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半岛体育 Universe The Verdict: Reviews for London Soccer Musical Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham, a new British stage musical based on the 2002 film of the same name about fans of U.K. football (soccer) hero David Beckham, opened June 24 at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End.
A scene from Bend It Like Beckham Photo by Ellie Kurttz

Natalie Dew stars as football-crazy Jess with Lauren Samuels as Jules, a player with the Harriers, a local women's football team, and Jamie Campbell Bower as their coach Joe.

Sophie-Louise Dan plays Paula, Jules鈥� Mum, with Jamal Andr茅as as Jess鈥� good friend Tony. Preeya Kalidas plays Pinky, Jess' sister, with Tony Jayawardena and Natasha Jayetileke as her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bhamra.

The critics are filing their reviews, and 半岛体育.com will continue to update them for our readers.

Directed by Gurinder Chadha, who also directed the original film and has co-written the book with Paul Mayeda Berges, the show has original music by (The Hired Man, Love Story) and lyrics by (, ). Choreography and musical staging are by Aletta Collins, with聽 set design by Miriam Buether; costume design by Katrina Lindsay; lighting design by ; sound design by Richard Brooker; musical direction by Nigel Lilley; and orchestrations by Howard Goodall and Kuljit Bhamra.

Bend It Like Beckham is produced in the West End by Productions, Deepak Nayar Productions, Bend it Films, Fischer & Vaswani Productions, Tanya Link Productions & Zeilinger Productions, Lost Marbles & Two Way Split, Delman Jacobson, Doit M&E India and Reliance Entertainment

To book tickets, which are on sale through Oct. 24, contact the box office on 0843 316 1082 or visit .

 
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