Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical, School of Rock, which premiered on Broadway in 2015, made its official West End bow November 14, following previews that began October 24.
It is running at the New London Theatre, where 35 years ago Cats received its world premiere.
David Fynn stars as Dewey Finn, the role made famous on film by Jack Black and originated on Broadway by Alex Brightman, a man who poses as a substitute school teacher and teaches the fifth graders in his charge to form a rock group to conquer the Battle of the Bands.
Here’s what London critics had to say:
