Date/Time: Thursday, 12th September 2024 at 14:30
Location: Piccadilly Theatre, 16 Denman Street, London, W1D 7DY
Price: £60 per person. Member and guest £120. Face value £85pp
Event Organiser: Pete Wells. Flat 7, Wayfaring Court, Safflower Lane, Romford RM3 0LQ
Moulin Rouge! The Musical follows Christian, a lovesick American writer who falls for the club’s leading singer Satine. While at the Moulin Rouge, the Duke of Monroth aims to woo Satine as a last-ditch attempt to save the club.
First performed in Boston in 2018, this production transferred to Broadway, where it won 10 Tony awards. Directed by Alex Timbers, much about the show is sensational. Thick, luscious layers of fabric are draped around the theatre, and the auditorium is bathed in a sexy red light. There are pyrotechnics, glitter cannons, and ebullient ensemble dances. Derek McLane’s design is jaw-dropping, with the carefully carved rooftops of Montmartre giving way to an ancient, dusty artist’s room, a twinkle of the Moulin Rouge spied through gaping windows. These sets barely need actors. They come alive all on their own.
It’s never going to be easy, staging Baz Luhrmann’s iconic musical movie starring consumption-ridden Nicole Kidman and lovelorn Ewan McGregor. But with a half-tonne sculpture of an elephant leering over the audience, a hefty cast and money to burn, this production gives it a good go. There is a lot to love: with a wonderfully wild energy throughout the well-known songs really are spectacular.
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