To Kill A Mockingbird (West End) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (399)
See it if You love a great book adaptation. Also if you want to see some amazing acting
Don't see it if You dislike how unjust past times used to be
See it if Great drama that's both classic and timely at once.
Don't see it if You're in the mood for something light.
See it if For script
Don't see it if See it
See it if You liked the novel and value strong performances.
Don't see it if You aren't prepared to use your head and heart. Also some fluffy that wasn't in the novel or film, but it is usually well placed.
See it if You like great drama
Don't see it if You want light and frothy.
See it if you like moving plays with deep and important messages that are relevant to our world today.
Don't see it if you’re looking for something upbeat/lighthearted, or you are triggered by themes of racism. It’s very heavy, but a very moving show.
See it if you want to experience a very good adaptation of a very important book. Some stories are hard to tell in theatre, but this one succeeded
Don't see it if you want to miss great acting, decorations, music and relieving jokes
See it if A great adaptation of the book, Matthew Modine was incredible as Atticus Finch!
Don't see it if A lot of adult themes and language that can be upsetting for people
Critic Reviews (8)
All rise for a magnificent Mockingbird. Sheer emotion and moral force make this Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel about race, community and family a powerfully uplifting theatrical event.
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Breathing fresh life into one of the most famous characters of all time is no small achievement: this ambivalent Atticus is a huge achievement for both Sorkin and Spall.
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But this production, however quietly, offers a thorough indictment of the American justice system...One imagines the late Lee would approve.
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This utterly riveting and revelatory staging of one of the best-known, but also most dustily familiar, of 20th-century American literary classics...Sorkin’s account argues the case for the core complexity of To Kill a Mockingbird as never before.
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Hats off to Aaron Sorkin. While the official title may be Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, this captivating drama is very much Sorkin’s take on a story that has become embedded in the consciousness of generations of readers.
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The result, in Bartlett Sher's smooth, beautifully modulated production which arrives in London with Rafe Spall as Atticus, is an engaging and intelligently acted affair...
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...Harper Lee’s story of racial injustice in 1930s Alabama should resonate no less galvanically here, not least as refashioned by playwright Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher, and with a tremendous performance from Rafe Spall...
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Worth the drama? Worth the wait? The jury’s out...Sorkin’s approach is the kind you can swoon or sicken at. It assumes that we’re all a bit older than when we first encountered the book, a bit more able to hold on to complexity.
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