So, there was free tickets to watch this production courtesy of I-don't-know-who for Monash and SUnway students. Tried calling a few friends, but it seems like no one was interested? But anyhow, I thought I would just go and watch it anyway since I have nothing better to do.
This would be my second theatrical performance (not sure what to call these kind of shows) after The Secret Life of Nora.Well, let's get to it then. To be honest, it was a big disappointment. I like London, I like musicals, there's so much to like and I wanted to like it!
But it turned out to be quite a bore. There's hardly any storyline, the whole impression was that they were selling a concert with a very bad line-up of "popular" songs.
A song is sung after every 5 lines of dialogue or so and the songs doesn't even complement the story! It was as if it's there just because it's a big hit and they thought everyone would like it simply because they knew the song.
What's worse is that the male leads isn't very good at singing. Words were lost(cannot be heard) and they seemed to be trying too hard to sound too theatrical (pulling notes everywhere and anywhere giving wrong emphasis).
Overall, what it comes off as is a show with a bag of cheap tricks, with virtually no storyline. Most importantly, it feels like a rip-off as there wasn't any human-touch to it, no real emotions. Everyone was smiling simply for the sake of appearing happy, cheerful and energetic. There was however, one girl in the back-up crew that caught my attention. I don't know her name, but she's the shortest and I think she has real potential.
In conclusion, I wouldn't recommend it, unless you're a first timer to these kind of shows with nothing but peanut expectations. The only songs that made a bit of impression was Can You Feel The Love Tonight and One Thing.
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