This booze-soaked show centres around Lionel Bart’s financial and emotional troubles. Cheery stuff, then!
A cabaret show centred around Lionel Bart, the put-upon composer behindOliver!,is set to return to the Hayes Theatre Co. Starring renowned cabaret artist Phil Scott,Reviewing The Situationis set towards the latter half of Bart’s life, as the songwriter found himself facing financial ruin and the ever-present pull of the bottle.
Scott is known to audiences around the globe for one-man shows that combine, music, laughs, and the vaguest hints of tragedy. Given the talent involved,Reviewing The Situationpromises to be a gently melancholic delight, so those ready to discover the quiet tragedy behind one of history’s most popular musicals should get on tickets.
Reviewing The Situation opens on Thursday February 4, and closes on Sunday February 7. More information is available from the Hayes Theatre websitehere.
