'JACKIE: THE MUSICAL'
If you were a teenage girl in the 1970s Thursday was the biggest day of the week – the day Top of the Pops hit the screens and the magazine Jackie hit the shelves.
Profiling the heartthrob pop stars of the era and offering beauty, fashion and romance tips, by the mid 70s it was selling more than 600,000 copies a week. Taking its inspiration from the iconic magazine, Jackie the Musical combines a slice of 70s nostalgia with a modern story of love in middle age.
PRESS REVIEWS
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'I FELT AS THOUGH I REALLY WAS LIVING THE TEENAGE DREAM'
JULIE BURCHILL, NEW STATESMAN
'I DEFY ANYONE NOT TO FORGET THEIR WOES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE FLARETASTIC, DISCO-HIPPED COMPANY OF JACKIE THE MUSICAL.'
CATHERINE JONES, LIVERPOOL ECHO ****
'FORGET A STANDING OVATION JUST AT THE END – THERE WAS DANCING IN THE AISLES EVEN BEFORE THE INTERVAL'
ROZ LAWS, BIRMINGHAM MAIL ****
‘THE SHOW EMERGES AS A HUGE THEATRICAL HIT, AND A GREAT NIGHT OUT FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES MUSIC, LOVES POP CULTURE, AND LOVES LIFE.’
JOYCE MCMILLAN, THE SCOTSMAN ****
‘THE SHOW... PACKS IN POPULAR HITS FROM THE ERA AS IT MOVES ALONG WITH ELECTRIC FORCE… AN UPLIFTING JOURNEY DOWN MEMORY LANE THAT'S CHARMING THE STOCKINGS OFF SCOTTISH AUDIENCES.’
CLARE JOHNSTON, DAILY RECORD *****
‘THE UNADULTERATED GLEE THAT EMANATES THROUGHOUT IS LIFE-AFFIRMING IN EVERY WAY.’
NEIL COOPER, HERALD SCOTLAND ****
‘IT’S JUST NON-STOP, FOOT-TAPPING, UTTER JOY FROM START TO FINISH.’
JUSTINE BLUNDELL, EDINBURGH GUIDE ****
'JACKIE THE MUSICAL ARRIVED AT THE OPERA HOUSE TO GOOD-NATURED SINGALONGS, GALES OF LAUGHTER AND WELL-DESERVED ROARS OF APPROVAL' NATALIE ANGLESEY, MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS ***
