TINA TURNER: THE MUSICAL - WHAT DO THE CRITICS SAY?
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail
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'Any danger of the show becoming too gloopy is averted when [Tina] is whisked off to London by a new manager and the story receives a welcome dose of British humour – and Tina meets a new love interest.
A strong band does well to be heard over Miss Warren's amazing voice. With Private Dancer she simply becomes Tina in entirety. 'I may be jumpin' at the sun but I got long legs,' she says. And even though she is short, we believe her.
Michael Billington, The Guardian
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The tricky role is that of Ike, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith skilfully counters his monstrosity by suggesting that he never got his due as a pre-Elvis rock’n’roll pioneer and that he was a product of a culture that encouraged male swagger: you don’t like Ike but you begin to understand him. That, however, is the mark of a production by Phyllida Lloyd that is both intelligent and consistently good to look at. Mark Thompson’s design uses projections to create a whirling panorama of America, Bruno Poet’s lighting evokes the empurpled skies of Tennessee and the softer registers of a Monet-like Thames and, not least, there is the choreography of Anthony van Laast, which ensures the show is in perpetual motion. As bio-musicals go, this is as good as it gets.
Tim Bano, The Stage
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Exquisitely cast in the role is Warren in her West End debut: she has the perfect poise and the high-heeled stagger, the straight back and the slightly-inward-pointing knees. She has the huge smile and ferocious charm. She has that impossible velocity when she dances, recreating iconic moves and routines with absolute ease. She has the slight rasp at the edge of her voice, which can draw down into quietness and tenderness or open wide into pure, belting power... How she doesn’t collapse with exhaustion before the curtain is a miracle.
Will Longman, London Theatre
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It’s everything you expected, executed well and packs in a few surprises. Simply the Best? If you’re a Tina fan, it’ll definitely be pretty close.
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