★★★★ REVIEW: Sister Act (Dominion Theatre) | West End musical starring Beverley Knight, Ruth Jones

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@sarahwalsh1234 4 ай бұрын

Hello from an American! Sister Act was my first West End show and I was so excited to see it. I sat in the balcony and had a fantastic view. However, it just wasn’t my cup of tea. Nothing felt fully developed and some parts of the show just seemed messy :( Especially the choreography! The standouts of the show for me were “the life I never lead” and “I haven’t got a prayer” - both amazing solos! I wish this wasn’t my introduction to the west end because I know you guys put on great shows over there! Also, the seats had so much room which is something you never get on Broadway. Onto the Fringe next! Thanks Mickey Jo :)

@minirth.maggie 9 ай бұрын

Time has lost all meaning.... truth. I love Beverly Knight's voice. So happy Mickey gets to do a happy fun review after some of the recent reviews! The jacket is perfect.

@joeevans5770 9 ай бұрын

He’s got opening night coming up….., the calm before the storm

@dylansmith1833 9 ай бұрын

It seems West End Programs will one day be the size of posters by the end of the decade! LOL!

@VeronikaHer 9 ай бұрын

Agreed 😂 What a nice change it was to buy the Guys and Dolls programme that fit into my Jean's back pocket (thank god as no bags allowed in the standing area😅)

@dylansmith1833 9 ай бұрын

@@VeronikaHer it’s funny cause I bought that when I went last summer and then went and saw Back to the Future and that program was also the size of my head! Here in the US, we have one size for Broadway Playbills. We do have program books which can be big but they’re separate from the playbills

@VeronikaHer 9 ай бұрын

@@dylansmith1833 I've never been to US but I love that every programme is the same. It makes displaying them easier 🤣🤣 I still haven't figured out what to do with all my programmes 🙈🙈 Also... My Back to The Future programme from last year is massive!!! 😱😱

@laurabaird3404 9 ай бұрын

This was so interesting to listen to as my daughter has just played Mary Robert in a local amateur production and my husband played sweaty Eddie ( he’s still sweaty Eddie in the amateur version thank goodness!) I saw the tour about 12 years ago and the most recent one and completely agree with you about the needless name change. Fabulous show. Thank you for this review, love it.

@christopherbutler1980 9 ай бұрын

At Geffin Hall at Lincoln Center: June 27-29. NIGHT MUSIC with Susan Graham, Cynthia Erivo, Ruthie Ann Miles. Tiks on sale tomorrow at 10:00!!

@joeevans5770 9 ай бұрын

Mary Robert does still wear the boots it’s just played as a visual gag in the curtain call

@richardmccarthy9580 9 ай бұрын

Sold !!…. Am struggling to get good (legroom) seats this week at the touring production in Manchester but targeting day trip to London before daughter’s major op in mid April.

@shelleyabbott2522 9 ай бұрын

Saw this show last week at the Dominion. Beverly Knight was absolutely amazing, best bit of the show by far. I've not seen a Sister Act Musical before and I left feeling disappointed. The stage felt too big for the majority of the show. It works great for the empty church scenes. It completely took me out of feeling like more people were going to church because of the choir as there weren't enough cast members for the space and the stage was so empty the whole time. The only set that filled the space was the church. The rest got swamped by the size of the stage. I think it'd be a great production in a slightly smaller theatre.

@alicebarlow4761 3 ай бұрын

I saw it with Patina in the west end which I loved and then saw it on tour here in Cambridge, the Craig RH one I believe with the actor/musicians, I remember missing how I got the calling and definitely preferred the west end one! And have seen two youth versions, the life I never led is one of my audition songs

@Showtunediva 9 ай бұрын

I have seen Sister Act in community and summer stock theatre in New Hampshire. Sister Mary Robert is my dream role in that show. Turn The Love Around & The Life I Never Led are my favorite songs.

@Amatureb 9 ай бұрын

We got this for our school musical and I got mother superior! Would love to see it live

@gemmasandow9531 9 ай бұрын

Bring back ‘The Calling’ instead of ‘Its good to be a nun’! ‘The calling’ really helps us to understand Mary Robert’s back story! ❤

@LaurenSnowofLondon 4 ай бұрын

Yes and gives a better understanding of the character of the other nuns too plus I love Deloris’s story involving Sister Sledge 😂

@scottdavis7730 9 ай бұрын

I love your big hair! I was convinced when I started watching that you were doing an homage to Sally Field's wimple, but I guess not... :( Kidding btw, you look fabulous. Looking forward to my first trip to the West End from America later this year. Will add this to the list.

@HelenRosemarySmith 8 ай бұрын

I love Sister Act! Like you I know it really well and had the exact same thoughts re the boots, the "how i got the calling" backstory being missing and the challenge of Eddie's character without the nervousness. I also think The Life I Never Led reprise works better with the high note because that's when she's finally choosing to live that life, and in the full song she's not there yet so it's a lower note. Still a very enjoyable show though!

@jjicbut 9 ай бұрын

i saw this show years ago in finland and recently the emk asia tour production in seoul! enjoyed it both times, such a fun and feel-good musical! there was a row full of nuns at the seoul stop and they were dancing and laughing through the show hahah at the end the cast sang the korean version of take me to heaven which the audience absolutely loved!! amazing performance and such a great experience!

@darrenbertram7289 8 ай бұрын

I watched this for the first time a month ago and loved every minute of it. As you say, it was a good choice to keep Ruth as Welsh, although she did break character at one point. At the beginning of Act II where she comes on dressed head to toe in flannel sleep garb, a loud wolf whistle rang from the Dress Circle. She paused, looked askance in that direction, then down on to herself. She broke into a smirk as if thinking “I’ve still got it!” and wiggled her hips back to her desk!

@clevm002 9 ай бұрын

Things I don't like about the new production which I loved from the original and never understood why they changed them for Broadway anyway - all the changes to fabulous baby ... And for it now to be basically cut off before the very end irritates me... The steady eddy stuff... The introduction to the nuns basically being 'funny' right from the start... The boots thing really annoys me too... And the cut of the calling song. I also miss some of the original productions more gritty and 'adult' lines- but maybe that's personal taste. I saw original production 3 times and was desperate to see it again and I kept going on about it to my husband about how great the show is .. I left this production feeling like I watched a cut down, kid friendly reboot version.

@comedyclaire 7 ай бұрын

Couldn't have put it better myself! I think exactly the same - the original London Palladium Production was far Superior (😉) and yes...! THE BOOTS! Argh! So happy to find a likeminded fan!

@Banjo_Tails 9 ай бұрын

This show will open in Australia later in the year for Melbourne and Sydney.

@liamourao5196 9 ай бұрын

My daughter has just played Mother Superior in her school production of Sister Act. Amazing (but I'm biased). The script still has sweaty Eddie and a few lines that bothered her but she was not told to change so she didn't. The gangsters were a hit, very funny.

@marissarae 9 ай бұрын

I'm not familiar with the show but I know the movie like the back of my hand. In the movie, I wouldn't call the nuns' new music "disco" - it was soul or R&B. Is this version disco instead?

@MickeyJoTheatre 9 ай бұрын

I agree with you, but the stage version is definitely disco!

@marissarae 9 ай бұрын

@@MickeyJoTheatre Thanks, MJ!!

@jklein0079 9 ай бұрын

I just saw a local production of this show, the character was still called Sweaty Eddie. I wonder why they changed it, it doesn't seem offensive. I would have liked to see the Sister Mary Roberts wear the purple boots.

@LaurenSnowofLondon 4 ай бұрын

Having seen the original at The Palladium and the subsequent tour, I have a lot of thoughts. My main thought being how clunky the end sequence is when they’re fighting the gangsters. I also miss the musical director rising out of the orchestra pit dressed as the pope at the end.

@LaurenSnowofLondon 4 ай бұрын

Also appreciate your point about Ruth Jones. Don’t hate me cos I adore her and I get why it would appeal to audiences to have the Welsh gags, but I’m not sure if I like it as it’s like Nessa cosplaying a nun and takes me out of the story a bit.

@mysteriouscolours1532 8 ай бұрын

28:58 this still of Lesley Joseph pretending to bell ring brings me so much pain. That is not how you do that why are you not holding the tail end.

@CarysCreatesThings 7 ай бұрын

Spoiler alert: - - - In the musical, when Sister Mary Lazarus rings the bell, she’s lifted up into the air. I’m guessing she’s holding that part of the rope because it has better grip, it hurts her hands less, or both. I was so impressed with Lesley Joseph’s performance, especially that scene! She had no harness or wires, she was just holding on to the rope which requires upper arm and core strength. She’s almost 80!

@xikikilim 8 ай бұрын

Hello, where can I buy these cushions?

@bensmithson1773 7 ай бұрын

Saw this last night. Does anyone know why there are no songs from the movie? It's such a strange choice. Can you imagine the Lion King in the West End without any songs from the movie? Could they not get the rights to the songs, or did they not want them? They didn't even need all of them - just the big 3 "nun" songs - Oh Maria, My Guy and I Will Follow Him would have made this show so much better. It was pretty average in its current form. I asked friends to come but they all said "no, I don't want to see it if it doesn't have any songs from the movie"

@jacobfoster6003 7 ай бұрын

I remember hearing early on when they were creating this that MoTown wouldn't give them rights to use the songs like they did in the movie. Alan Menken did the movie and the musical.

@lisafalkner170 9 ай бұрын

Lizzie Bea saying I reminded her of Julie Andrews when I played Mum Sup in our version ? Amateur career made 😂

@musiquesoul 9 ай бұрын

I haven't seen this production but I saw the national tour last year and it's the only show I've wanted to leave in the interval. From watching this video it seems like it has suffered from the changes made so as someone who has only seen it since the changes I did find a huge lack of characterisation which meant you didn't empathise with the characters. The scooby doo type sections described here were not performed particularly well when I saw it so did come across v amateurish. I love the film and the wit and charm from that were missing. As I say it was a different cast and production to this one. Would be interesting to see if cast makes a difference.

@Jamie-727 9 ай бұрын

Omg hey

@PatrickJohn-u6v 9 ай бұрын

I have to say, I saw the American tour version of Sister Act and HATED it. As a theater educated snob lol, I will always prefer original musicals. However, I love Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys, And one of my favorite musicals of all time is Legally Blonde. HOWEVER, When you take a beloved musical movie and don’t use any of the music, used in that movie that people have fallen in love with for 30+ years AND THEN you also change the lines… It’s not a blue mink, it is, and will always be a PURPLE MINK lol, sorry, I’m out, even if it does have some good music and some merit on its own, it failed to re-create or elevate the magic of the original movie.

@Y_SIMPSON 4 ай бұрын

2017年にはじめて観劇して以来、シスター・アクトは私のお気に入りのミュージカルです。中でもシスターメアリーパトリックが大好きです。 2020年の観劇の予定はCovid-19によってキャンセルされてしまいました。そして、2024年3月興奮してウエストエンドで観劇しました。しかし、新しい演出は私を完全にがっかりさせました。本当にショックです。もう誰にも勧められません。もう二度と元のシスター・アクトを観ることはできないのだろうか．．．

@DJWhovian 9 ай бұрын

It is a shame that they've taken out some cf the character moments and that the Mother Superior's Here Within These Walls reprise has gone and is now just a comedy actor speak singing and saying look at how funny I am.