American Idiot - Arts Theatre / Tour

I hated this show so much I held my breath so I almost fainted to pass the time. Dreadful musical and everyone around me agreed. How it has had a life with the public on tour and in London goodness knows.

I really enjoyed it tonight! The cast are fantastic (particularly Newton, Lucas, Alexis and Steve) and have great voices which give their own spin on some iconic rock songs. Amelia does well with what she is given. I thought she did struggle slightly with the dance but her vocals are insane! The score obviously is incredible too. I also really liked the design of the whole show. Very grimy and dark which suited the story perfectly.

I can understand why those who are not Green Day fans may not enjoy but I loved it. It is not the best musical ever written or anything, but it was a great night out and I wouls go afain. Audience loved it. About 90% full stalls, full standing ovation and great responses after every song. A two minute ovationat the end of Wake Me Up When September Ends, which was stunning vocally!

I saw this last week and am not really sure what to make of it. It's very loud, and quite strange, and felt long with no interval. It didn't seem to have much of a story line. I loved the music - I only knew three of the songs beforehand but like the style. I thought it was nice when they played the guitars, and thought "September" was brilliant. I also liked the dream sequence. By the end it was starting to grow on me, there were bits of it I liked. Newton wasn't on, but the lead guy was great - sorry don't know his name.

Against my better judgment I grabbed the rush tickets on todaytix to see this. I thought to myself "but it's a jukebox musical Andrew, you know you don't like those". I reasoned with myself that I was 13 when American idiot (the album) was released, I was a huge fan of it, I know all the songs. This is designed for me. And it'll be fun, I thought.

It'll be fun, I thought.

I have never been more bored in a musical. I have never felt more angry at paying money to see a musical. I have never been more disappointed in theatre in general, for letting someone write such little and incoherent and unoriginal and completely predictable story. I have never before watched moving lights with such relative interest. I have never spent my time during a production considering, slowly, what other things you could put on to great effect in this venue. I have never been more unsurprised when a total of 13 people walked out SIMULTANEOUSLY around 60 minutes in. And I've never been more frustrated that my own internal rules prevented me from following them out.

I hated this. Even Cats is better. And I really hate Cats.

May it disappear and never return.

Somehow the cast album has become the soundtrack to my summer. I've been listening to it nonstop (was definitely a Green Day fangirl when I was a kid so it's quite a flashback! 😂) but the show itself was very odd. Needs an actual book. Could do with being half an hour longer with actual scenes to flesh out the little flashes of character development we see in the songs. Came here to get the general consensus on the version at the Arts. May give it a miss.

Oh I definitely still am, it's just not been so prominent recently. But I've had the American Idiot cast album on every day of my holiday so far. I don't skip any track!

It played Manchester Palace and Liverpool Empire on the last tour, is Mayflower that much bigger?

I guess the reason I thought it would drown it is I saw the original tour with the much bigger set in the Mayflower - I can't imagine the tiny set I saw at the Arts in London filling that big a stage and looking half decent. Anyway, look forward to seeing the rest of the dates and casting for this!

Whatever it is, I'm thrilled. Love this show! 😂

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First tour dates just announced: www.musicaltheatrenews.com/american-idiot-tour.html