EDINBURGH 2011: BWW Reviews: SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL, The Gilded Balloon, Aug 13 2011
Showstopper returns for another season at the Fringe, and this time they have a simple mission: create a hit musical for Cameron Mackintosh with the help of suggestions from the audience. Suggestions can be the most bizarre ideas imaginable, and frequently are.
The team behind the show have years of experience in creating a new musical every night, using the various ideas selected to somehow bring together a relatively coherent musical with a range of songs performed in the style of the genres chosen. It doesn't sound like it would work as well as it does, but the shows are deservedly sold out most nights, due to the skill shown by the cast of seven in distilling the most characteristic aspects of musicals into entertaining nuggets of comedy, and sensing the most effective places within the story to use them.
The cast and band of three undoubtedly know what they're doing, and the result is a sharp, funny new show each night.
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GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24) |
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Switzerland Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds (10/09-10/24) |
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The Haunting of Widow's Leap Farm Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/08-11/08) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Bristol Beacon (3/19-3/19) |
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National Dance Company Wales - Blue | Glas Sherman Theatre (9/17-9/18) |
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Swan Lake presented by Imperial Classical Ballet Victoria Theatre Halifax (10/17-10/17) |
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Operation MI6 Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/12-11/12) |
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The Go-Between Norwich Theatre (8/28-8/29) |
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The Go-Between Stamford Arts Centre (9/12-9/12) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (6/03-6/03) |
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