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Guys And Dolls review: This glorious Olivier-nominated musical remains a great night out at the theatre, writes VERONICA LEE
Nicholas Hytner's immersive restaging of Frank Loesser's glorious musical about illegal gamblers in 1930s New York has just been nominated for an Olivier Award.
Timmika Ramsay is the new, full-throated and sassy Hot Box singer Miss Adelaide, and Owain Arthur joins the cast as her marriage-averse fiance Nathan Detroit, giving a comically broad performance as he evades both his put-upon gal and the cops while setting up an illicit craps game. George Ioannides remains as a slick Sky Masterson, with Celinde Schoenmaker continuing as Sarah Brown, the innocent Salvation Army girl who wants to save his soul but ends up being his doll. But the 2024 version felt like promising drama students in their final year show: incredibly clear (the text is even projected onto the set as we go), but unmoving.
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