Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s collaborative musical opens in London’s West End. “Sadly, hopes that The Beautiful Game might prove a Northern Irish West Side Story are hardly realised. Indeed, at worst the piece comes over like Grease-meets-Riverdance with the odd bit of earnest Eltonesque moralising thrown in. Working with Elton has certainly loosened Lloyd Webber up as both composer and producer.” – The Telegraph (UK)
UNLIKELY PARTNERS: “Well, they don’t come together quite as successfully as they clearly hope that peace-loving Ulster Catholics will come together both with Protestants and with their own more bellicose elements.” – The Times (UK)