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Edinburgh festival 2008 > Musicals & Opera > Plague! The Musical

Plague! The Musical - Bubonic Productions

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When you accidently unleash the Great Plague, getting dumped is the least of your worries. And with armies of beggars, druids and rats to contend with, Clive Hucklefish is about to have a very bad day. www.plaguethemusical.com

Venue:

C
Chambers Street, Edinburgh
EH1 1HR


Audience Reviews

Ken Franklin's rating

I went to this hoping to see a well done comical musical and was very disappointed and this is why I have given it 1 star. I would have given this show more stars probable 3 if it had been pitched correctly. To me it was a classic pantiomime for children.

The singing and dancing is average at best and the writing is pretty terrible. I would avoid.

Who should go see it.
Children! Or parents who need something to sleep through.


Matt Taylor's rating

I saw this show tonight and thought it was fantastic. I'm not sure quite what the other reviewer was thinking - this show certainly has elements of pantomime but there's plenty here for adults who are up for a bit of fun. The songs are excellent and were very well performed by a talented cast although some singers were occassionally drowned out by the backing track. The story works well and all the threads are nicely tied up at the end.

Who should go see it.
Anyone who is up for a fun, silly show!


Marley's rating

I had heard excellent things about this musical, so maybe I was expecting something spectacular but this show didn't quite live up to my expectations.  Plague is a silly musical with a couple of catchy songs (I in particular enjoyed the duets between 'Clive' and 'Issy' and an upbeat title number) Maybe I wasnt entering into the spirit of things but there were just too many 'groan' jokes for my liking.  Having said that there are a few moments of genious with the 'montage' scene and nod to miss Saigon in the recorder song.  For me 'Plague' was slightly too long with a running time of 1 hour 45 mins.

Who should go see it.
Families and people who like silly jokes and a bit of harmless fun. 


Nic's rating

No stars, but we don't get the option...

After seeing the deliriously stupid, but brilliantly entertaining, 'Evil Dead: The Musical' in NY a couple of years ago we (four friends) chose to see 'Plague' after reading a handful of positive reviews... big, big mistake. We have a wide range of tastes and liked different things at the fringe but all agreed this was one of the worst things any of us had ever seen, anywhere, ever (and after working with young people in 'youth theatre' we have seen lots of, erm, 'average' productions). The dialogue, music and lyrics were shockingly amateurish and downright embarassing at times. The performers tried hard in the crass 'eyes and teeth' style that you might see in a local am-dram where you stay to the end because your neice is in it. No relatives for us, so one of us left half way (for the first time EVER) while the rest stayed raising our eyes at each new creakingly awful number and giggling to ourselves to get through the seemingly endless, plotless, story. Had it been sold as a humourless panto we would know what to expect, but annoyingly it is adverstised something that may appeal to adults with half a brain. Avoid like, erm, you know.

Who should go see it.
Plague sufferers with no ears


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