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‘Ria Jones’ Norma Desmond has to be one of the finest musical creations of the decade’: SUNSET BOULEVARD – Touring ★★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Jonathan Baz12th April 2018Leave a Comment

A packed house at the New Wimbledon Theatre rose as one to salute Ria Jones’ bow at the close of Sunset Boulevard and with good reason. Jones remains magnificent, her definitive, decaying diva capturing Norma Desmond’s long-faded Hollywood majesty.

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‘Ria Jones gives a powerhouse performance’: SUNSET BOULEVARD – Touring ★★★★

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Matt Merritt21st January 2018Leave a Comment

Ria Jones, so resplendent when she stepped into Norma’s shoes at the Coliseum in 2016 (we were lucky enough to be at one of those shows is once again in the title role and she gives a powerhouse performance.

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SUNSET BOULEVARD – Touring ★★★★

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Olivia Mitchell9th October 2017Leave a Comment

Sunset Boulevard is a thrilling ride through the film industry of mid-century America, filled with the song, dance and cultural ephemera of the era. It’s an intoxicating spectacle that is both entrancing and, in parts, exhausting.

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SUNSET BOULEVARD – Touring ★★★★★

In Musicals, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland, Touring by Thom Dibdin6th October 2017Leave a Comment

There is no doubt that Ria Jones, as Norma Desmond, owns the Curve theatre’s production of Sunset Boulevard that lights into the Edinburgh Playhouse on the first date of its major UK tour.

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SUNSET BOULEVARD – Touring

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Ian Foster2nd October 2017Leave a Comment

Ria Jones’ extraordinary history with Sunset Boulevard might well be entitled The Norma Conquests… And, 26 years on, was it worth the wait?

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SUNSET BOULEVARD – Touring ★★★★★

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Jonathan Baz1st October 2017Leave a Comment

There is a magic that pervades Nikolai Foster’s production of Sunset Boulevard, and it flows from leading lady Ria Jones. Twenty-six years after creating the role of Norma Desmond for Andrew Lloyd Webber at the composer’s Sydmonton Festival, Jones now leads the show and never has a casting been more perfect.

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‘Ria Jones’ Norma Desmond has to be one of the finest musical creations of the decade’: SUNSET BOULEVARD – Touring ★★★★★

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