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THE BURNT PART BOYS – Park Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Caroline Hanks-FarmerLeave a Comment

The stage is set beautifully. A gathering of men, singing to the sky, tell of the distant depths they travel to for their work, and their hopes of returning to the surface to see the sun once again. After this powerful opening, the next few scenes didn’t quite live up to what was promised at the outset. There were a few hurried lines, a song where the characters were drunk, some overwrought emotions that seemed out-of-place at the outset of a show.