Reviews

• trisha corrigan

  Sep 22, 2016

  Out of this world amazing. So much energy and brilliant staging!

• Helena

  Sep 18, 2016

  Truly the best West End show we have ever seen - in fact so good we've seen it twice.!!

• Ali Phillips

  Sep 11, 2016

  Absolutely brilliant! I didn't know what to expect, I knew nothing about the show or the storyline beforehand. I cried with joy as soon as it started, during the poignant moments and at the finale. I was so overwhelmed with unexpected happiness. I was just blown away. I could not take my eyes off the stage, the set, the performers, who are also musicians. The choreography was fab. It was anarchic, frenetic, loud, funny, sad. There was minimal, but necessary dialogue. It is the best show that I have ever seen. The three main leads were brilliant (Newton Faulkner playing the lead role) - actually, the full company was amazing. The costumes were really cool. Everything perfectly fitted in with the Green Day songs. I could see this again and again. I will probably never stop talking about it! As soon as I hit the 'submit review' button, I will probably think of something else to say! Highly recommended. Please, whole world, go and see this show!

• Nanny

  Sep 11, 2016

  My Grandaughter has loved Green days music for years, I took her last year to see American Idiot and as I am 72 was very sceptical, but I am an eclectic theatre goer. I really enjoyed it and loved the terrific energy of the cast. Yesterday I came again with my other two grandchildren as well plus my two daughters everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. Although rock music is not my thing to watch the fabulous cast dancing was great and I loved the slower lyrical songs.

• K Davison

  Sep 5, 2016

  This show was so disappointing! The recorded soundtrack was so loud you couldn't hear the singers. The play was dispiriting and with no character development, and the performers jarred and jarring.

• Xavier

  Sep 5, 2016

  It was a tiny well used of space over the stage and quite enjoyable BUT the singing was hard to understand what they were singing about as music over takes voices.

• Colleen St John

  Sep 4, 2016

  WOW!!! Blew me away the first time I saw it so just had to go again . As a Newton Faulkner fan I may be slightly biased but he was amazing, funny, endearing, sad and his comic timing was spot on! The three stories running concurrently are entwined through the music, particularly Novacane which is an attempt to salve the hurt that all three characters are experiencing at that point. The entire cast were brilliant, dancers were expert, the musicians that were on stage the entire time , without a break, were brilliant and of course the main characters have been expertly cast. LOVE the concept of Johnny's drugs demon personified in St Jimmy - a fantastic invention played by Lucas Rush who also directs the show - and actually, my favourite character. The story seems tragic yet endearing towards the end ( no spoilers!!) but I will say that afterwards we met the cast as they mingled and one of the guitarists asked us if we were ok as he saw us crying :-D All in all, undoubtedly the best musical I have seen - and I have seen a lot- want to see it again and again!! Even if you are not a true Green Day fan you will be so immersed in the stories and see the relevance of GD's music as it is brought to life. A MUST SEE!!!

• Iain.T

  Aug 28, 2016

  From start to finish an excellent show Superb music and vocals in an overall awesome show. Amelia Lily is fantastic and really sells a brilliant show . All of the cast contribute well to this awesome show

• Elli Andrews

  Aug 8, 2016

  Phenomenally talented actor/musicians and some really beautiful lighting moments that were a pleasure to watch. However, I could barely hear the vocals over the band for most of the show and the choreography was cringe-worthy. The whole production doesn't really read like a musical - rather than having the music help to tell a story it's pretty much just back to back numbers and the lyrics aren't actually very strongly related to what's happening. It's like the scenes are being played out but someone accidently left a Green Day album on shuffle over the top of them! At 2 hours with no interval I think they could have very easily cut an hour off it or put an interval in - it gets a bit relentless and samey after 2 hours!

• Colin Clark

  Jul 29, 2016

  We went as we knew it would appeal to our 18 year old son. Yes there is regular use of the F word, but its a gritty show about a disallusioned youth, its the language they use, so its necessary. It helps if you know Green Days songs well, I knew the obvious ones, the wife less so, our son, of course all of it. The cast make use of a very cosy stage, and props excellently. They sing well, dance well, act well and its a show with no break in the middle so they are constantly on the go. So if you know any Green Day stuff, are not offended by a bit of language and enjoy a musical this is well worth watching.

• Andrew H

  Jul 27, 2016

  Two hours of sheer brilliance - energetic, thrilling and stacked with hugely talented performers. Steve Ruston in particular is sensational as Will. Lucas Rush is wonderfully menacing as St Jimmy, whilst Amelia Lily's voice is just divine, despite her somewhat limited role as Whatshername. Supported by a powerful live band, brilliant choreography and production, this really is a show not to be missed.

• Samantha O'Toole

  Jul 24, 2016

  Seen this show twice now, once in Manchester and then yesterday in London. The whole cast is fantastic but Newton Faulkner stole the London show.

• Alex

  Jul 21, 2016

  The show was incredible. Great use of set, the band was FLAWLESS, the choreography brilliant. Newton Faulkner as Johnny brings a natural personality of a distraught young man, without getting into the stereotypical "punk rock, head banging teenager". Everyone was incredible, the understudies for Extraordinary Girl and Heather were outstanding (makes you think how amazing the regulars must be) but what made the show lose that spark was the female lead "Whatshername". There was no personality, no acting, and an uncomfortable feeling when she was on stage. It lost a lot of the chemistry of the show, and was extremely forgettable. Overall, show was great. Would recommend!

• Chris Wood

  Jul 13, 2016

  Newton as Johnny was the best thing I've ever seen. We also had Cellen as Tunny and he was outstanding.

• JacquiV

  Jul 10, 2016

  An absolute must for Green Day lovers!! This musical of the American Idiot album is superb in every way. Although none of the headline leading actors were in this performance, you could not fault it in anyway.... They all deserved their standing ovation as it was an excellent performance. We will definitely be booking again!!