"‘The Secret Life of Bees’ has a lot going for it. "However, Sheik, Nottage and lyricist Susan Birkenhead’s mostly commendable avoidance of crass melodrama leaves US director Whitney White’s UK premiere production lacking in firepower." "Musically, there’s an awful lot to like here: Sheik’s songs are very nice, running the gamut from vibrant indie-folk to lush, horn-drenched funk." While I’ve not read the book I was left with the impression of a story too ponderous to really work as a musical, and lacking a great protagonist."
And it’s good, but it never crosses over into brilliance. "Rich and sweet but slow as dripping honey, this musical version of Sue Monk Kidd’s hit novel ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ has been crafted by a prodigious number of extremely talented individuals. "Classy but ponderous musical adaptation of the smash hit Civil Rights-era novel" More about The Secret Life of Bees tickets The wider creative team includes Shelley Maxwell (choreography), Soutra Gilmour (set design), Qween Jean (costume design), Neil Austin (lighting), Simon Baker (sound), Nigel Lilley (Music Supervisor and Musical Director) and Charlotte Sutton (casting director).
When her black caregiver and only friend is assaulted for asserting her civil rights, the pair escape on an adventure where they are taken in by a trio of black beekeeping sisters. ĭirected by Whitney White, the musical stars Ava Brennan ( Les Misérables Hamilton Tina – The Tina Turner Musical The Lion King), Tarinn Callender ( Hamilton Come From Away), Danielle Fiamanya ( Frozen, & Juliet, The Colour Purple), Rachel John ( Hamilton, The Bodyguard), Mark Meadows ( Quiz, Flowers for Mrs Harris), Abiona Omonua ( Caroline, or Change), Eleanor House ( Tempest), Richard James-Neale ( The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage), Daniel Krikler ( The Book Thief), Shekinah McFarlane ( Six), Chrystine Symone ( Anyone Can Whistle), Noah Thomas ( Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Marcellus Whyte ( Motown) and Eleanor Worthington-Cox ( Matilda).īased on the best-selling novel by Sue Monk Kidd, this powerful, poignant and funny coming-of age story is set in 1960’s South Carolina and follows a lonely white teenage girl, struggling with the loss of her mother and a distant father. Written by award-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, and with music by Duncan Sheik ( Spring Awakening, American Psycho) and lyricist Susan Birkenhead ( Working, Jelly’s Last Jam), The Secret Life of Bees is playing at the Almeida until. The UK premiere of The Secret Life of Bees has opened at the Almeida Theatre in London, and reviews are coming in.
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