“You don’t have to be a ‘Bake Off’ superfan to enjoy it, but it’ll definitely help. That way, you’ll appreciate all the detailed homages here”
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“ ‘Bake Off’ is a guaranteed feel-good night-out that achieves everything it sets out to do. The musical you never knew you kneaded.”
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The Great British Bake Off Musical has managed to pitch the writing on a knife edge, with tongue-in-cheek humour and chockfull of nods to Bake Off past contestants, presenters and storylines, yet somehow the show still feels new.
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“The ‘Great British Bake Off Musical’ is straight forward with an easy-to-follow story, and catchy contemporary musical numbers. “
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“Rachel Kavanaugh’s slick, colourful production has such a sure sense of the show’s entertainment value and limitations that I relented, and succumbed to its good-natured zest.”
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“The sets, like the jokes, are flat. This is low-level entertainment for the undemanding, that never rises to the level of a technical hit, let alone a showstopper.”
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“The tone might be relentlessly sweet, but it left a bitter taste in my mouth. “
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“Fans won’t be disappointed ... [but] trying to squeeze the back stories of eight contestants into a single narrative causes quite a tangle towards the end.”
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