Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Aldwych / National Tour

Wilma meets Bronte.

Good value £20 tickets for this in the circle at my local, is it worth seeing?

Thanks! I'll probably get booking then

I saw this in Plymouth last week and loved it so definitely book.

From Twitter it looks like it is supposed to be Thursday matinees plus sickness/leave cover.

Yes, the London Caroles did 8 shows a week.

Saw the show in Belfast tonight and it was fabulous. Didnt realise how many Carole King songs I actually knew.

Leigh Lothian was on as Carole, and her voice was insane.

Rest of the cast were great.

Sorry I missed the show in London, but happy I finally got to see it.

Oh my god what an amazing show this was! I was immersed in the storyline the whole time and all the music was really catchy and I thought flowed really well. Leigh Lothian was on for Carole, brilliant leading lady with a really powerful voice, but she doesn't really get the chance to showcase it much outside of Natural Woman and Beautiful. I really think there's something very special about this show, it's definitely the best jukebox musical I've ever seen. Thank you so much to the people who convinced me to book when I queried, I had a fabulous uplifting afternoon out ❤️

I'm gonna hopefully see the tour sometime soon. The only issue I found with it both times I saw it in London, the first half ever so slightly dragged for me. I think it was just because its write the song, sing the song so it gets a tad repetitive, but I love the show otherwise! I actually thought Cassidy was better than Katie, which surprised me!

That's lovely! I'll say hi if I see you

Really enjoyed this tonight - saw it twice in London (with Cassidy both times) and absolutely loved it. I feel like some of the energy has been lost since I saw it in the West End, but there was still a standing ovation from a packed Hippodrome.

I think there was a few minor changes in staging from the West End run, but not sure if I'm making that up.

Cast were great - again, I think the West End cast were stronger, but that's no negative reflection on these guys. Bronté Barbé is really strong as Carole, but Cassidy did just have that something extra for me.

Hope you and your mom enjoyed it talkstageytome

Oh dear. I found this a bit disappointing in Manchester tonight. I had very high expectations after all the great feedback but after Act 1 the word on my lips was “lacklustre”.  Those Drifters segments, and the ones with the girl groups should have blown the roof of The Palace off but they didn’t and although it was a small audience on a rainy night I’m afraid I’m putting that down to the performance of the ensemble. All the elements for it to be fabulous are there but it just wasn’t. The book is pretty mediocre and needs huge energy in the musical numbers to keep the audience engaged, and that simply wasn’t there. 

Act 2 was better, from the point where she finally gets a grip and stands up for herself there’s a bit more to engage with but overall it lacks any real emotional punch. 

Bronte was cute (was CK really that ditzy?), Cynthia and Barry were good but Jerry was lacking in any kind of charisma. Sorry “Jer”. 

I can see this being four stars with a brilliant ensemble to rise above the lack of plot and wonder whether this is an example of a tour cast not living up to WE performances. So it’s three stars. 

Magnet also three stars, as lacklustre as the show.