SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented
Closing: March 29, 2025SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented - 2025 West End History , Info & More
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Dante Place 80 Newington Butts London
Step into the world of SCISSORHANDZ – a radical, raucous, joyful yet touching musical parody tribute to the ultimate outsider – produced by the iconic Michelle Visage and *NSYNC’s Lance Bass!
Leave your inhibitions at the door and get ready to find your new obsession as we celebrate Tim Burton’s beloved hero/weirdo with a phenomenal selection of your favourite 90s and 00s hits.
Scissorfans unite, because all WEIRDOS* are WELCOME here!
*For the gals, guys, gays and theys (and everyone in between).
LET’S HAVE A KIKI!
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Review: SCISSORHANDZ - A Musical Reinvented (Southwark Playhouse Elephant)
6 / 10
The pitfall with Scissorhandz is it doesn’t seem to have completely worked out what it wants to be just yet. Full of ideas, little nuggets are dropped but then never followed up so it becomes a mish-mash of ideas that aren’t fully utilised. Rather ironically, like its main character, the show feels unfinished. That isn’t to detract from the potential this show has as there really is no shortage of that, but to me it felt like it had been going through rewrites up until the last minute, whether that is true or not, and as such is not currently the best version of itself.
Review: SCISSORHANDZ: A MUSICAL REINVENTED, Southwark Playhouse Elephant
5 / 10
art parody, part straight up retelling, what makes Scissorhandz fall apart story-wise is its lack of identity. Unlike the similar screen to stage musical parody Titanique that treats the James Cameron film like a drunken watch party with friends throughout its run time, Bredeweg's book wants its audience to laugh at campy caricatures and self-referential jokes one minute and treat scenes with utmost seriousness the next. This isn't to say they work on their own, but together it feels disconnected.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 4, 2025
SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented is now playing at Southwark Playhouse. See what the critics are saying about the production and read the reviews here!
by Mica Blackwell - January 31, 2025
Much like the Inventor creating the titular character, Scissorhandz - A Musical Reinvented has a lot to love about it but could do with some tinkering to fix its narrative issues.
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