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Southampton Reviews
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:10 am
by Sheffan
A place for press and fan reviews of the BETMUK Tour stop in Southampton.
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:13 am
by Sheffan
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:00 am
by andrewcraig
TRAP yourselves in folks for the emotional rollercoaster that is Billy Elliot.
This musical has you laughing one minute and crying the next and by the end of the three-hour show you feel exhausted but elated at the same time.
It’s an unlikely tale for a smash-hit musical but it’s worked splendidly for 11 years in the West End and is showing no sign of stopping now it’s hit the road.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/1 ... ly_Elliot/
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:11 am
by porschesrule
The Southern Daily Echo chimes in with this excellent Southampton review:
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1508069 ... r_Theatre/#
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:26 pm
by andrewcraig
It was absolutely incredible! I was blown away. I cried, laughed and wanted to watch it all over again the minute it finished.
http://www.brogantatexo.co.uk/2017/02/b ... eatre.html
6 excellent photos
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:19 pm
by Sheffan
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:48 am
by kport
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:07 pm
by kport
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:17 pm
by kport
When I first saw Billy Elliot, over 10 years ago I wrote, “This is not a time to beat about the bush. Billy Elliot strikes me as the greatest British musical I have ever seen, and I have not forgotten Lionel Bart’s Oliver! or Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. There is a rawness, a warm humour and a sheer humanity here that are worlds removed from the soulless slickness of most musicals.”
http://overtures.org.uk/?p=12200
Re: Southampton Reviews
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:07 am
by Sheffan
Brilliant review from the Reviews Hub:
http://www.thereviewshub.com/billy-elli ... uthampton/
**Thought I recognised the text of the Overtures review above this post - much of it has been copied from Charles Spencer's 2005 VPT review in The Telegraph **
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/thea ... l-yet.html