I was pleasantly surprised by this show. I’ve seen all of BGW’s British music shows since London Rocks and I thought this was by far the best of them. It’s not perfect, but it’s got high energy, good song mixes, and a very talented cast.
Unlike the park’s past British music shows, this is an unpretentious, simple music revue that doesn’t try to be anything more than it needs to be. There’s a simple story that gives the show some heart and keeps things interesting, but it doesn’t distract from the main draw — the music. The dialogue, while cheesy like most theme park shows, is enough to drive the story but contained enough not to slow the show down.
I enjoyed the song mixes too. I disagree with another poster who said they disliked how they don’t perform most of the songs in full; I liked the mashups and thought they made the show more intriguing than if it were just a recital of popular songs in full. The mashups were tastefully done too, in my opinion, and I thought the various songs in each section played well together.
The real bright spot of this show, though, is the cast. I thought the leads in each section — the cab driver, the “famous” singer on the plane, the man on the subway, the two women selling cotton candy — were some of the best performers I’ve seen at the park in a good while. The singer doing Skyfall absolutely nailed it, and I couldn’t stop smiling during the Spice Girls “cotton candy” segment with the infectious energy of the two leads.
I’ve felt that lot of the park’s recent summer-season Globe shows have suffered from being over-produced, leaning too hard on hackneyed premises, complicated stories, and over-the-top dialogue. This show sticks to the basics — people love British music across genres and decades — and just focuses on doing it well. And I think it really works.
Will this show have the staying power of Celtic Fyre? Of course not. But for a season or two, it’s as much as I could hope for from a Globe Theater show produced by BGW in 2026.
