Tina (The Tina Turner Musical) - Aldwych

Revile? Revolve? Questions!!

I suspect latefortheoverture meant REVOLVE. Please make allowances for EIE (extreme interval excitement).

I’m worried they will actually explode with the excitement of it all. I hope the emergency services are on standby.

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I think fictional characters can be played by anyone, real people should be played by people of the same race.

Exactly.. what the F is going on?!

A RIM REVOLVE no less.

I really do hope it good- god knows we need some excitement in the west end .. and a homegrown show.

I can only apologise for the mess I've made!!! 😂😂

Phylida was autocorrected to Philippa!

And yes, the stage contains a rim revolve!

I really do believe this show will have a real good run- and wouldn't be suprised if it goes to broadway.

The Real star of the show is Adrienne, her acting so believeable- and her voice is near enough Tina's; although not exactly, which I like as I think it would be more like an impersonation! If my observations are correct she has one song off of the stage- the opening number. She even does a few costume changes on stage. I can definately see why there's an alternate for 2 shows a week. A real star- that's unquestionable!

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith made a great Ike. I really hated him during act 1 and he was only in 2 scenes in act 2!

There's 2 little girls and 1 little boy in the show. The boy is only in one scene, but he has quite a poignant part in that. And the two girls pop up throught- the one who plays young Tina (not sure who we had on) had an amazing voice!

Lorna Gayle as the grandma stood-out to me as did Aisha Jawondo playing Tina's sister. Madeline Appiah was great playing Tina's Mum- her acting was really nice.

Francesca Jackson is also worth a mention playing Rhonda, her manager!

Another thing to point out is the book. I felt the book was really strong and that with a couple little tweaks it would be ace! Some important parts were glossed over far too quickly and others being a little long!

I really liked the set- simple but very effective. The rim revolve was used many times and done really well- a few more rehearsals and the cast will know what's what, as one ensemble got swept away as the rest of the 'ikettes' stood centre stage trying to contain their giggles. The has what I'd say are 'sliders' that rose up from the stage to provide a little backdrop for that scene. You'll be able to see it once we get production shots! The stage has sliding partitions, near enough the same as 'the bodyguard' just trimmed with wood- more sturdy looking! The done the job. There's also a screen on the back which was used nicely, it certainly didn't look tacky in my eyes- which at the start I was worried it would! There's a great scene that near enough ends act 1, I won't spoil it but I love what they used the screen for! Not much projection- but I imagine it's only put in to spice up the plain scenes they're used in; you'll see what I mean!

The set changes seemed to be really long- I'm sure this will tighten up in the coming weeks! Act 2 was certainly a lot less smoky. It ended with simply the best; bows; netbush; then proud Mary!

I enjoyed the costumes and I had to giggle- when she sings proud Mary in act 1 in the little sparkly number- the costume had tons of little small lengths of plastic- and they were flying off like no tomorrow! I'm sure they'll probably change this out before press night!

Before the bows Tina sings simply the best- not an encore or anything just the end of the story and the whole theatre was up within a blink of an eye.we were all up dancing and cheering till the end of the show- it was clear Adrienne and the rest of the cast hadn't seen anything like this- it was clear to see from their faces! Many of the cast rather emotional

Was also suprised how many songs that weren't Tina's that are in this show! The cast recording will be stunning if they make one!

Overall it was a phenomenal show with a stellar cast! With a few more performances under their belts this will be a great show; I cannot wait to see the future for it! Hoping it does really well!

Forgot to address the massive LED screen up at the grand circle- a little pointless but it was probably nice when sat up there! I didn't feel the benefit of it being front of the stalls! The sign brung a concert kind of element I imagine during the last few scenes and numbers!

Also a couple sound issues especially in act 2 during private dancer- could hardly hear Adrienne where the band was so loud and other times could hardly hear the band! Sure it will be sorted in time for opening.

There's only a couple of song sung 'concert' style; many are sung without the concerty bits