Titanic: The Musical

I suppose everyone knows the story of RMS Titanic, but how do you put the story of a huge ship and two thousand people onto a provincial theatre stage? This fantastic production is the answer. Focusing on the hopes, dreams and lives of the passengers on a minimalist stage, the tragedy unfolds to its terrible conclusion.

The whole production is wonderful, with expert stage management to impeccable choreography, faultless timing, effective lighting and the use of a mobile stepladder. The songs are also in keeping with the story, starting on a high, then apprehensive and then the realisation of impending doom. This is indeed an epic production of the most (in)famous seafaring tragedy of all.

As an aside, I do not understand why the IMDb title page does not list all the cast members, so just to fill in the gaps: Emily George as Kate Murphy; Luke Harley as Andrew Latimer; Emma Harold as Lady Caroline Neville; Abi Hudson as Maid; Paul Kemble as Joseph Boxhall; Matthew McDonald as Charles Clarke; Danny Michaels as Joseph Bell; Janet Mooney as Head Maid; Joseph Peacock as Bellboy/Wallace Hartley.

Stunning, stunning, stunning absolutely stunning the music is stunning. The cast is stunning. The acting is stunning. The staging is stunning. I can't really say anything more about the show then it's absolutely stunning. Keep going back to this show because of how stunning it is and how lovely the music is the song the song with depth and emotion and delivered beautifully. Anyone that likes a bit of history will find this show stunning also there's so much to enjoy and so much so much heartbreak. There's also lots of stunning moments in the show where the acting is high-level and the singing high-pitched.

Hmm, so disappointing, where do I start?

This is not the original large scale production that opened this musical back in 1997. Understandable but I saw the production live in Los Angeles and it was amazing and just like the soundtrack which I have come to LOVE, the best singers, and a live orchestra!

This is more like a high school production, with a few good singers to great songs. There's African Americans playing roles (which is not historically accurate) in the production which is jarring. Also some acting is overplayed. The accompanying music is from a quartet, so it falls flat.

I had to stop watching it half way thru because the sets are poorly thought out and very cheap. The costumes are also boring.

The lighting design is good in some places, but overall, it's just to dark.

I wanted to like it, who knows, maybe I'll watch the rest on a rainy day, but as for now, it's just a D+ If you want to see the best production of Titanic the musical, you have to search on YouTube, good luck.