Reader Reviews
Beauty and the Beast (Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Outer London)
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 | Only 2 stars as I felt what was on show was rubbish - sort of university drama department effort but, and it's a big but, it does have potential. There was too much of a Andy Nyman's irritating professor Goodman to start with and too few scary bits. However, it did make me think why someone else hasn't tried this idea before, The Woman In Black excepted. With a major rewrite, lots more scary bits, then I would not be surprised if a run in the West End would not be out of the question. Oh, and why the Jewish thing? That should be dropped for starters. But apart from that I wish them all good luck their original piece of theatre. - rds | 08 Apr 10 |
| While I normally dread the idea of family panto at Christmas, I enjoyed the topsy-turvy wackiness of this production. Lisa Hammond is a brilliantly modern Belle (or Beauty for short). Xavier Marzan is her fantastic four-legged confidant - and her sisters are ugly but truly gruesome in a wickedly funny way. While the Beast's appearance did have children running for cover in the theatre, my kids have been running around with oven-gloves on their heads pretending to be Belle's faithful dog Kronenburg all weekend. Lots of fun. - Neil | 11 Dec 07 |
| My friends and I did not enjoy this at all. We left at half time. It is not your traditional panto - so don't go if that's what you're after. - Nina | 07 Dec 07 |
