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The British premiere of Dogfight at Southwark Playhouse sees this South London powerhouse once again hosting the London premieres of the freshest and most powerful new American musicals, after Titanic last year and In the Heights earlier this year. This production, beautifully staged by Matt Ryan, sees a fantastic cast of mostly unknowns and a stunning six-piece band under George Dyer give Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s haunting score great integrity and intensity. The show is an earnest but audaciously gritty piece that brings captivating heart to an unpleasantly bullish story about soldiers on the pull for the ugliest women possible, in order to win a competition that heartlessly asks them to find the best candidates. Yet something else happens on that journey that both surprises and enchants. The result is a refreshingly bold and challenging new musical It’s just the sort of thing to break us out of the current stalemate in the West End. Mark Shenton - The Stage thestage.co.uk/opinion/shenton/2014/08/london-delivers-trio-musical-theatre-gems/
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:15:22 +0000

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