MUSIK – Starring Frances Barber
Tue 14 - Sat 25 Oct, Various Times£12.50 – £28 full price | £10 – £25.50 concession
Running time: 1hour, no interval
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MUSIK by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys
Starring Frances Barber
Billie Trix. Icon. Rock star. Screen goddess. Drug addict. Billie has lived a life of excess and shares it all in her new one-woman show. Her journey takes us from post-war Berlin to the rock arenas of the world, via the Vietnam war, Andy Warhol’s Factory, and 10 years in a Soho Square phone box. A stunning performance by Frances Barber as Billie Trix, returning to the unforgettable larger-than-life character she first created in the 2001 West End musical Closer to Heaven, with an outrageous script by Jonathan Harvey (Beautiful Thing, Coronation Street) and six original songs by Pet Shop Boys.
“Mesmeric Frances Barber delivers barbed one-liners, banging songs and beautifully crafted subversion”
Edinburgh Evening News
★★★★★
“A powerfully theatrical piece designed to smack you in the gob and boy, does Jonathan Harvey have the perfect gob-smacker in Frances Barber! A not-be-missed totally immersing experience by one of the great stage performers of our time. Blown away just doesn’t cover it!”
Londontheatre1
★★★★★
“The script is one long cocaine-and-Jack-Daniels-fuelled stream of consciousness that Frances Barber puts absolutely everything into. She is simply staggering”
Attitude magazine
★★★★
“This is a show destined to fall into cult classic status and cements Frances Barber as one of theatre’s most versatile performers”
Metro
★★★★
“Spinal Tap meets Andy Warhol with Frances Barber as Billie Trix, a fictional 1960s Berlin-born singer with Forrest Gump’s talent for encountering key moments in cultural history, and beautifully disturbing songs by Pet Shop Boys”
The Sunday Times
★★★★
“Frances Barber shines as a faded star trying to re-visit former glories. You wouldn’t want her in your life, but an hour with Billie Trix and her celebrity-strewn bile is a blast!”
The List
★★★★
“Frances Barber as Billie Trix looks like something that has risen from a coffin: eye make-up total cosmetic carnage. Needless to say it’s in the worst possible linguistic taste and it’s a refreshing blast of vitality!”
Daily Mail
★★★★
The producer’s of MUSIK are shooting the show for a filmed performance on Weds 22nd and Thurs 23rd October and some of the audience will be captured in the background of the wide shots.
Presented by Billie’s Trix Ltd and Cahoots Theatre Company
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner
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Stage Director: Terry Johnson
Designer: Lee Newby
Lighting Designer: Jason Taylor
Sound Designer: Luke Swaffield
As Billie Trix, Frances Barber dazzles and delights, oozing endearing warmth and wicked wit in equal measure. Funny, fierce and unexpectedly moving, bold, brazen yet unexpectedly tender, MUSIK at Wilton's Music Hall is a love letter to survival, sequins and the life stories we tell to keep shining, cabaret at its most real and human. Glitter, guts and the ghost of fame, MUSIK is cabaret with a heartbeat.
Number 9Billie Trix is brash, bad and beautiful - Frances Barber shows her star power in this revival - her performance is passionate and manic"
Arts Hub UK ★★★★★This production is so brilliant - it's sophisticated no-holds barred adult entertainment. The incredible Frances Barber's narration and oratory skills are second to none.
Theatre Reviews Design ★★★★★Billie Trix is back! Frances Barber ignites Wilton's Music Hall in MUSIK, a one-woman celebration bursting with wit, style and attitude. Sizzling one-liners, razor-sharp comedy, and pure star power. Barber is a force of nature. Don't miss it!
Theatre Audience Podcast ★★★★★Embodied in a phenomenal turn by Frances Barber, Billie Trix, the last great diva of the 20th century, clinging to her outrageous myths, is about as much fun as there is to be had on the London stage. MUSIK is absolutely iconic.
The Reviews Hub ★★★★salacious, scandalous and searingly funny
The Spy in the Stalls ★★★★Whether it is inspired or pure lunacy is beside the point, fictional retired rock icon Billie Trix is here to entertain whether you want her to or not! Frances Barber is not just a powerful actor, she is also able to carry the music of the show, giving the audience hit after hit, all of which are utterly unhinged.
Operation Live Theatre ★★★★“This is most definitely Frances Barber's night - it is hard to take your eyes off such an enigmatic performance - she proves once again that Billie Trix is uniquely hers and hers alone
Jack The Lad Magazine ★★★★Mesmeric Frances Barber delivers barbed one-liners, banging songs and beautifully crafted subversion
Edinburgh Evening News ★★★★★A powerfully theatrical piece designed to smack you in the gob and boy, does Jonathan Harvey have the perfect gob-smacker in Frances Barber! A not-be-missed totally immersing experience by one of the great stage performers of our time. Blown away just doesn’t cover it!
Londontheatre1 ★★★★★The script is one long cocaine-and-Jack-Daniels-fuelled stream of consciousness that Frances Barber puts absolutely everything into. She is simply staggering
Attitude Magazine ★★★★This is a show destined to fall into cult classic status and cements Frances Barber as one of theatre’s most versatile performers
Metro ★★★★Spinal Tap meets Andy Warhol with Frances Barber as Billie Trix, a fictional 1960s Berlin-born singer with Forrest Gump’s talent for encountering key moments in cultural history, and beautifully disturbing songs by Pet Shop Boys
The Sunday Times ★★★★Frances Barber shines as a faded star trying to re-visit former glories. You wouldn’t want her in your life, but an hour with Billie Trix and her celebrity-strewn bile is a blast!
The List ★★★★Frances Barber as Billie Trix looks like something that has risen from a coffin: eye make-up total cosmetic carnage. Needless to say it’s in the worst possible linguistic taste and it’s a refreshing blast of vitality!
The Daily Mail ★★★★
Age Guidance: 18+
Strong Language and Drug Use.
The producer’s of MUSIK are shooting the show for a filmed performance on Weds 22nd and Thurs 23rd October and some of the audience will be captured in the background of the wide shots.
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