The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Reviews

Angela McAllister from Glasgow,

STUNNING

Magical, loved every minute Infact it was over too quick. Actor's were fenominal. Would def go and see again if I could

Lynda Cooke from Bristol,

FANTASTIC

Enjoyed every minute. Cast fantastic and the story was enthralling. We were with our 7 year old granddaughter who after just finishing the book loved it all. Much much better than we thought it could be. Thank you all for such a fantastic night

Val from Gillingham Dorset

LOW BUDGET

3 of us have just returned home & all feel deflated.Went to see The lion,witch & wardrobe.The scenery was practically non existent & costumes poor. I've b en to small local productions & felt their efforts were far better. The lion puppet is good but is too solid ,it should have a shaggy main & back legs.All of the animals in the woods were not easy to identify,beavers were in boiler suits with no fur.The witch should of had a sledge .It all felt very low budget on props & customers which is a shame as the tickets aren' t cheap.I would not recommend this show.Tickets expensive and certainly no wow factor

Karen from Bristol,

IT WAS A MUSICAL

No one or no where mention this... A musical, too loud and too long. My neice cried, it was far too noisy. 2 stars for the set and puppets

Jo from Bristol,

A FAR CRY FROM THE ORIGINAL BOOK

We took our daughters (8 & 10) to see this, thinking it would be similar to the book and previous adaptations for tv. It wasn’t anything like either. At times it was very dark and creepy and my youngest daughter was terrified when the creatures with animal skulls for heads appeared. There wasn’t a warning about how much the story had been changed or that for some people, it may not be appropriate. I didn’t enjoy it much and wouldn’t recommend it for junior school children if I hadn’t known I was going to see The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, I doubt I’d have had that many clues during the performance.

Nik from Bristol,

DISAPPOINTED

My daughter (15) and I have always loved the Narnia books & films and couldn’t wait to see it on stage.. it was nothing like the original and struggled to understand some of the scenes. The characters didn’t suit the story and some of the scenes didn’t make much sense. The props were very low budget and felt more like an amateur performance. Very disappointed !

Sad dad from London, England

DISAPPOINTINGLY DULL

Very very average - where the current vogue for puppetry stitches magical realism onto the stage for audience of all ages (see Totoro, Life of Pi, Ocean at the end the Lane) this show is more pompous panto which fails to illuminate quite a dated novel, with some odd and repetitive music choices (how is opening the show with “We’ll meet again “ at all relevant? Samantha Womak is head and shoulders the best performance (right level of scare for kids) but Aslan is a guest appearance from the Hobbits Oakenshield, while one of the queens kilted henchmen sounds like he’s channelling his inner Gollum. The children are swamped by the camp over acting of the rest of the cast.

Laura from London, England

SO DISAPPOINTING

I loved the book and TV series as a kid so I was excited about taking mine (aged 5 and 10) to this. It was so disappointing that it lacked any of the magic of the book. The scene where they enter the wardrobe should be magical - I was expecting the stage to be transformed into a beautiful snowy landscape - but it was a total damp squib. There was no attempt to make any of the animal characters like the beavers look like animals, which was a real missed opportunity again to inject some magic. Such a shame - the tickets were very pricey and this just wasn't the Christmas treat I'd hoped for.

Mary Weaver from Gloucestershire

DISAPPOINTING

Very low budget - nothing magical about Narnia here. Acting poor - our school productions are easily equal to this. Expensive day out for a disappointing experience. We expect & have seen far better from The West End. By contrast Cinderella was amazing and that was axed too early - this production should be axed immediately & refunds offered. Why not at least use children as one would expect rather than adults (or near adults) behaving as children. Why not use the revolving stage for going through the wardrobe scenes & why have a ridiculous train & carriages carried by actors….. as I say VERY low key & VERY disappointing. I feel sorry for the cast as this doesn’t do them any favours in their careers - the production team needs to have a serious rethink as far as we were concerned. This is the first bad review I’ve ever posted but I felt so incensed, I felt for the sake of future theatre goers, they should at least have chance to consider some of the above points before booking. Sorry

Robert Highgrove from London, England

THE AUDIENCE EVEN MORE APPALLING THAN THE PLAY

I agree with the comments about this boring poorly staged unimaginative production, grossly inferior to Cinderella. If that were the only problem I probably wouldn't have left at half time. But worse than the poor production was the worst audience I have ever had to endure. Millennial mothers on their wretched phones (one was nudged by her daughter to look at the White Witch), fat spoilt brats rustling sweet wrappers through out, endless talking and no response after I told the selfish women behind to shut her child up. I despair.

V from London, England

WHAT A MESS

Awful! Awful! Awful! Started out promising when a soldier walked on and started playing the piano, however once everyone else entered the stage it went downhill. We spent an enormous amount of money on tickets only to be majorly disappointed. Why not use children for the Pevensies, why was Santa in a fat suit covered in tassels? Why were the Witch’s minions in skirts and fishnet tops? By half time we wanted to walk out. The music was far too loud and every song sounded the same. It was an obvious attempt at diversity that actually offended my theatre loving heart. Every possible way of making the show diverse was used and it was utterly embarrassing. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

Mandy from London, England

AWFUL

Worst show I've seen. Lazy, no effort with scenery. Acting boring except the Witch. Annoyed I wasted my time and money

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