Southampton Reviews

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A place for press and fan reviews of the BETMUK Tour stop in Southampton.
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Glowing review from the Chichester Observer:

http://www.chichester.co.uk/whats-on/th ... -1-7813250
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TRAP yourselves in folks for the emotional rollercoaster that is Billy Elliot.

This musical has you laughing one minute and crying the next and by the end of the three-hour show you feel exhausted but elated at the same time.

It’s an unlikely tale for a smash-hit musical but it’s worked splendidly for 11 years in the West End and is showing no sign of stopping now it’s hit the road.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/1 ... ly_Elliot/
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The Southern Daily Echo chimes in with this excellent Southampton review:

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1508069 ... r_Theatre/#
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It was absolutely incredible! I was blown away. I cried, laughed and wanted to watch it all over again the minute it finished.

http://www.brogantatexo.co.uk/2017/02/b ... eatre.html

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When I first saw Billy Elliot, over 10 years ago I wrote, “This is not a time to beat about the bush. Billy Elliot strikes me as the greatest British musical I have ever seen, and I have not forgotten Lionel Bart’s Oliver! or Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. There is a rawness, a warm humour and a sheer humanity here that are worlds removed from the soulless slickness of most musicals.”
http://overtures.org.uk/?p=12200
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Brilliant review from the Reviews Hub:

http://www.thereviewshub.com/billy-elli ... uthampton/

**Thought I recognised the text of the Overtures review above this post - much of it has been copied from Charles Spencer's 2005 VPT review in The Telegraph **

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/thea ... l-yet.html
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