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PATRICK MARMION reviews Titanique at the Criterion Theatre in London: Titanic fun...with Celine's doppelganger
The siren call of Celine Dion is very great. The queen of power ballads' tooth-loosening vibrato and enamel-melting schmaltz could even pose a danger to shipping.
Compering her own glitterball fantasies, Drew's sinuous and athletic Celine wears a wig of cascading blonde curls and a sequinned dress split to the summit, as she eagerly leaps between actors while telling her side of the story. The company pull together like galley slaves, whether it be Jordan Luke Gage's millionaire Cal and his left-field falsetto, or Layton Williams's frosty Tina Turner drag-queen announcing the sinking of the Titanic with: 'I'm the iceberg, b*tch! On the rusty dystopian set, grungy costumes are supplemented by animal leg wear for the half-animal characters, plus moments of rock-god couture, as human, equine and immortal identities shift and collide.
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