Reviews
Read what the press said about various productions of Joseph. To submit your own review, head backstage and register for your Backstage Pass.
Joseph at the Adelphi Theatre, July 2007
"A Dream Ticket"
The Sun
"A just reminder of how talented Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber are."
Daily Express
"A sure fire hit all over again."
Daily Telegraph
"A heavenly triumph."
Evening Standard
"Lee Mead proves he's a winner... a West End star."
Daily Mirror
"Lee Mead is a brilliant Joseph... perfect."
Sunday Times
"Dean Collinson brings the house down."
Daily Express
"Preeya Kalidas... star quality."
Daily Mirror
"Joseph is a triumph... the most entertaining couple of hours I've spent inside a theatre for a long time."
The Observer
"A dream start for Joseph, the chosen one."
Daily Mail
"The show is a reminder of how splendidly versatile Lloyd Webber can be."
The Times
"Rainbow glow adds the finishing touch to dazzling performances."
The Independent
Joseph UK tour, 2007
"A smash hit. Colourful, energetic, full of amusing touches and tuneful as ever. Opening night saw the audience on their feet applauding, cheering and stamping in an ovation which threatened to raise the roof."
Surrey Advertiser
"Joseph is just the ticket. This driving, rousing, dynamic production ended with a standing ovation and then had the audience dancing in the aisle during the encore."
West Sussex County Times
"Bill Kenwright's production of Joseph is amazing to behold and listen to. A really first class musical. The applause seemed to go on forever with encore after encore demanded by the audience."
Reigate Independent
"The sheer vitality of the talented performers, the virtuosity of their singing and movement and the sheer artistry of the principals brought the entire audience to its feet clamouring for more."
The Stage
"The history books will eventually label it the show of the century."
Entertainment and News
"Joseph is undoubtedly the best musical to have come out of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber partnership. An exuberant, expansive spectacle with never a dull moment. A winner which should not be missed."
Cambridge Evening News
"I was bowled over by the sheer unabashed sexy glamour. The score is enjoyably bouncy with a delicious blend of musical genres from Parisian apache to country and western. Highly recommended."
Richmond and Twickenham Times
Joseph at the New London Theatre, 2003
"Joseph is back in all its glory...an amazing dream show."
Daily Mail
"I was thrilled...a superb piece of entertainment."
Daily Mirror
"Enormously enjoyable. An evening entirely without the snobbery that so often infects theatre. Real fun."
The Guardian
"There's such a lot to scream about. Bill Kenwright's legendary indestructible production is a marvel of precision, detail and breakneck pacing."
The Metro
"Still amazing. An evening of real pleasure."
Daily Telegraph
"A technicolor triumph. This wonderfully warm-hearted, scenically lavish...deliriously droll revival...makes you cry with happiness."
The Independent
"This enchanting musical explodes like glittering fireworks. Bill Kenwright directs and he turns it into a brilliant celbration of words, music and colour. The best kind of feel-good show, unashamed, warm-hearted and irresistible."
John Peter, Sunday Times
"A dream come true. It is utterly irresistible."
Mail On Sunday
"The ideal replacement for Cats. Super-charged cast have a ball. Pure theatrical pomp that hasn't lost it's fizz."
Daily Express
To read Mark Shenton's review of the New London production of Joseph, as reported in What's on Stage, click here.
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