Rock of Ages
Chris D'Arienzo
Rock of Ages
A girl meets a city rocker in a famous Los Angeles rock club and they fall in love to familiar songs including Don't Stop Believin' and We Built This City in this 1980s-set musical by Chris D'Arienzo.
2.4 out of 5 based on 10 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Location |
West End |
| Venue |
Shaftesbury Theatre |
| Director |
Kristin Hanggi. Kelly Devine |
| Cast |
Shayne Ward, Rachel McFarlane, Jodie Jacobs, Rohan Tickell, Sandy Moffat, Oliver Thompsett, Simon Lipkin, Amy Pemberton Justin Lee Collins |
| From |
August 2011 |
| Until |
February 2012 |
| Box Office |
0207379 5299 |
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A girl meets a city rocker in a famous Los Angeles rock club and they fall in love to familiar songs including Don't Stop Believin' and We Built This City in this 1980s-set musical by Chris D'Arienzo.
Reviews
The Independent
Pierre Perrone
"The pseudo-rebellious stance of Rock of Ages doesn't bear much scrutiny, but as a feelgood, singalong, rock'n'roll musical it's hard to fault."
06/10/2011
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The Stage
Alistair Smith
"Crass, puerile, uncomplicated stuff and the plot is gossamer thin. It’s also one of the most unashamedly fun nights out you can have in the West End at the momen"
06/10/2011
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The Daily Mail
Quentin Letts
"Schlock-rock goofabout"
06/10/2011
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The Evening Standard
Fiona Mountford
"A frantic, unlovely production that does what all insecure creatures do and talks incessantly without pausing for thought"
06/10/2011
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Time Out
Sam Marlowe
"For all the show's pretensions to sleaze, its soulless shenanigans couldn't be much less rock'n'roll."
06/10/2011
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The Times
Dominic Maxwell
"This mix of anonymous anthemry, underplotting, overwriting and overplaying left me Cold as Ice. And no, they didn’t play that one."
06/10/2011
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The Daily Telegraph
Charles Spemcer
"As unpleasant a pile of theatrical poo as it has ever been my misfortune to tread in."
06/10/2011
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The Financial Times
Ian Shuttleworth
"A culture that was itself a processed version of rock has been further processed into a celebration of the crassest stereotypes"
06/10/2011
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The Guardian
Michael Hann
"It climaxes, inevitably, with Don't Stop Believin' and one thinks: Stop? I never started."
06/10/2011
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