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South Pacific and Godspell both disappoint

September 26, 2007

Following Gwen Stefani’s surprisingly good gig at the M.E.N on Saturday night, I was more than willing to go on two nostalgia trips on Monday and Tuesday. The first was Godspell, starring Stephen Gately. This turned out to be a real mixed bag of a show as at times, it was quite smug and knowing and at others quite good. Gately himself seemed underprepared and whoever told him to wear a jacket the whole way through the performance must be mad as he ended up resembling me, in that he looked like he wanted to go home!

South Pacific also failed to get Manchester audiences in a spin on Tuesday. The evening was doomed from the start. The theatre was not open on time, resulting in lots of older theatre goers stranded outside, feeling like they had the wrong time. But it got worse as Helena Blackman was just awful. The show has all the best show tunes but aside from the excellent ensemble and a couple of the leads, this is simply not a great revival.

Click on the titles here for full reviews of Godspell and South Pacific.  

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