Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Reviews

Carol from Liverpool,

DISAPPOINTED

A pared down and dumbed down rendition of a classic. The narrator and children were playing adult roles, which I can only assume was to reduce costs. But the scene where Joseph was reunited with Jacob was completely lost. Songs were elongated to incorporate, at times inappropriate dance routines presumably as that's what people want rather than a story. Well not me. The original has humour built into it, so why they felt the need for crass and base additions both verbally and visually I have no idea. It felt more like a panto than a classy West End show. This and the use of children singing adult parts meant that the beautiful heart felt numbers and moments were left flat and shallow. I'm sad to be so critical when I love the theatre, so to add a positive I will say that the actor playing Reuben had an incredible voice. If you've never seen it before I'm sure you'd love it, but if you have, don't go, it'll break your heart.

Sam Gillman from Bristol,

LIKE A SCHOOL PLAY

We came away disappointed. We felt the story was not told, you did not connect to the characters at all. Lots of fill in from the orchestra. Narrator turned it into a comedy and was so nasally it was hard to listen too. Women felt like tokens on the stage. Cast didn’t take the story themselves it was like it was just about Jason Donovan. So disappointed after seeing it before and having wonderful memories.

Irene from Edinburgh,

MMMM... DISAPPOINTING

I'm a fan if this show. I've grown up with the music and I've seen the star role played by Donny, Jason and Philip. But this left me feeling a bit sad. Don't get me wrong, there were strong performances from the narrator and Joseph. The cast were comprised of good singers, dancers and performers. The songs are great of course. But, it just didn't gel because the storytelling was so poor. The production was all about the dance routines and the talented kids (what were they even doing there?!) The story moved too fast - the audience weren't allowed to experience the important story hooks of brotherly jealousy; favourite sons; years of glut and famine - none of the underlying themes that allow the story of Joseph's betrayal and redemption to make sense. This is an example of where no matter how good the talent and the plot, if a well-kent story is poorly realised, it will flop and disappoint. Poor show.

Celia mcintyre from Edinburgh,

POOR RENDITION OFF A GREAT SHOW

Have seen the show many times in many theaters. Have always really enjoyed it this time sadly I did not. Came across as very amateurish. Jak Yarrow was brilliant right up there with the best of them Jason Donovan included. Didn't think he brought much to the show and the narrator thought it was all about her. I felt for the money we paid it should have been more professional and not the amateur dramatics it came over as. Won't put me off going to see it again somewhere else just not this production. It's a really great show if done better.

Jack from Bristol,

SO TACKY

Would not recommend this production. It was so wrong on so many levels. Music was too loud and you therefore couldn’t hear the words properly. It was like a comedy that wasn’t funny. Seen lots of shows and this was head and shoulders above as being the worst ever. Save your money.

Caroline from Bristol,

DISAPPOINTED

Was really disappointed with many aspects of this show . The orchestra was so loud that the story was so difficult to follow due to being unable to follow the words being sang .it was all one distorted noise. Also the use of children for some parts made it feel like a amateurish production.. msybe if we could have made out the words we could have appriated them more. We felt like the use of a French cafe, cheer leaders slapstick comedy and elvis didn't do it any justice and made it tacky. We didn't think its what Webber and Rice originally intended. I wouldn't recommend and think that it was a waste of money .

Jean from Edinburgh,

TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED

I saw this years ago with Scofield and enjoyed it so much, this time didn’t even stay till the end, why change something that has a great story… when did they have wagons and cowboy boots in Egypt?? wish we’d gone to see something else, waste of money.

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