Mayflower, Southampton: I recently described the West End as hurtling ever closer to theme park oblivion with its over-reliance on the tried, already tested and familiar to produce jukebox musicals out of old pop catalogues, or in the case of Let It Be, not so much a musical as a tribute band concert in the guise of one. But exceptions can prove the rule, and American Idiot is exceptional - a bracing blast of kinetic…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:55AM on October 11, 2012