Jesus Christ Superstar Reviews

Tom from Bristol,

BRILLIANT MARY MAGDALENE, SOME AWFUL COSTUMES, AMATEUR CHOREOGRAPHY

The good: lead actor could act, singling ~OK. The actor who played Peter - great voice and acting; and also Pontius Pilot. The great: the actress who played Mary Magdalene was incredible - singling, acting was perfect and her stage presence was amazing: it was like no-one else was on the stage when she was on-stage. The bad: the actor who played Judas could not sing well (often flat) and nor could he act. For such a large part they should have picked someone who could.. sing and act. The awful: the costumes for the chorus/Disciples - looked like someone had grabbed them out of the £1 bargain basement at Primark. No thought given at all, just ludicrous. Also, these were in complete contrast in style with the costumes for the Pharisees ([old style]; and Pontius Pilot (OK costume). It was a jumbled mess, clearly no-one thought about it. The truly terrible: the choreography! Like it was done by someone doing their GCSE Drama - and failing it. Lloyd-Webber would have been embarassed

Karen Jacobs from Liverpool,

WHAT A LET DOWN

Watched at the empire from good seats very near the front however deeply disappointed with the show. Whilst sound was good and musically very good there where lots of Unclear lyrics especially from Judas and chorus , dull costumes and stage and apart from a few most where uninspiring performances. And who ever cast Julian Clary as Herod? He managed to turn it into a pantomime for his very brief 3 minutes. Was so looking forward to watching it and left feeling nothing but disappointment

Maude Kidd from Liverpool,

JESUS CHRIST ....

Went to see it at Empire with my sister in law. Oh dear me it wasn't what we were expecting at all The show was trying to be urban and modern but it was just awful. We couldn't understand the songs, Julian Clary was stupid and overall it was like a school production. So disappointed.

MrsM from Liverpool,

DISAPPOINTING

Saturday Matinee - Liverpool Empire. The costumes and choreography were incomprehensible, as were most of the songs - the Mary Magdalen solo piece being an exception. Whilst there were some fine voices, Judas' was not one of them - far too hard on the ear. The use of mic stands was simply daft, and the Julian Clary cameo, whilst it brightened an otherwise very dull stage, and was amusing, was way over the top. Having seen this musical some 20+ years ago, and enjoyed it, this modern production was far too manic. Few of the principal performers had little stage presence and, overall, there was no 'heart' in this production. Several friends saw it on different days, and we all agreed that it was very disappointing. I would not recommend.

Nick Jones from Milton Keynes, England

WORST VERSION BY A LONG WAY

Having seen the stage show JCSS many times, this was unfortunately the weakest attempt by some margin. Singing voices were not bad, but acting, storytelling, passion, characterisation all extremely weak. It’s a brilliant musical and hard to fail, but this did.

Robin Lyall Woods from Edinburgh,

MAKE JESUS STAND OUT FOR GOD'S SAKE

Not for me. Jesus was poor in first half. Better in second. Judas tried hard but just could not cut it. Mary stole the show, great voice. Too much silly dancing. Did not like the guitars, what was that about. Make Jesus stand out for god's sake. We kept losing him. Very generic looking

Jacky Docherty from Edinburgh,

SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE

We were both incredibly disappointed by this production. The opening scene was completely lacklustre, and the whole first half’s story telling confusing. Jesus simply failed to offer a superstar feel throughout. Judas delivery was unintelligible. I simply could not make out a word he was singing. Pontius Pilate gave reasonable diction and excellent presence on stage. Mary Magdalene offered a strong performance too. The best scene of the night was Herods entrance and too short delivery. This was an unfortunate attempt at modernising an iconic theatre production, however the oft jarring music, static stage set and uncaptivating delivery by most, provided a disappointing experience.

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