SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented
Opened: January 23, 2025Closing: March 29, 2025
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Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Dante Place 80 Newington Butts London
Step into the world of SCISSORHANDZ – a radical, raucous, joyful yet touching musical parody tribute to the ultimate outsider – produced by the iconic Michelle Visage and *NSYNC’s Lance Bass!
Leave your inhibitions at the door and get ready to find your new obsession as we celebrate Tim Burton’s beloved hero/weirdo with a phenomenal selection of your favourite 90s and 00s hits.
Scissorfans unite, because all WEIRDOS* are WELCOME here!
*For the gals, guys, gays and theys (and everyone in between).
LET’S HAVE A KIKI!
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Review: SCISSORHANDZ: A MUSICAL REINVENTED, Southwark Playhouse Elephant
5 / 10
art parody, part straight up retelling, what makes Scissorhandz fall apart story-wise is its lack of identity. Unlike the similar screen to stage musical parody Titanique that treats the James Cameron film like a drunken watch party with friends throughout its run time, Bredeweg's book wants its audience to laugh at campy caricatures and self-referential jokes one minute and treat scenes with utmost seriousness the next. This isn't to say they work on their own, but together it feels disconnected.
Scissorhandz review – musical reanimates Burton classic with cuts from Radiohead and Aerosmith
5 / 10
As with all jukebox musicals, some lines simply distract while others hit home, such as Kim singing “you hold me without touch” from Gravity by Sara Bareilles. Music director and orchestrator Gregory Nabours’ macabre choral arrangement of Aerosmith’s Dream On manages to strike a similar tone to Danny Elfman’s film score. But the jumble of songs, played by a tight band, never quite finds a unified sound and the relationships between characters don’t all convince. It’s a fun and heartfelt show yet retains the air of a work-in-progress, as unfinished as a child with scissors for hands.
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Review Roundup: SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented At Southwark Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 4, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 4, 2025
SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented is now playing at Southwark Playhouse. See what the critics are saying about the production and read the reviews here!
Review: SCISSORHANDZ: A MUSICAL REINVENTED, Southwark Playhouse Elephant
by Mica Blackwell - January 31, 2025
by Mica Blackwell - January 31, 2025
Much like the Inventor creating the titular character, Scissorhandz - A Musical Reinvented has a lot to love about it but could do with some tinkering to fix its narrative issues.
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