Movin' Out

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Dance Show Closed 22 May 2006

Apollo Victoria Theatre 17 Wilton Road, London

5 lifelong friends... 2 turbulent decades... 24 Billy Joel classics

Movin' Out, the multi award winning smash hit Broadway blockbuster, featuring the classic hits of Billy Joel and the explosive choreography of Twyla Tharp.

Tharp's electrifying choreography tells the story of a group of lifelong friends coming of age over three decades from the 60s to the 80s, set to 24 hits including: Uptown Girl, Movin' Out, We Didn't Start the Fire and The Longest Time.

Please note that this is a dance show. The 25 strong cast dance music provided by a 10 stong band with lead vocals by 'The Pianoman' (James Fox or Darren Reeves, depending on performance). Due to this, and to help you follow the storyline, it is recommended that you read the list of musical number and story synopsis before you see the show. Click here for the full song list.

"A great rock musical... a superb dance spectacular... high energy choreography, with dazzling spins and dangerous lift. Electrifying" The Daily Telegraph

Cast features James Fox as 'The Pianoman' (lead vocals) with Ronnie Todorowski as 'Eddie', Holly Cruikshank as 'Brenda', David Gomez as 'Tony', Laura Costa-Chaud as 'Judy' and Matt Dibble as 'James'. On Thursday evenings and Friday and Saturday matinees: Darren Reeves as 'The Pianoman' (lead vocals), Cody Green as 'Eddie', Sarah Skogland as 'Brenda' and Joshua Horner as 'Tony'. Please note that all casting subject to change.

"The dance is terrific. Tharp's kids - and, really, this show is all about the guys - kick up a storm. There's a squirt of funk in the hips and a top-dressing of Seventies jazz rock, but basically the moves are classical, with smartly turned-out pirouettes, looping air turns and expansive arms counterpointing neatly stitched footwork. Ron Todorowski (Eddie), David Gomez (Tony) and Matthew Dibble (James) all deliver eye-popping flips and splits, knocking off eight-turn pirouette sequences with hey-buddy nonchalance. The girls are good, too, with Holly Cruickshank's Brenda kicking her long legs from here to Alaska and Laura Costa-Chaud's Judy making the most of her purple-prose pointe work." The Observer

"Movin' Out has landed in London and whips up a storm... the best show dancing in town" The Times

"Movin' Out is a danced-through drama choreographed by New York dance legend Twyla Tharp to Billy Joel's greatest hits... The production values are first class... The Billy Joel tunes are impressivley replicated by the on-stage rock band and James Fox... Twyla Tharp's Benzedrine blend of ballet and show choreography is dazzlingly well danced but it remains a disappointing evening. Billy Joel's songs have been slived together very craftily but their lyrics and tempi don't have the emotional range to fuel the story Tharp is trying to tell." The Sunday Telegraph

"If you only see one musical this spring, make it Movin' Out... the dancing is spectacular... I defy you not to have a wonderful evening" The Daily Express

"Movin' Out is a lavishly staged dance musical based on 24 songs by Billy Joel. There's no doubting the exhaustive professionalism, or mistaking its glitzy Broadway provenance. It opened there back in 2002, and won Tonys for both orchestration (Billy Joel himself) and choreography (the memorably named Twyla Tharp). Sure enough, the dancing is superb, astonishing... The moves are all classical ballet dressed up as Broadway stomp, with lots of dizzying spinning, air-punching, scissor kicks." The Sunday Times

"Spectacular dancing... two dozen hits... a huge gutsy performance" The Guardian

"This is a crossover dance show that clearly has mass appeal, melding rock'n'roll with ballet, all set to the pop songs of Billy Joel... The storyline that Tharp has strung together is skimpy and corny... It's the dancing that is really terrific. Ranging from exuberant teenage bopping to pirouettes to punky flailing and thrashing, the choreography is often thrilling and emotionally charged, executed by Tharp's lead dancers with panache and breathtaking athleticism." The Independent on Sunday