Reviews

‘BUDDY HAS ‘EM DANCIN’ IN THE AISLES… THE AUDIENCE IS ELEVATED TO JOYFUL CHAOS’

‘AN INFECTIOUSLY HAPPY AND DYNAMIC EVOCATION OF MUSICAL HISTORY. THE FANTASTIC ENERGY; THE BEAT; THE PURE SNAPPY JOY OF ROCK & ROLL’

‘IT’S A STRAIGHT AHEAD, FEEL-GOOD RAVE UP. BUDDY MOTORS ALONG WITH A GEE-WHIZ INNOCENCE... GOOD TIMES RAVE ON FOR BUDDY ON BROADWAY’

‘GOLDEN OLDIES POUNDED OUT THE WAY THEY USED TO BE’

‘BUDDY SHAKES UP BROADWAY! THOSE MUSICAL NUMBERS WILL HAVE YOU UP ON YOUR FEET CLAPPING. BUDDY IS A BLAST!’

‘THE AUDIENCE WAS ON ITS FEET AT THE END SCREAMING FOR ENCORES AS IF AT A STADIUM CONCERT’

‘HOW REFRESHING TO BE TIME-TUNNELLED TO A LIGHTER, LESS ANGST-RIDDEN ERA… SENDS PEOPLE OUT OF THE THEATER ON AN UNSTOPPABLE HIGH… SENSATIONAL’

‘THE CAST MELDS INTO A HARD-CHARGING ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BAND FOR A DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE TALENTS... THE SONGS TRANSPORT US BACK TO WHEN MUSIC TRULY ROCK ‘N’ ROLLED’

‘FIRES ON ALL CYLINDERS… I DOUBT ANY AUDIENCE CAN RESIST GETTING CAUGHT IN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FEVER AND JUMPING TO ITS FEET. FORGET ABOUT FEEL-GOOD. BUDDY IS FEEL-GREAT, LEAVING ITS AUDIENCE ROARING FOR MORE’

‘THERE IS NO CONTAINING THE THEATRICAL ERUPTION THAT FOLLOWS. EVERYBODY IS BOPPIN’… AN AFFIRMING BLAST, THE HIGH THAT ONLY LIVE THEATER CAN INDUCE WHEN EVERYTHING CLICKS’

‘YOU'LL LIKELY NOT HAVE MORE FUN IN A THEATER THIS SEASON’

‘INFECTIOUSLY EXUBERANT’

‘INFECTIOUS… ELECTRIFYING… TRIUMPHANT’

‘EXCELS WITH THEATRE-ROCKING PERFORMANCES’

‘RAVE ON! THE MOST HIGH-OCTANE FUN YOU’VE HAD IN A LONG TIME’

‘A JUKIN’ AND JIVIN’ ROMP… SO FULL OF ENERGY AND JOY’

‘A GENUINE BARN-BURNER OF A SMASH... AS JOYOUS ENTERTAINMENT, IT IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS’

‘EXTRAORDINARY… PULSE-RACING… A SENSATIONAL NIGHT’

‘THE AUDIENCE WORKED THEMSELVES INTO A HAND-CLAPPING EXHAUSTION DURING THE FINAL CONCERT SEQUENCE. IT WOULD BE WISE FOR SHUBERT TO HAVE ITS HOUSE PHYSICIAN IN THE THEATRE DURING ALL PERFORMANCES’

‘CLEARLY THE MUSIC NEVER DIED’

‘IF EVER THERE WERE A FEEL-GOOD MUSICAL, THIS IS IT’

‘A JOYOUS REOPENING OF A MUSICAL MEMORY BOOK FROM THE ‘50S’

‘REMARKABLE. IT’S A BONA FIDE CROWD PLEASER’

‘THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST HOPPIN’ FUN TIMES YOU'LL HAVE AT THE THEATER THIS SUMMER. BUDDY WILL HAVE YOU ON YOUR FEET DANCING BY THE END OF THE NIGHT’

‘HI-OCTANE... POWERFUL AND ELECTRIFYING... A THRILLING EVENING OF THEATER AND MUSIC’

‘A BIG HIT THAT’S GOT BROADWAY ROCKIN’ AND ROLLIN’! BUDDY IS SURE-FIRE FUN AND SURE TO GET YOU DANCING IN THE AISLES!’

‘PAUL HIPP IN THE TITLE ROLE GIVES ONE OF THE MOST KINETIC, INFECTIOUS AND MUSICALLY SHREWD PERFORMANCES IN MEMORY’

‘ASTONISHING... BUDDY BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE AND KNOCKS THE THEATRE OFF ITS FOUNDATIONS. IT’S A WILD RIDE THAT THRILLS YOUNG AND OLD’

‘TERRIFIC… EVEN THE CHANDELIERS START TO SWING’

‘BUDDY IS ABOUT THE POWER OF MUSIC TO TRANSFORM, AND YOU JUST CAN’T ARGUE THE POINT ANY BETTER THAN THIS’

‘WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS, BUDDY SOARS IN A CELEBRATION OF INDIVIDUALITY AND EMOTIONAL FREEDOM, AND TRANSFORMS PAUL HIPP INTO AN INTENSE, FOCUSED DYNAMO. THE THEATRE REVERBERATES WITH JOY… A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF MUSIC’

‘TO WITNESS AN ENTIRE AUDIENCE ON ITS FEET, JOYFULLY CLAPPING, SINGING, AND DANCING INTO THE AISLES… WAS TRIBUTE TO THE TRIUMPHANT PRODUCTION’

‘MAGICAL… A PLAY, ROCK CONCERT AND PARTY IN ONE… INFECTIOUS ENERGY AND SOUND LINGERING LONG AFTER THE SHOW ENDS… DEFINITELY GO!’

‘ONE MEMORABLE TUNE AFTER ANOTHER… IT’S A WONDER THE POST STREET THEATRE IS STILL STANDING AFTER ALL THE CHEERING AND STOMPING… BY THE TIME THE CURTAIN GOES DOWN, PEOPLE ARE DANCING IN THE AISLES… IT’S JUST ONE TERRIFIC SHOW’

‘UPROARIOUSLY FUN... POWERFUL, PUNCHY SHOW FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY’

‘THERE IS LITERALLY NO ONE TOO OLD TO ENJOY BUDDY, AND NO ONE TOO YOUNG TO BE ENRAPTURED WITH THE TIMELESS MUSIC OF THIS MUCH-LAMENTED LEGEND. IF EVER THERE WAS A GUARANTEED CROWD-PLEASER… BUDDY IS IT’

‘IF YOU LIKE ROCK & ROLL, RUN DO NOT WALK TO BUDDY – THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY. IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY GENIUS. THE AUDIENCE WAS IN AN ECSTATIC SWOON’

‘TRULY ROCKING... IT IS RAW. IT IS EXCITING. AND IT IS GREAT THEATER’

‘ROUSING… INCREDIBLY ENTERTAINING… A JOYOUS, CROWD-PLEASING CELEBRATION OF A MUSIC LEGEND… IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A FEEL-GOOD MUSICAL WITH FIERCE LIVE PERFORMANCES, THIS SHOW SHOULD DEFINITELY FIT THE BILL’

‘BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN… THE BEST MUSICAL I HAVE SEEN ALL YEAR’

‘A RIP-ROARING CELEBRATION FULL OF STAR TURNS… IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO ENJOY’

‘THIS SHOW BOASTS AN INSANELY TALENTED CAST… IT WAS ALL SOME OF THE AUDIENCE COULD DO TO STOP THEMSELVES FROM GETTING OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY… YOU WILL CERTAINLY BE WOWED’

‘TREMENDOUS… THIS SHOW IS NOT GOING TO FADE AWAY’

‘THE CAST’S MUSICALITY IS MIND-BLOWING. AJ JENKS (BUDDY HOLLY) IS MAGNETIC, CAPTURING BOTH THE CHARM AND RESTLESS DRIVE OF THE YOUNG MAN WITH GLASSES… AN UNDENIABLY THRILLING NIGHT OUT. FANS OF HOLLY’S MUSIC WILL BE IN HEAVEN, AND NEWCOMERS WILL FIND THEMSELVES SWEPT UP IN THE ENERGY OF A GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’

‘EASILY ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS ON THE ROAD’

‘PURE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MAGIC… THE CAST OF ACTOR-MUSICIANS ARE NOTHING SHORT OF PHENOMENAL… A ROOF-RAISING SET THAT HAS THE AUDIENCE CHEERING, CLAPPING, AND WANTING TO DANCE IN THE AISLES’

‘INFECTIOUS… IT’S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO GET SWEPT UP IN THE ENERGY… IT’S A SHOW THAT LIFTS THE SPIRITS’

‘EVERYONE WAS UP ON THEIR FEET, CLAPPING, CHEERING, WHOOPING AND HOLLERING. I, FOR ONE, LEFT THE AUDITORIUM FEELING ELATED… A STUNNING EVENING OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL GOLD’

‘OH BOY, WHAT A SHOW! STILL ONE OF THE BEST NIGHTS OUT YOU CAN HAVE IN THE THEATRE’

‘(A) BARNSTORMER OF A PRODUCTION… SUPERB MUSICIANSHIP… A WONDERFULLY HEART-WARMING AND SOUL-STIRRING FINALE’

‘THE MUSIC IS FANTASTIC, THE ENERGY IS HIGH, AND YOU LEAVE FEELING UPLIFTED’

‘INFECTIOUS MUSIC AND ENERGY… A JOYOUS REMINDER OF A MUSICAL REVOLUTION’

‘ENOUGH ENERGY TO BLOW THE NATIONAL GRID’

‘TERRIFIC SONGS DELIVERED WITH EXPLOSIVE ENERGY AND SKILL BY AN ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING, ALL-INSTRUMENT-PLAYING CAST’

‘BUDDY HASN'T LOST ANY OF ITS MAGIC... HAD THE AUDIENCE SINGING ALONG AND EVENTUALLY DANCING IN THE AISLES!’

‘HIT AFTER HIT DELIVERED WITH AS MUCH VERVE AND VIGOUR AS YOU COULD WISH FOR’

‘THE BEST TOURING SHOW TO COME TO TOWN IN YEARS’

‘PERFECTLY CRAFTED... THIS SUPER-SLICK PRODUCTION BOASTS A BRILLIANT MULTI-TALENTED CAST’

‘A FANTASTIC SHOW... THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING THE WHOLE AUDIENCE THROUGHOUT’

‘AS FRESH AND ENTERTAINING AS EVER... YOU LEAVE THE THEATRE DANCING ON AIR’

‘A FUN-PACKED, TRAGIC, UPLIFTING... TOUR-DE-FORCE’

‘REMAINS ONE OF THE GREATEST FEEL-GOOD STAGE SHOWS EVER’

‘TERRIFIC. YOUNG AND NOT SO YOUNG WERE ON THEIR FEET SINGING ALONG, CLAPPING IN TIME’

‘SUPERB… MAY IT LONG RAVE ON’

‘THIS PRODUCTION WAS COMPLETELY ABSORBING... I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH’

‘RAISED THE ROOF. THE AUDIENCE DANCED IN THEIR SEATS, ROARED FOR MORE AND LEFT SINGING’

‘BRILLIANT MUSIC… THE THEATRE WAS ROCKING’

‘THE MOST SATISFYING JUKEBOX MUSICAL OF ALL-TIME’

‘IF YOU FANCY A DOSE OF THE FEEL-GOODS I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING TO SEE BUDDY’

‘SO ANSTECKEND KANN ROCK & ROLL SEIN… UND DAS PUBLIKUM KLATSCHT LÄNGST IM STEHEN. DER BEWEIS, DASS BUDDY HOLLY’S ROCK’N’ROLL IMMER NOCH ZÜNDET’ / ‘ROCK & ROLL CAN BE SO CONTAGIOUS… LONG STANDING OVATIONS BY THE AUDIENCE. THE PROOF THAT BUDDY HOLLY’S ROCK’N’ROLL STILL IGNITES’

‘AN ABSOLUTE TREAT… BUDDY IS A ROCKING SPECTACLE’

‘A TRUE CROWD-PLEASER, WITH A TALENTED ENSEMBLE CAST WHO BRING BUDDY’S MUSIC TO LIFE WITH GUSTO AND FLAIR… A SHOW THAT WILL APPEAL TO MUSIC LOVERS OF ALL AGES… IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A NIGHT OF GREAT MUSIC, HIGH-ENERGY PERFORMANCES, AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUN, THIS IS THE SHOW FOR YOU!’

‘THE SHOW IS A REAL TOE-TAPPER’

‘DON’T MISS IT... AN EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE’

‘A SHOW-STOPPING PERFORMANCE WHICH HAD THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE ON THEIR FEET IN PRAISE… A DAZZLING DISPLAY’

‘BUDDY ROCKT DAS REVIER!’ / ‘BUDDY ROCKS THE TERRITORY!’

‘WHAT A NIGHT OUT... SCOTT CAMERON IS AMAZING AS BUDDY HOLLY... AND HAD THE OPENING NIGHT AUDIENCE ROARING FOR MORE... THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SHOW OF THE YEAR’