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Playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre till 30 September 2023
From Monday 3 April 2023, Jon Robyns will play ‘The Phantom’. Holly-Anne Hull will play ‘Christine Daae’ from Monday 23 January, having been the manufacturing’s alternate Christine Daaé since 2021, and Paige Blankson who joins the manufacturing as alternate ‘Christine Daaé’ from Monday 13 February, taking part in the function at sure performances.
From Monday 13 February to Saturday 1 April, Earl Carpenter will reprise his function as ‘The Phantom’.
They be a part of Matt Blaker as Raoul and Kelly Glyptis as Carlotta, Matt Harrop as Monsieur Firmin, Adam Linstead as Monsieur André, Greg Castiglioni as Ubaldo Piangi, Francesca Ellis as Madame Giry and Ellie Young as Meg Giry.
The solid is accomplished by Hollie Aires, Connor Carson, Corina Clark, Michelle Cornelius, Edward Court, Lily De-La-Haye, Hywel Dowsell, Serina Faull, James Gant, Eilish Harmon-Beglan, Emma Harris, Yukina Hasebe, Thomas Holdsworth, Olivia Holland-Rose, Jacob Hughes, Grace Hume, James Hume, Tim Morgan, Michael Robert-Lowe, Eve Shanu-Wilson, Tim Southgate, Anouk Van Laake, Jasmine Wallis, Ralph Watts, Skye Weiss, Simon Whitaker, Lizzie Wofford and Andrew York.
REVIEW:
‘The Brilliant Original’ have been phrases related to the West End manufacturing of The Phantom Of The Opera for nearly forty years. But now that accolade has gone after the manufacturing was closed as a result of coronavirus and producers determined it was time for a bit freshening up of the present.
I don’t know the musical effectively sufficient to touch upon all the variations between this new manufacturing and the unique and except you’re a die laborious ‘phan’ of the present, you most likely received’t discover an excessive amount of has modified both. But one query I can reply is ‘does it still send adrenaline coursing through your veins when the overture starts and the famous chandelier rises’?
For me, sadly not. The complete factor simply feels flat. Yes, everyone knows that the dwell orchestra has been vastly minimize in numbers and changed with some pre-recorded devices however is that one thing you’ll discover as an viewers member for those who didn’t know? I doubt it. So what has modified to make the present lose its magic? I couldn’t put my finger on it.
The solid have been all fantastic with Killian Donnelly displaying his various appearing and singing expertise within the function of the Phantom. Every present I’ve seen him in from The Commitments to Memphis and Kinky Boots, he has by no means been typecast as one explicit character and is splendidly versatile. Lucy St Louis is a splendidly susceptible Christine and Rhys Whitfield is a really likeable Raoul. Saori Oda steals the present for me as Carlotta, bringing large quantities of enjoyable to the function and Francesca Ellis, as Madame Giry, additionally stands out for her efficiency.
The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a person who haunts an outdated Paris theatre and lives in a lair beneath the constructing. So lengthy because the theatre house owners pay him what he asks every month and obeys any orders he provides, then all will likely be advantageous. But when new house owners take over, they’re lower than obsessed with pandering to the calls for of the Phantom and issues begin to go mistaken. In the meantime, the Phantom has taken a younger performer, Christine, underneath his wing and tutors her in singing. He turns into obsessed together with her and desires them to be collectively, leaving her in a love triangle and having to make a really large resolution.
The Phantom of the Opera is an Andrew Lloyd Webber traditional that’s positive to proceed to attraction to vacationers visiting London however while I’ve all the time loved going to expertise the dwell stage present each couple of years, one thing has modified for me and I didn’t get these backbone tingling emotions I used to. I feel I’ll follow watching the twenty fifth Anniversary present on TV in future.
★★★
Reviewed by West End Wilma