Monkee Business - The Musical

Synopsis

Monkee Business follows four young lads who, with the help of a few sexy Russian spies, nonsensical nuns and the odd tambourine, unwittingly get caught up in the most madcap adventure even Austin Powers would be proud of. With a hilarious mix of groovy adventure, dreamy romance and zany comedy, Monkee Business is the ultimate feel-good musical featuring hit after hit including I'm a Believer, Last Train to Clarksville, My Boy Lollipop, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me and the smash hit Daydream Believer alongside many, many more iconic songs from the swinging sixties.

Our Review:

Scott Purvis - 18 April 2012

"Total Monkee Business". "Go chimpan-see it". "Your aunt says it's a daydream! Believe her!". Now that we have a few of inevitable puns out of the way, let's get down to the serious business of critiquing the latest jukebox musical to find a dusty old CD in its loft and say "Me too!".

Four swinging teens are hired by an unscrupulous manager to pose as the eponymous band, appearing as the Monkees in a promotional tour across Europe, falling in love with every pretty girl who crosses their path and making enemies of a sexy Soviet femme fatale who could crack open a bottle of Smirnoff with her teeth.

What opens as a enjoyably kitsch and self-aware pastiche of the sixties quickly becomes an unnecessarily complex world of spies and spooks, lacking the style of Austin Powers or the satisfying ending of another Scooby Doo mystery. Much of the humour in Peter Benedict's script falls as flat as the hair under Mike Nesmith's bobble-hat and, whilst it is understandably trying t...

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Latest User Review

Chris Haydon - 30 April 2012:

A show about music needed great music, and MONKEE BUSINESS delivered. The tight and versatile band held the whole trip together, while the actors unfolded the drama on stage, flowing from gag to gag, from twist to twist of plot. It was a romp....

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