Return to the Forbidden Planet

Synopsis

Get ready, get set, get rockin' to ride the most cosmic musical in the universe when Captain Tempest invites you on board for a fun-filled family adventure through the galaxies. The great globe itself will shake, rattle and roll with classic hits from the 50's and 60's. Winner of the 1990 Olivier award for Best Musical.

Our Review:

31 August 2012

The tag-line "Shakespeare's forgotten rock 'n' roll musical", says it all: Return to the Forbidden Planet is not a show which takes itself seriously. Nor indeed did the film that inspired it, a quaint sci-fi B-movie from the fifties called simply Forbidden Planet, which itself was a trite retelling of The Tempest. Keep an eye out for it on low-rent movie channels; it's a camp classic.

Thirty years on, a young theatrical turk called Bob Carlton took this rickety old movie, added a juke-boxful of superannuated pop hits and, famously, stole the 1990 Olivier Award for Best Musical from under the nose of Miss Saigon. How did he do it? Simple. He pioneered the notion of actor-musicians, filled his stage with joy and smashed all the established rules of musical theatre -- much as Richard O'Brien had done a cou...

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John Tythe - 17 September 2012:

This needs to tour. Worth every yard of our 380 mile round trip to see!...

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