A mod ballet: the rousing revival of Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia

A mod ballet: the rousing revival of Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia

Paul Roberts’s adaptation of The Who’s 1973 double album brings themes of identity crisis and masculinity that are just as pertinent now as they were 50 years ago

Paul Smith brings the Swinging Sixties to Sadler’s Wells in ‘Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet’ - MR Magazine

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QUADROPHENIA review by thespyinthestalls at Sadler's Wells

QUADROPHENIA, A MOD BALLET Sadler’s Wells Theatre ★★★★★ “A truly triumphant interpretation – poignant and powerful.” When Pete Townshend wrote the rock opera “Quadrophenia”, released back in 1973, he felt that The Who, as a band, was ‘lost’ and that the whole process of recording the double album ‘helped us find our way’ (his words). The central character is partly a reflection of this, but also a brilliant description – and representation – of…