101 Dalmatians - Regent’s Park OAT / Tour

So, I'm assuming you've seen it then? Or are you simply condemning everyone involved because someone mentioned Cruella is an influencer? Because while I adore the classic, the Cruella film was a big hit, and great fun. Bringing it to modern times (like the live action films did when they were released) isn't woke, or calling out a patriarchy or anything like that. 

You wish they would leave political commentary out of it whilst projecting your own very obvious politics into denigrating a show you haven’t seen. Got it!

You have way too much negativity for a show you haven’t seen.

I don't really see the point in updating it if I'm honest — the only reason she's interested in the puppies is because she loves furs. That just doesn't work nowadays. They were seen as a luxury item, now they're not.

The bits with the dogs travelling the country are pretty timeless anyway, so don't feel that dated (well, if you ignore the fact that they'd have had a much easier time on the roads!).

Saw this last night. The first half fell almost completely flat for me, excluding the cute dog puppets - boring and no energy. The social media/ideology stuff around Cruella doesn't really work as motivation and it's neither done in way where it's funny nor shocking in the right way, just unpleasant. The sound was bad for me - perhaps because I was high up on the side but I could not make out most of the words when it was a group singing.

Costumes were alright. Two nice ideas that stood out were the way they did her coat in one scene and when they visually represent a scream.

Second half actually improved quite a bit - songs were more engaging, the dancing stepped up a notch and the plot finally got moving.

The whole thing is a bit weirdly pitched, based on audience presumably meant to be child-friendly but then political jokes, digs at social media and some of the dance imagery are clearly geared towards adults.

Not really sure whether to recommend.

Saw this last night ..unfortunately it didn’t hit many spots ..no real need to update the context as the updated scenario will be so out of date fairly soon anyway …songs in the first half in particular were rather dull and many didn’t seem to go anywhere although they picked up in Act two . Kate Fleetwood did well with what she had but it says something when the biggest reaction was for the ‘surprise’ visitor at the end .

Sorry to resuscitate this, but I just wanted to say that I don't think it's fair to be dismissive of people based on how long they have or haven't been attending West End shows. Theatre (and it's discussion) should be inclusive - even if views aren't aligned. 
By all means disagree, but to call someone out for not having been to as much theatre as someone else is a little below the belt, imo. 

Cruella DeVille or Cruel Devil-; it's all in a name

Surely her wearing fur would be even more shocking now days.

But that's why updating it makes no sense to me. You wouldn't be an influencer if you wore fur — people would complain.

 And personally I wouldn’t disagree with this at all. It’s a well thought out post that I can appreciate. I might not have been to many shows but I have been a fan of musicals all of my life. Blah, blah blah childhood etc. but my mum and I bonded over them when things were difficult and I never forgot that. I’ve been a metal head and j-rock fan for forty years or more but I’ve never forgotten my mum singing along to Carousel.

I’m sorry if I upset you before, it’s really not like me usually.  I’ll metaphorically shake your hand if you’re ok with it.

Decided to sleep on it before posting in case I was going mad.

So I saw this last night on a TodayTix rush ticket. I'll be honest, I was a bit put off before going by Cruella being an influencer and various other reports I heard, but I ended up really enjoying the show.

I know other posters have said the second act is where it really picks up, but I wouldn't say whilst watching the first half I thought it was dull or slow, but I do get that in comparison Act 2 has a lot of the livelier numbers. But I thought both were strong.

Within the first 5 minutes of Cruella being on stage I have to say that I absolutely hated it. Once I got over the initial shock of her being from East London rather than the well spoken heiress she's usually portrayed as though, she really grew on me.

Cruella's nephews, who to me seemed like Kevin and Perry, provided a lot of the comedy of the show, and I laughed a lot.

I do think they have got a bit lost with who they think they are aiming the show at, with a large number of families with young kids in the audience, but some really dark humour throughout (mainly directed at Cruella's sister, no spoilers). I love dark humour so I found it very funny but there were always a lot of gasps and a lot of people not finding it as funny. I think a lot might be cut during previews.

Other posters have mentioned a lot of Boris gags, and the only one I noticed was a brief impression during one song (which worked well I thought) so I don't know if some have been cut already?

There were a few sound issues, some ensemble members looking a bit lost in numbers etc. but as this was technially only the second official preview this is of course to be expected.

I wouldn't say it's a masterpiece by any means, but in terms of enjoyment level, I had a smile on my face almost throughout (a few cringes here and there).

The setting is great, some of the scenes are done very very well I think, they use the whole OAT space, and I cannot even compare this to Legally Blonde, this was in a different league I think. I will definitely be returning to see this again before it closes.

4* from me.