The Other Palace is showcasing this ghostly musical, composed by Duncan Sheik, starring Simon Lipkin, Niamh Perry and Simon Bailey. But what have critics been making of it?
WhatsOnStage: **** “This captivating, grimly rollicking house is well worth a visit. It deserves to be a great big hit.”
The Stage: **** “darkly riveting new production.”
Broadway World: *** “A missed opportunity, but a curio worth seeing for those interested in how book, music and lyrics must come together if a show is to achieve its potential – and the price to be paid if they don’t!”
The Guardian: ** “Adam Lenson’s production sometimes feels more semi-staged than fully fledged, and the unnecessary interval cuts the tension and saps momentum.”
London Theatre1:*** “This is a fairly intriguing and thoughtful production.”
West End Wilma: **** “Whisper House offers a wonderfully talented cast, combined with a truly original rock score and beautiful story.”
The Times: ** “This misshapen offering from the composer behind American Psycho — The Musical has a few nice tunes and no dramatic impetus.”
A Younger Theatre: “Whisper House makes for an uneasy transition from album to stage.”
London Theatre.co.uk: **** “Its a disturbing story, and it is given a textured, reverberating musical score that perfectly embodies the strangeness and mystery of the scenario.”
The Upcoming: *** “It isn’t the subversive parable it wants to be, but a stellar cast and solid creative team help make this production a likeable one.”
Everything Theatre: ** “everyone involved in the production is obviously doing their best. It’s just a shame that the script is so bland and the music so uninspired.”
British Theatre.com: *** “Overall, it’s an interesting experiment, a novel departure from the ‘norms’ of musical theatre. If it doesn’t quite fulfill its ambitions, well, that’s not the worse thing in the world, is it?”
The Telegraph: *** “In essence, it’s a song-cycle with narrative nobs on.”
Evening Standard: ** “Whisper House isn’t the chillingly spooky piece it promises to be. Instead it feels slight and sluggish.”
Time Out: ** “Despite occasional glimpses of what could be a really interesting and original chamber piece, in the end ‘Whisper House’ is not a show worth shouting about.”
The Gay UK: **It’s a weak storyline and an inadequate framework for the equally dull songs.”
Musical Theatre Review: ** “when viewed as a whole, it feels as if the accomplished band (under the musical direction of Daniel A Weiss) and cast should have been deployed on some genuinely new musical theatre, instead of a revival of a piece best left undisturbed.”
Theatre Weekly: **** “Whisper House is a beautifully written musical with a superb score that looks great the way it’s been staged.”
West End Theatre Guide: **** “Whisper House is subtly spine-chilling with a sinister atmosphere that thrills as the darkest secrets surrounding the lighthouse reveal themselves.”
Whisper House continues to play at The Other Palace until the 27th May. To book tickets visit: Discount Theatre.com, Theatre Tickets Direct.co.uk, Love Theatre.com, Theatre People.com, UK Tickets.co.uk.