Snoopy - the Musical

Synopsis

Based on the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles M Schulz. Atop his kennel, Snoopy surveys the skies, scene of his triumph as a First World War flying ace. Modestly he considers his genius. Stoically he accepts that his brilliance in nearly every field of endeavour will forever to unremarked by humankind. He can but uphold his own high standards. ('I refuse to chase a stick that hasn't been properly sanded and polished').

Our Review:

21 July 2004

Snoopy! may be a musical about a comic strip dog, but this is no dog of a show. In fact, I have long enjoyed watching it wag its brightly comic and tunefully appealing tail. Confession time: when this 1982 Off-Broadway musical first arrived at London's Duchess Theatre the following year, I was just 21 and remember being completely smitten by its combination of knowingness and charm. I have been able to sing along to all of its songs ever since.

Now that it's almost exactly 21 years since that successful run, it's a pleasure to welcome it back to London again, and doubly welcome, too, for re-claiming one of London's 'lost' miniature theatres, the intimate and welcoming New Players Theatre (as it's now called) literally tucked beneath the arches below Charing Cross Station, off Villiers Street.

But how does the show hold up after all this time, now being performed by a cast most of whom were barely born when it first opened here? The answer...

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Latest User Review

USER: Whatsonstage.com (195.92.67.77) - 1 August 2004:

It took a little time to get going but made for a thoroughly entertaining evening. It's a shame that the auditorium was only 25% full on a Saturday night. The stand-out performance was offered by Alex Woodall as Woodstock though they all performed their parts well. The kid next to me seemed to really enjoy the show....

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