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Loads of the theatres in London are listed buildings – therefore little can be done to them – and have no air-conditioning making for sweltering conditions for the audience let alone the actors with all the stage lighting beaming down on them too!
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Bombay Dreams -
The Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced musicalBombay Dreamsarrived on the London stage in June
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2002. It's a hard task to retain the exciting authenticity of the Bollywood musical while coating it in a layer of West End musical, without dissipating the whole experience. Considering thatBombay Dreamscomposer AR Rahmen is one of such a phenomenon in India, it is odd that much of this music comes across as cheap imitation. One has the feeling that he was trying (or was he pushed?) to squeeze the music into a box, and only now and then does it burst forth from its restrictions. "Chaiyya Chaiyya" is one of the best pieces, in Hindi and with added metal guitar it has real oomph, but comes from the much-loved Bollywood film,Dil Se, and is a massively popular song in India."Closer Than Ever" also has something, with interesting chord progression and some soaring lines for the singers to get their teeth into--the only number to do this. There are beautiful moments, but with no evident characterisation and appallingly banal lyrics by Don Black, it doesn't grab. The show itself makes up for the lack of musical originality with some stunning choreography, but ultimately leaves one wishing that they had just brought over a real Bollywood musical. --Antonia Couling
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The Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced musical Bombay Dreams arrived on the London stage in June
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2002. It's a hard task to retain the exciting authenticity of the Bollywood musical while coating it in a layer of West End musical, without dissipating the whole experience. Considering that Bombay Dreams composer AR Rahmen is one of such a phenomenon in India, it is odd that much of this music comes across as cheap imitation. One has the feeling that he was trying (or was he pushed?) to squeeze the music into a box, and only now and then does it burst forth from its restrictions. "Chaiyya Chaiyya" is one of the best pieces, in Hindi and with added metal guitar it has real oomph, but comes from the much-loved Bollywood film, Dil Se, and is a massively popular song in India. "Closer Than Ever" also has something, with interesting chord progression and some soaring lines for the singers to get their teeth into--the only number to do this. There are beautiful moments, but with no evident characterisation and appallingly banal lyrics by Don Black, it doesn't grab. The show itself makes up for the lack of musical originality with some stunning choreography, but ultimately leaves one wishing that they had just brought over a real Bollywood musical. --Antonia Couling
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Advantages: Great singing, dancing. Disadvantages: Hammy acting.
...I saw an offer for Bombay Dreams, I thought this is it! Jo had wanted to see this since it started over a year ago.
Sit back and enjoy the anniversary review of Bombay Dreams at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London’s West End…
***THE THEATRE*** The Apollo Victoria is situated on Wilton Road just opposite London Victoria Station so it is handy to get too by mainline trains running from the South and the Victoria (light blue) Circle (yellow) and ... ...the Bolloywood Musical Extravaganza – Bombay Dreams.
***BOMBAY DREAMS*** -THE STORY- The story is set in Bombay (Mumbai) a city of massive contrasts from the richest of the rich to the poorest of the slums and this is where the story starts…
Every day the slum dwellers awake to live another day at the bottom of society’s pile. One man named Akaash has a dream to make it big in the realms of the Bollywood Musicals. The other Slum Dwellers encourage ...
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Advantages: Feel good factor Disadvantages: Couldn't think of any
...written a full account of Bombay Dreams so I am not going to repeat all what he has explained so eloquently. What I will say however is my friend and I went to the matinee performance this afternoon and thought it was great. It was loud with tons of dancing singing and costume changes. The sets were very impressive and constantly changing. One of the best bits as always was we went to the half price ticket office in Leicester Square tube station ... ...were priced at £31.70 but when she rang the theatre the price had dropped to £27.40 for seats in the stalls. The Apollo is a very roomy theatre although there could have been a bit more room between the row for making way to and from your seat. It was a long show but not at all boring......we loved it. ...
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