The Bodyguard

Synopsis

The Bodyguard, based on the smash hit film which starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, premiered in London's West End this autumn starring Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen.

Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge - what they don't expect is to fall in love.

A romantic thriller, The Bodyguard features a multitude of Whitney Houston's greatest hits, including "Queen of the Night", "So Emotional", "One Moment in Time", "Saving All My Love", "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "Run to You", "I Have Nothing", "How Will I Know", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and one of the greatest hit songs of all time - "I Will Always Love You".

Having just extended its booking period to 28 September, book tickets now with Whatsonstage.com for this great new musical.

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 6 December 2012

"I've got the stuff that you want..." and, sure, she does: Heather Headley is a soul sister knockout as Rachel Marron, Queen of the Night, the Whitney Houston role in the 1992 movie The Bodyguard, now recycled as a romantic pop rock opera with all the big hits and a flattened out, theatrical story-line.

Hired against the wishes of Rachel's entourage, Lloyd Owen’s broody Frank Farmer (the Kevin Costner "homage to Steve McQueen" role) is a former secret service agent haunted by his absence off duty when Ronald Reagan was shot (reference deleted, along with any sense of period, in this version) and an unlikely lady-killer, even inadvertently, despite his glowering, basso profundo presence.

Owen's a really fine actor, but doing very little on a stage ...

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Latest User Review

A. Dexter - 27 March 2013:

I completely agree with LIz from Northhampton,I also went to the evening show on the night of 25th March,having already given away 2 matinee tickets that I bought even before the show opened,but of course was not told at the time of purchase that HH does NOT appear at matinees which I am sure she must have had written into her contract,so after much painfully researched for her appearance days I settled for the 25th,only to find out HH NOT appearing yet again,so train fare from Brighton,dinner,ticket price all totally wasted,the show itself was a complete disappointment,no production value,poor choreography,songs thrown in at random with no continuity to the story line,at least if HH had been appearing I would have had the pleasure of listening to her sing but it seems that she can not sustain 8 performances a week unlike Patti La Pone who performed in Sunset Boulevard (how tiring a role is that!!!!) and never missed a performance like she did in Gypsy an other full powered role.Chatting to 2 Americans in the interval they had flown over from the US especially to see HH after being reassured when booking the tickets that she would be appearing,so over all an expensive experience all round...

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