The Great Gatsby - Reviews - John Garfield-Roberts

"...It is the lively interaction of the ensemble [John Garfield-Roberts, Jeffrey Mayhew & Dominic Parker] that make the evening such a joy. I hope that its stay at Wilton's is not the last we see of this gorgeous show." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Gloriously immersive... There are flappers, bootleggers and moonshine, and that’s just before curtain-up. Never have I seen this building so cleverly used, or so vibrantly alive." ★★★★

"An unashamed nostalgia party for a world we never knew... This is a show that majors in fun; and it’s no surprise to see it’s a cult hit."

" it's clear the decadence of F Scott Fitzgerald's world has soaked into every fibre of Wilton's... it's a party of which the man would be proud."

"true to the surroundings, injects a note of brash Vaudevillian esprit...very entertaining; the result an amusing, enjoyable romp through 1920s American high society ...I leave having witnessed a pretty good pastiche of the Roaring Twenties and a night out in the back streets of London that I doubt you'd find the like of anywhere else...Like Gatsby himself the place is clawing back the past, trying to recover the irretrievable, and doing so in a way that, valiantly, inspires and delights."

" There were bootleg booze sellers & gangsters strolling around the bar selling contraband pornographic pictures of buff men in sailor hats and little else. It was 50 cents for one or a $1.50 for four, so of course I went for four!"

"mixes cabaret with the prohibition America. A full evening’s entertainment, F. Scott Fitzgerald would feel utterly at home in the world’s oldest music hall... Evoking all the glamour and atmosphere of the roaring twenties, Wilton’s brings Gatsby to glorious, all-singing, all-dancing life (jazz hands optional). A must-see."