![]() That role is played by a jaunty, shaggy-haired Simon Paisley Day who resembles Paul Nicholas back in his rock musical days and gets various hard-driving numbers that might be better suited to, say, Rock of Ages. And, indeed, part of the appeal of this story lies in the names themselves: both the "beavery", tree-loving creature of the title (a puppet here given voice by the protean Simon Lipkin) and his profit-minded nemesis, the Once-ler. ![]() But Max Webster's production offers sufficient invention to more than sustain a six-week run, and if the musical aspects shift uneasily between gospel and bluegrass (those are the best bits) to outtakes from Hair coupled with bad Jim Steinman, the puppetry elements offer their own separate enticements, not least the orange-hued, bewhiskered title character, versions of which should keep the theatre's merchandise desk humming throughout the run.ĭevotees of such minutiae may note that this was the second production in a single week (following the UK premiere of the New York play The Dazzle) to slip the word "antimacassar" into conversation - proof in itself that language at least is alive and well. ![]() ![]() A second Matilda it most certainly is not, even though the Vic is now in the care of that great musical's director, Matthew Warchus. ![]()
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