101 Dalmatians
High flying canine fun for the whole family!
Why see 101 Dalmatians?
The Delightful New Staging
The rollicking animal adventure 101 Dalmatians comes to you! Based on the classic children's story by English novelist Dodie Smith, the reimagined version of the 2022 Regent's Park production features a book by Johnny McKnight, stage adapted by award-winning playwright Zinnie Harris and music is by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Douglas Hodge.
What Is The Story Of 101 Dalmatians?
The story follows Pongo and Perdi a pair of delightfully spotted dalmatians who live in London with their kind and caring owners the Dearlys. The only thing that makes their idyllic life better is the arrival of their 15 puppies, but their bliss is short-lived thanks to the machinations of their evil neighbour Cruella de Vil, the villain to end all villains. When she steals the pups for their fur, Pongo and Perdi take matters into their own paws and em-bark on a quest to rescue them.
Key Information
Audience
5+
Run Time
Two hours and 20 minutes with interval
Dates
Finished 6 Jul 2024
Cast
- Kym Marsh as Cruella De Vill
- Charles Brunton as Casper
- Jessie Elland as Danielle
- Danny Hendrix as Jasper
- Linford Johnson as Pongo
- Samuel Thomas as Tom
- Emma Thornett as Perdi
Further cast
Jasmine Triadi, Victoria Compson-Bradford, Ross Dorrington, Benjamin, Durham, Benedict Hastings, Lottie Johnson, Rachel Lea-Gray, Tom Norman, Hugo Rolland, Lindo Shinda and Eugene Shire
Creative
- Based on the book by Dodie Smith
- Music and lyrics by Douglas Hodge
- Book by Johnny McKnigh
- Book by Johnny McKnight (after Zinnie Harris)
- Directed by Bill Buckhurst
- Set design by David Woodhead
- Costume design by Sarah Mercade
- Choreography by Lucy Hind
- Musical supervision by Alfonso Casado Trigo
- Orchestration by Jack Hopkin
- Puppets by Jimmy Grimes
- Lighting by James Whiteside
- Sound design by Chris Whybrow
- Musical directoion by Leigh Stanford Thompson
Reviews
Customer reviews
7 reviews, average rating: (4.4 Stars)
Diane Robbins
Magnificent
An outstanding stage performance of an iconic story. A story that could have presumably been thought very tricky to adapt to stage. Without doubt this whole company excelled at bringing the story to stage, music, sets, acts, voices, choreography was brilliant Each character was superbly portrayed and the puppetry was so skillful you could almost forget they were puppets. ... Read more
Martin Twigg
Joyous
A Joyous show, with just a few 'sad' bits to give it variety.
Whilst there are no 'killer' songs, many of them are toe-tapping and the repeated use of "Take Me Home" does give the show a good structure. The ensemble are a massive part of what the show so good, both individually good singers (and puppeteers at the same time) and as a blended, emotive, whole.
Kym Marsh is suitably funny, humorous and evil as the show demands. ... Read more
Helen
Puppets or real-life?
Fantastic. I was engrossed from beginning to end. The sad bit had me crying and it was also full of humour. It's amazing how the puppets come to life so quickly in my imagination. Great acting and singing.
Lovely host in the Ambassador bar too. ... Read more
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