Carousel Reviews

Disappointed from London, England

DON'T BOTHER

Great cast, but why on earth stage such an unlikeable plot with characters that failed to interest me in the slightest. I've been going to the OAT for 30 years and thus is the first time I would not recommend it.

Tricia van Geens from London, England

CAROUSEL

I found the setting very grey and dull also the costumes lacked colour! The singing was beautiful but the whole set was dull

Sarah from London, England

DEPRESSING....

I have gone to and relished every musical in Regents Park for 20 years or more and this one delayed and so much anticipated. The story is dark and a little depressing but always enjoyed and found joy in the songs/staging.....this production - great and talented cast but hated production - the wierd move to somewhere in Lancashire? - so many and multiple accents no idea exactly - the dull colourless set and costumes and the woke replacement of male deity which then lost the final bringing together of redemption as written -= with final speech also made by the 'god' character - the result a dull, colourless and depressing event as witnessed by the lack of audience response usually loud and very appreciative - sorry we wanted to love it and come out with smiles on our faces....but you don't always get what you want!

Jane Priestley from London, England

CAROUSEL

Having watched a video of the director talking about this interpretation of Carousel, I was so looking forward to seeing the performance. Sad to say, neither I or my friend just didn't/couldn't engage with the characters and really just didn't care about them. The performers were great but something missing. It was a preview show. Our seats were great and the venue lovely even on a damp evening.

Michael. from London, England

BARELY ENOUGH APPLAUSE FOR A CURTAIN CALL

Setting aside the woke nonsense that has rewritten the show so much it has nothing to do with the poignant Carousel we all love, all the musicality has incredibly also been stripped away. Even ‘You’ll never walk alone’, is rendered with a Telly Savalas type croaky dry delivery, as is the orchestration. The choreography totally fails to use the revolving stage, which becomes an obstacle for the cast to avoid tripping over, mostly the choreography has them plodding around looking depressed and almost static. The cast work hard and there is some strong acting, but this is an appalling insult to a classic musical which when done well should have the audience in tears. Tonight’s applause was so weak and short they could barely get through the curtain call and our taxi driver who waits outside each night said that was par for the course. Don’t waste your time checking the weather forecast, do something else with your evening.

Freddy Haakon José from London, England

JUST PLAIN DULL

We’ve been theatre starved for 18 months and so to be honest anything I would of thought should of hit the spot. Unfortunately this was just a plain dull performance. Not only was the scenography almost non-existent apart from a few wooden polls The cast never really was able to engage with the audience not helped by a plain stage and the cast dressed in a endless variety of browns and Beige leftovers from before the pandemic. Couldn’t they hear us scream - we need couloir back in our lives!

RPG from London, England

UNDERWHELMED

A stripped back musical, with little character development. Stunning vocals, music and choreography- however the script was disjointed and hard to follow. No empathy for any of the characters. Not up to RPOAT’s excellent standard. I was actually hoping for rain.

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