Martin Guerre – The Old Vic, London

Martin Guerre at the Old Vic: Rehashed musical is still over-wrought

This reworked musical about a French peasant returning to his wife but suspected of being an imposter, is committed but over the top

Review: Martin Guerre (The Old Vic)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical returns for the first time in years with a brand new identity

Martin Guerre - Old Vic Theatre ★★★★★

This Ship-of-Theseus reworking of 'Martin Guerre' finally brings Boublil and Schönberg's musical home

Martin Guerre – The Old Vic, London

Book: Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: Alain Boublil, Annabel Mutale Reed and Paul Hodge Director:  Matthew Warchus An undergraduate dissertation might explore the various iterations of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s gloomy musical Martin Guerre. It premiered in July 1996 as a grand, dance-heavy, three-hour spectacle set against the backdrop of [...]

MARTIN GUERRE review by thespyinthestalls at The Old Vic

MARTIN GUERRE The Old Vic ★★★ “The performances are uniformly strong and the singing quite magical and moving” They say that a musical is never truly finished. Any form of dramatic entertainment will change through workshops, regional runs, transfers and previews, but a musical work will often reappear years later with radical changes, cuts, additions … Continue reading MARTIN GUERRE★★★The Old Vic → The post MARTIN GUERRE</br></br><span style="c…

Review: Martin Guerre - Old Vic

Will The Real Martin Guerre Please Stand Up? To the Old Vic for ninety minutes of quality theatre, with fantastic sets, special effects and powerful voices. Well, all I can say is, poor Bertrande! The Old Vic never disappoints, writes Lizzie Paul.  I knew this would be something special with the names Boublil and Schönberg above the title. Between them they have produced some of the most iconic works in musical theatre. Les Misérables has celebr…