

Utterly brilliant, and a perfect antidote to a cold, election-dominated December, Amélie will leave you on a high, Parisian-style.Īmélie, The Other Palace, 12 Palace Street, SW1E 5JA. The story does, however, end in a kiss - not a sickly sweet happily ever after ending, though - but a more real, yet thoroughly heart-warming final scene. Some admittedly questionable French accents can be pushed to the sidelines, as can a couple of the soppier songs, and the storyline is fairly simple, so don’t expect a deep, meaningful tale. Based on the 2001 French film, Amelie opened Monday at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Every time Phillipa Soo sings, the stars in. At last, a Broadway musical that exposes the bad effects of home schooling. A particular highlight is when Caolan McCarthy's Elton John appears on stage, playing a song so reminiscent of John himself that it could easily be passed off as one of the musician’s unknown tracks. Amélie the Musical review sepia-toned surrealism thats high on imagination The Watermill Theatre, Newbury The arrival of the kind-hearted and introverted Parisian on the UK stage is a magical. Amlie, A New Musical The perfect holiday baublewith the delectable sweet lightness of a theatrical macaroon. The songs are, for the most part, delightful, mixing humour, French flair and a whole heap of harmonies to tell Amélie’s story.

Puppets bring Amélie’s goldfish and the garden gnome alive, with much comic effect, and the young Amélie (another puppet) is so lifelike, with blinking eyes and believable facial expressions, it is easy to forget it is just a doll on stage. In this whimsical musical adaptation of the romantic comedy film, designed specifically for high school performers, an extraordinary young woman improvises small but surprising acts of kindness.

The musical opened on Broadway in March 2017 (previews). The musical premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2015. And with violinists, cellists, flautists and accordion players a plenty, you can imagine space is much needed. Based on the motion picture Amélie written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Guillaume Laurant. Amélie is a musical based on the 2001 romantic comedy film with music by Daniel Messé, lyrics by Messé and Nathan Tysen and a book by Craig Lucas. The clever set design, which transforms pianos into stages, photo booths into front doors, and clocks into bedrooms, makes use of the relatively small stage very well. Adapted from the five-time Oscar-nominated 2001 film, Amlie the Musical is set to transfer to the West End following a hugely successful UK tour and.
