By Phil Willmott Saturday, April 25 2015, 10:49 - Broadway Shows -
The genius of Robert Askin's hilarious play about a troubled young Christian who's hand puppet becomes possessed by Satan is that he takes it all to unthinkable extremes whilst remaining true to a logical progression of events. It’s somehow so persuasive a journey that you can believe in the spiralling of mayhem right through to the blood dripping, shocking conclusion.
It has the audience in uncontrollable laughter at one moment then gasping in horror and disbelief the next. The show also contains the longest, most explicit simulated sex scene I've ever seen. Even if it is sex between socks!
It's a small cast and set. I guess we'll get it at the Menier in a year or so. I hope they import it with the lead though. His puppetry skills are amazing.
By Emmie Newitt Friday, November 15 2024, 15:23
The new production will be adapted and directed by Wise Children's Artistic Director Emma Rice for a UK tour, including a visit to London.
North by Northwest artwork.
By Oliver Mitford Wednesday, January 14 2015, 09:19
A brand new stage musical adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black film School of Rock will premiere in New York at the end of this year.
The musical is a collaboration between composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyricist Glenn Slater and Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes. The production is scheduled to open at the massive Winter Garden Theatre (about to become the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s double bill transfer of Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies) on 6 December 2015.
