Bonnie & Clyde (West End)
Closed 2h 30m
Bonnie & Clyde (West End)
86%
86%
(384 Ratings)
Positive
91%
Mixed
6%
Negative
3%
Members say
Entertaining, Great singing, Absorbing, Great acting, Clever

About the Show

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

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Critic Reviews (14)

The London Evening Standard
March 9th, 2023

“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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Time Out London
March 9th, 2023

“ ‘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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The Times (UK)
March 9th, 2023

“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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All That Dazzles (UK)
March 9th, 2023

"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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The Stage (UK)
March 9th, 2023

“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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WhatsOnStage
March 9th, 2023

“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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London Theatre
March 9th, 2023

“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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West End Best Friend
March 14th, 2023

"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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