I Dreamed a Dream

Synopsis

Charting Susan's climb from humble beginnings in a working class town in Scotland, to a standing ovation at her audition for 'Britain's Got Talent', through to her global super stardom, I Dreamed A Dream © features many of the hit songs from Susan's multi-platinum selling albums. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you dare to dream... but most of all prove that dreams really do come true.

Our Review:

Barbara Maxwell - 1 May 2012

Well! What a surprising evening! When I was asked to review this show I had very mixed feelings about what to expect. I worried that the show would be either glitzy or maudlin. Well I was wrong on both counts.

The show tells the story – in song for a good part of the time – of Susan Boyle and her meteoric rise to fame following her unexpected success on “Britain’s Got Talent”. The story is told with humour and a great sensitivity.

The part of Susan is played by Elaine C Smith – who is also the co-author of the show. Narrated by “Susan” as a fairy story, showing her life, with the glamour and theatricality, but also telling of the darker side of her life, and especially the pressures she was put under when she was catapulted overnight to fame in April 2009.

Elaine C Smith is outstanding in this role, and by the end of the show we really believe that she is Susan Boyle – so much so that it actually comes almost as a shock when ...

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