Shout!

Synopsis

Twist and shout your way around swinging London with our ‘fab four’ as they discover the fashion, freedom, fun and music that inspired original girl power. Shimmy and shake to the infectious, soulful songs that made Petula Clark, Cilla Black, Lulu and Dusty Springfield legendary singers in this uplifting new musical, direct from New York by the producers of smash-hits Fame, Saturday Night Fever and Footloose. Whether you’re an original baby boomer or born in the 90s, Shout! is a celebration of an era everyone wishes they could have experienced - and now you can! Ready, steady, go! Featuring the pop anthems Downtown, Son Of A Preacher Man, I Only Wanna Be With You, These Boots Are Made For Walking, You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me and many more….

Our Review:

2 April 2008

The Joan Jett song I Love Rock & Roll has a very fitting verse which could be applied to musicals like 1960's touring show, Shout!. Jett sings "Put Another Dime In The Jukebox Baby" which is apt, because for much of it, this latest attempt at shoe-horning songs into a ‘pencil skirt’ of a narrative is running on empty.

The setting is a hair dressing salon called Best Cuts, but looking at Morgan Large's ultra sparse set design, ensemble of two and Julie Balloo's pamphlet of a book, it may as well be called Cut Price.

Shout! is billed as an incredible musical journey around swinging London. The idea is that Ruby (Claire Sweeney), Georgina (Donna Steele) and Betty (Shona White) have amazing experiences in London, along with Ruby's aunt Yvonne (Su Pollard).

But these 'experiences mainly consist of the girls sat on bean bags or salon chairs talking about them, rather than living the life...

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Latest User Review

Fiona - 29 May 2008:

Saw this in Grimsby! What a waste of time - I'm just glad that Claire Sweeney only sang out of one side of her mouth all the way through, heaven only knows the racket if she'd sung out of both!...

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