Tina — The Tina Turner Musical (West End) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (683)
See it if you like Tina turner
Don't see it if you don't like Tina turner
See it if you're a Tina fan - absolutely! If you just plain enjoy rock 'n' roll - yes!
Don't see it if you hate musicals. That's the single reason I can come up with. Read more
See it if you want to know more about Tina’s life
Don't see it if there’s not reason not to.
See it if Love Tina Turner’s music and wants to know more about her life. Enjoy getting up at the end for a dance.
Don't see it if Don’t like the music of Tina Turner. Also don’t like derogatory racial language.
See it if you love the music, admire the strength/courage of Tina. Fabulous show iconic dance interesting story & shaking of tail feathers.
Don't see it if you are not invested in loud music & bright lights. Contains spousal abuse/racial abuse/violence
See it if probably the best biomusical so far. Great use of music to propel a riveting story. Amazing talent!
Don't see it if you can't afford a ticket
See it if You are a fan of Turner or enjoy watching inspiring stories. I found it riveting. We saw Jenny Fitzpatrick as Tina and she was amazing!
Don't see it if You aren't in the mood for a bio musical or are uncomfortable with scenes of spousal abuse.
See it if you love a great night out with some of the best music
Don't see it if you just wanna watch and join in
Critic Reviews (14)
Is a feelgood jukebox musical the absolute best medium to tell a story about domestic abuse? Put crudely, that is the problem at the heart of big-budget global premiere...Don’t get me wrong: it’s an entertaining night, brilliantly performed.
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Despite the show’s creative pedigree, with Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd at the helm and a book by The Mountain-top writer Katori Hall, nothing about the production is particularly interesting or innovative. It’s a standard bio-musical...
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What a pity, then, that this musical never fully sparks into life...Yet the material surprisingly lacks rigour, too often staying in soft-focus when a more forensic examination is required...
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"Is a feelgood jukebox musical the absolute best medium to tell a story about domestic abuse? Put crudely, that is the problem at the heart of big-budget global premiere ‘Tina'. The erstwhile Anna Mae Bullock’s eventful life and beloved back catalogue are perfect subjects for adaptation. But too often Phyllida Lloyd’s production struggles to make a sensitive synthesis of the two...Lloyd directs fluidly and at a pace, but there is, also, a weird feeling of it being clogged with ephemera."
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Born in the USA, made in England. That’s the thesis of this slickly choreographed, beautifully designed and roof-raisingly well-sung bio-musical about Tina Turner...
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The problem for me is that, at least for the first act which charts her relationship with Ike, what we actually witness is a strong woman being brought down by multiple acts of violence.
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[The] greatest hits should satisfy the Tina superfans, but there’s an unresolved tension here between producing a genuinely satisfying musical drama, and just surrendering to a great night out. This mould-breaking artist deserves more.
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Phyllida Lloyd’s musical is a heady celebration of triumph over adversity...As bio-musicals go, this is as good as it gets.
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