Based on the film of the same name, Once the musical has transferred
over from Broadway to London’s West End. The original production opened
off-Broadway in December 2011, closing the following month and transferring to
the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in February 2012 on Broadway. Winning multiple Tony Awards, it still remains
to be a huge success over seas. Before opening at the Phoenix Theatre in the West
End, Once made a stop in Dublin (where the show is set) proving majorly popular
with audiences already its future is
certainly looking pretty good at the moment!
The musical follows the story of how the lead
male (named simply, Guy) is helped and inspired to take his music career further
by Girl (Maybe the writer couldn’t think of names...). They get a band together
and record some songs, fall in love but don’t do anything about it. Can’t
believe how they spread that over two and a half hours? Neither can I.
