Soul Sister
From: Monday, 29th October 2012
To: Saturday, 3 November 2012
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Synopsis
A musical inspired by the life and times of Ike and Tina Turner. Pulsing with heart and soul and featuring classics such as What's Love Got to Do with It, Proud Mary, Private Dancer and River Deep Mountain High. Soul Sister follows the highs and lows, the passions and heartbreak of Ike and Tina Turner as their careers blossomed and their marriage crumbled.
Our Review:
Kieran Johnson - 29 October 2012
Tina Turner has a fascinating story behind the music and so a musical based on her life and featuring her best known hits makes for a great basis of a show. Unfortunately Soul Sister doesn’t quite tell the story as well as it could, at times feeling more like a concert rather than musical.
When the story is picked up, particularly during Act 2, the tale is unraveled giving the audience an opportunity to engage with the emotional and personal side of such an icon, allowing them to relate and warm to the character rather than just watch her perform.
Emi Wokoma is a terrific Tina Turner; her passion for music translates extremely well through the character of Tina. Her stage presence is immense and it is difficult to imagine anyone else playing homage to Tina in such an accurate, yet personal, way. When performing in numbers such as Private Dancer and River Deep, Mountain High, she shines like a true star. She is able to grasp the audi...
Cast
Emi Wokoma (Tina Turner)
Chris Tummings (Ike Turner)
Sharon Benson
Nadine Higgin
Ngo Ngofa
Joanne Sandi
Creative
Pete Brooks (Author)
John Miller (Author)
Bill Kenwright (Producer)
John Miller (Producer)
Simply the Best Productions Limited (in association with Hackney Empire) (Producer)
Bob Eaton (Director)
Jason Pennycooke (Choreographer)
Jason Pennycooke (musical staging) (Music)
Pete Brooks (Design)
Laura Hopkins (Design)
Simon Wainwright (projection) (Design)
Nick Richings (Lighting)
Ben Harrison (Sound)
Keith Strachan (musical supervisor/arranger) (Music)
Sean Green (Musical Director)
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