily alighting.”
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“All the audience needed to see was a smoking gun and that was enough for a night of whooping and hollering. But, for a show with so much potential, it's all too posed and predictable.”
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"The production as a whole may be slightly flawed but that doesn’t take away from the many explosive and frankly breathtaking moments it exudes."
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