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Synopsis

It's the show you've been waiting for – the super-spectacular new Spice Girls musical Viva Forever!, coming to the West End's Piccadilly Theatre this December. Tickets are available now, so make sure you're first in line for this fabulous feel-good fable, featuring 16 of the Spice Girls' greatest hits.
 
Brought to you by the team behind global mega-smash Mamma Mia!, Viva Forever! is written by Ab Fab (and Spice World The Movie) star, Jennifer Saunders. It follows the highs and lows of a mother and daughter as they work their way through a TV reality singing contest, set against a backdrop of unforgettable Spice Girls songs including Wannabe, Say You'll Be There, Mama, Stop and of course the title song, Viva Forever.
 
The Spice Girls are the biggest girl band of the last 20 years and have given their full backing to the show. It's going to be huge, so book tickets now and – Say You'll be There!

Our Review: starstar

Michael Coveney - 12 December 2012

In so many ways is this disappointing Spice Girls tribute show a pale echo of Mamma Mia!: mother and daughter bonding, middle-aged love renewed, escape to exotic location (Spain this time), back catalogue dance-along, but with much thinner music than Abba’s.

Jennifer Saunders’ confused narrative - totally un-theatrical, completely un-satirical - lays down a girl group audition for a TV talent show, “Starmakers,” and suddenly lurches into something else: their sultry Posh lookalike, Viva (Hannah John-Kamen), is plucked for solo stardom and the rest fade into the background.

Viva, who lives on a houseboat with her foster mother Lauren (Sally Ann Triplett) is egged on by a vicious diva (Sally Dexter) who’s one of the judges, the Sharon Osbourne figure; there are also weak carbon copies of Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole knocking about, but no chance of a proper send-up, let alone a timely critique.

For this is a damp, ...

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Jonathan - 19 March 2013: starstarstar

Saw the new revamped show. It was good. Favourite performance was Ben Cura singing viva forever. He should have a bigger part though...

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