PATRICK MARMION reviews Titanique at the Criterion Theatre in London: Titanic fun...with Celine's doppelganger

PATRICK MARMION reviews Titanique at the Criterion Theatre in London: Titanic fun...with Celine's doppelganger
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PATRICK MARMION reviews Titanique at the Criterion Theatre in London: Titanic fun...with Celine's doppelganger
Published: Jan, 10 2025 01:05

Rating:. 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. But do not let that stop you from booking your passage on this musical spoof of James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic.

 [Kat Ronney damn-near steals the show from under Celine's flaring nostrils with a glorious turn as Rose]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Kat Ronney damn-near steals the show from under Celine's flaring nostrils with a glorious turn as Rose]

Astonishing Welsh Celine doppelganger Lauren Drew hijacks a guided tour at the sunken ship's visitor centre to tell the 'true' (as in delusional) story of how she survived the famous wreck. Fuelled by Celine top tunes, what follows is 100 minutes of cast-iron, ocean-going hysteria on the high Cs.

 [Based on the first of Rick Riordan's kids' novels, The Lightning Thief is basically Greek mythology revitalised as a high school musical — with a touch of Dora The Explorer's kindergarten adventures]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Based on the first of Rick Riordan's kids' novels, The Lightning Thief is basically Greek mythology revitalised as a high school musical — with a touch of Dora The Explorer's kindergarten adventures]

We also learn that the heart-shaped diamond given to Kate Winslet's character Rose is not from Asprey & Garrard but Claire's; her mother's pearls came from TK Maxx; and her millionaire fiancé has a doughnut wall on Pinterest. 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.

 [Untroubled by the 2010 film's CGI, it's a home-spun geek-fest in which our demigod (half-man, half-god) hero, Percy Jackson, has to recover Zeus's lost lightning bolt from the Underworld]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Untroubled by the 2010 film's CGI, it's a home-spun geek-fest in which our demigod (half-man, half-god) hero, Percy Jackson, has to recover Zeus's lost lightning bolt from the Underworld]

Astonishing Welsh Celine doppelganger Lauren Drew hijacks a guided tour at the sunken ship's visitor centre to tell the 'true' (as in delusional) story of how she survived the famous wreck. Kat Ronney damn-near steals the show from under Celine's flaring nostrils with a glorious turn as Rose.

 [Diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, misfit Percy is accompanied on his quest, like Dora on her quests, by trusted buddies — Grover (the god Pan's chosen successor and friend of squirrels), and Annabeth (daughter of the goddess Athena and slayer of egos)]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, misfit Percy is accompanied on his quest, like Dora on her quests, by trusted buddies — Grover (the god Pan's chosen successor and friend of squirrels), and Annabeth (daughter of the goddess Athena and slayer of egos)]

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