The Time Traveller's Wife (West End) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (35)
See it if You want to see a new musical, or are a fan of the book or film. If you read a brief synopsis, it’s very true to the source material
Don't see it if You’re not into musical theatre, or don’t want to be challenged with following what’s going on.
See it if you're a fan of the movie or book. This musical was faithful to the source material. Entertaining and emotional at times.
Don't see it if you prefer more epically staged musicals. The set and stage is fairly simple but the acting and singing is excellent.
See it if Musical version of romance novel with some fun staging tricks for the time travel. 2.5 hours; 1 intermission.
Don't see it if Not into romance novels where women give up lots for the man, great singing but songs were just ok. Read more
See it if you want a good stage show. Well adapted, music is nice, scenery is enchanting, acting and singing are high quality.
Don't see it if you want a big musical.
See it if You enjoy fresh new musicals which are entertaining and a joy to watch. There's also lots of tricks on stage which are executed amazingly.
Don't see it if You want a musical with a big set and cast. Whilst the show is enchanting to watch it is quite stripped back.
See it if You enjoy visually stunning shows with a perfect cast and direction
Don't see it if You want to hear enjoyable music - it’s slow ballads followed by slow ballads… and not good ballads at that!
See it if You like video projection. Your familiar with the story.
Don't see it if You want to see a good show. I was really bored despite good performances.
See it if you like the movie or book and if you like musicals. The actress that plays Claire has an amazing voice.
Don't see it if you don't like the story or romantic/drama stories.
Critic Reviews (15)
“Though it falls foul of some of the difficulties that come with adapting books for the stage, ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ boasts an excellent cast and sheer commitment to its vision, soul and the message at its core.”
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“The grand romance of Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 bestseller...is here played for gloopy sentiment and goofy laughs...This is weird, potentially mind-bending, existential stuff – and on a granular level the story is about how women cope and men deceive.”
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“ ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ could be cleverer, more profound, with better songs and a more exciting story. But there’s something about its ease with itself that is beguiling. It’s watchable and fun, and if it’s not a great musical it’s an enjoyable one. Henry’s story may end sadly, but ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ is determined to give you a good time.”
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“It seems like a high-end pop video wedged into a show but is a wonderful set-piece nonetheless. Questions around time and mortality are gradually explored more fully, and the romance comes to be felt rather than merely performed.”
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“This romance...leaps back and forth through different eras, making nonsense of conventional chronology. Captions announcing the ever-changing ages of the lovers — played by Joanna Woodward and David Hunter — in this unlikely tale give you only a tenuous sense of where you are.”
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“It’s perfectly amiable and enjoyable. But in each incarnation, Niffenegger’s original questions about the nature of love and the difficulties of sustained relationships get stripped back and what’s left is a saccharine story of enduring love. Without the philosophical underpinning, the narrative is uplifting but irritating as the essential difficulties of its time-travelling conceit are never resolved.”
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“Chris Fisher’s illusions are sometimes phenomenal, but there’s also rather a lot of Henry jogging offstage before he ‘travels’. It’s perhaps too literal for a story that uses sci-fi more as a metaphor for our relationship with time and love – whether it’s the agony of losing someone too soon, or the comfort of knowing that, in some sense, they always travel on with us.”
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“This new musical shoots its Cupid’s arrow straight at the tender heart of that hanky-clutching cohort – but you’d have to be feeling excessively sentimental to succumb to its anodyne appeal.”
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