Frozen - Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Great.

Glad I went last week to see 42nd street, won't be returning when this is showing.

We hung around for a while at the end of a performance of 42nd Street last week.

They lifted up the curtain and could see all the way to the back of the theatre on the stage. There was no scenery and there was 8 or 9 nine guys trying to push a piece of set.
Was absolutely huge.

Maybe it was the huge staircase?

This show would be a waste of any theatre let alone one as big as Drury Lane. It’s a stinker of a show. I’ve not spoken too single person who thought it was any good.

Sadly I have to agree. A real stinker. I’ve seen every Disney show. This was my least favourite. Even better than Mermaid on Broadway!

I was thinking the same, but I think I'll probably just re-do the tour. Get to see more of the building that way too.

Isn't the refurb reducing the capacity as the top level will be closed?

I really don't get the abject hatred and distain for this show. Saw it on my May trip to NY and enjoyed it well enough. My mum is a huge fan of Frozen so it was a no-brainer to include this in our trip. She loved it and said that she'd definitely see it again should it come to the West End.

Sure it's not high art but its a nice way to spend a couple of hours. There are certainly things that could be improved, and they are potentially reworking some of it (Please remove the "naked" section of hygge, so awkward). There are also some really lovely elements, like the Sven puppet, and the ice effects during the young Anna and Elsa section of the show. I'll definitely be looking to get tickets when they go on sale.

I think it is perhaps a) a general sense of disappointment with Disney, one of the producers who COULD produce spectacular magic and fail time and again to truly deliver and there are so few shows around today that "dazzle" in that aspect and b) connected to that the extortionate pricing both on Broadway and increasingly in London. If I am expected to fork over close to $200 or £90, I just want a bit more than something half-heartedly slapped together in the hope that people will come anyway because the movie was such a hype. "enjoyed it well enough" just doesn't do it for me at this price.

I thought the movie was nice enough and I think there had been plenty of scope for some magical winter wonderland atmosphere on stage but nothing I've seen and heard of the stage version makes me want to part with the hefty sum demanded for non-premium regular tickets. I'll probably go at some point, but for me it will depend on the casting how excited I'll be getting about this.

Is it the production or the writing that folk don’t like ?

Do we have anymore information other than the tweet? Maybe it’s going to be rewritten and have a new production team.

Thank you Sam. I've liked your post only because there didn't appear to be an option for sheer blood curdling terror and waves of nausea!! That sounds monstrous and inappropriate.