Critic Reviews (8)
"Tim Sheader's rock-tastic production...makes a pulse-racing, soul-stirring, triumphant return."
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"An OTT, aorta-pumping rollick through one of Lloyd Webber and Rice's strongest musical collaborations, by a team who know that the score and the feel of it are all that matter."
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"The vocal blast of both Ryder and Huntley is a sound to behold. Rock and electric guitar crisscrosses choral church music and there are flecks of jazz and gospel."
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"He plays JC with sincerity, not starriness...this is a religious leader ensnared by his own cult; there's something frightening, if hypnotic, about his volatile, restless followers"
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"What it has shown on its travels is that it is one of Lloyd Webber and Rice’s most durable and brilliant musicals – and that this is a production that lets it shine."
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"It still manages to feel far more rebellious than the stories Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice dreamt up years later."
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“Sam Ryder cuts a suitably rock-star figure throughout”
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"Eurovision star Sam Ryder is made for the title role, while Drew McOnie’s choreography makes us feel the delirium"
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