URINETOWN AT THE ST JAMES THEATRE, LONDON
Theatre Run: Continuing (Limited Season ending Saturday 03 May 2014)
Performance Reviewed: Saturday 08 March 2014 (Press Night 1/3)
Reviewed by Kyle Pedley
The name.
That name.
Going into Urinetown, I was confident I would be prefacing my review with some astute, witty reference to the production’s characterful, if somewhat potentially off-putting titling. ‘Despite it’s bizarre name, Urinetown is...’ was just one of the potential openings already formulating as I took to my seat in the compact yet impressively sleek and contemporary confines of St James’ Theatre in Victoria. However, within literally minutes of this barnstorming, gleefully anarchistic and wonderfully unconventional musical theatre delight beginning, Urinetown had already pulled the rug from under my feet by seeing fit to poke fun at both itself, its title and the natural pre-conceptions and potential audience stigma surrounding it.
“Who’s gonna wanna see a show called that?”
