Love Never Dies Reviews

Mark Challinor from London n

NOT A PATCH ON THE ORIGINAL

It is ok...if you are a fan of such musical theatre. I am however this tale is slow, less specatucular and has a truly preposterous story. Wait till you hear about the child!

J. Anibal from Argentina

UNMET EXPECTATIONS

Being a fan of the Phantom I was really eager to see the musical. I never thought I would get so disappointed;I left the theatre without remembering a single melody.

El Zorro from London

'TIS BETTER TO TRAVEL HOPEFULLY

We booked before Xmas, and 10 of us went in eager anticipation to see the sequel to the amazing Phantom, and oh how the mighty have fallen. I haven't been so disappointed since the last England penalty shoot out. Grotesque attempts at dreamlike imagery (a wag in our group noticed Katie Price's Wedding carriage, and was in fits of helpless laughter throughout, while another slept through the second half). A few good songs, the saving grace beeing the singing of the Christine, but otherwise, i can't see this lasting 10 years.

Anon from London

WHAT A LET DOWN

I was really excited to be seeing LND and hoping for great things. The sets were good, but nothing else impressed me. There were no memorable songs.The orchestra was too loud for us to hear some of the singing which was a great shame. The second half was better than the first, but overall I couldn't tell people to go and see it. I would see Phantom many times, but not LND.

Red from UK

SOME GREAT EFFECTS AND PERFORMANCES

This is, at the very least, one hell of a spectacle. The staging itself is amazing, drawing the audience in to the mood of the piece with dazzling effects; some of the best I've ever seen in the West End. The performances themselves were all strong, special mentions being Christine, who sang with pitch perfect, hair raising zeal and breathed a delicate, conflicted life into Mrs Daae. She was complimented beautifully by her "son." This young boy sang with great character and spirit, and was a joy to watch. Everyone was great, working with the less then solid material. Now things get icky. The storyline is botched. It is weak, fails to compute at all with the characters and scenrios wonderfully fleshed out in the original. The characterisations will send fans into tears; Phantom loses his mystery, brave Raoul is a bullying drunk, Meg Giry a likable yet weirdly stiched character, and Mme Giry a witch. The songs were unmemorable. ALW tried very hard, but the score and story falls flat.

Richard Miller from Bedfordshire

DISAPOINTING IN LOTS OF PLACES

Went to see the production with my Wife, i havent seen Phantom, but my Wife is a huge fan! so was expecting something superb!, What we got was actually disappointing, i found the show to be repetitive in terms of songs, sounded like we had heard the songs before earlier in the show, to much singing,and not enough acting and am almost ashamed to say found the show quite boring. Having said that, Christine's Solo singing Love Never Dies is one of the best solo's i have ever seen, The phantom was a great singer, and the 2 obviously have great chemistry together. In my personal opinion i think the 4 person standing ovation out of 300 on the middle deck of the theatre sums it up really.

Simon Leak from Twickenham

TUESDAY PREVIEW - LOVE NEVER DIES

A thorough disappointment. The only redeeming features were some excellent special effects and scenery with the Phantom coming into his stride in good voice...but he had nothing to work with. The songs are entirely unmemorable, the story-line poor, weak script and some very basic lyrics. The final scene was just like a very bad am-dram production: I almost wanted to laugh rather than cry. As I left my seat I thought of a new title for the show, being 'Corny Coney'. Come on, M'Lord - remember how brilliant Evita and the original Phantom were.

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