Deep in London’s East End (in my alley – heh heh), this short running musical felt very appropriately accommodated at Wilton’s Music Hall. I’m sure we are all familiar with Dr Jekyll’s experiments to conquer mental illness by carving out the evil from the good and how turning this experiment on to himself unleashed a savage murdering beast on to the streets of London so there is no need to expand on that here. That is, except to say that the atmosphere in East London well suited the story.

Overall, the musical was fairly enjoyable – singing was generally fantastic and the orchestra were great. It was obvious that there were still some teething issues to be nutted out (such as mic work) but otherwise it was a good performance for an off West End show. Staging it at the Hall created an interesting opportunity as it allowed the chorus to sing from behind us creating a very “surround” sound feel. My only complaint was for the school-like chairs that had my back screaming in pain after about 20 minutes into the first act and the lack of seat pitching which makes viewing difficult if you have anyone in front of you – tall or not.