"I wouldn't have missed this production for all the housing estates in Moscow. When did you last see a dancing Stalin or a fridge with legs?" "Summer Strallen makes her Opera North debut as Lidochka, a museum guide chased by subversive rocker Boris (Eaton James). She is a visual and and performing treat, he has style and presence in abundance. Their duets are smashing." "Paradise Moscow slips effortlessly into the cross-genre tradition of musical theatre that Opera North has long espoused. The company plays it with belief and panache – and with a degree of spectacle that is impressive by credit-crunch standards. Above all, the show highlights the cast’s versatility." Andrew Clark - Financial Times "A joyous evening of musical theatre.The audience is dazzled by dancing kitchen appliances, bendy statues and a show-stopping dance routine featuring Stalin, Lenin, Karl Marx, a Sputnik and an astronaut." Tina Jackson - Metro
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