Based on the 1950 Billy Wilder film, this musical version has songs by Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Don Black. Transferring from The Watermill Theatre in Newbury this version is an actor-musician production. The cast is the orchestra and the orchestra is the cast. The show was directed by the Strictly Come Dancing judge, Craig Revel Horwood and ran from December 2008 - end of May 2009. No tour is looking likely now unfortunately. I will post this review in case a tour does go ahead and as a useful review on the musical in general. I think this is one of ALW's best scores - and certainly his best of the past 20 years. My favourite songs included "With One ...  Read the complete review

The first thing I had heard about this production was that it was being directed by Craig Revel Horward - the nasty judge from BBC's Strictly Come Dancing (the one who also comes out with the most constructive and least hyperbolic comments, in my opinion). I knew Sunset Boulevard had been made into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber but had missed it the first time round. I can't say I'm drawn to some of his works - Jesus Christ Superstar had the messiah upstaged by Judas, Starlight Express seemed so selfindulgent and if I hear Memory one more time... I can forgive everything because he brought The Phantom of the Opera to the stage and he has done a ...  Read the complete review