Ghost the Musical runs at the Wyvern Theatre, Swindon from Wednesday the 23rd April to Saturday the 26th April 2025.
Book your tickets here:
https://trafalgartickets.com/wyvern-theatre-swindon/en-GB/event/musical/ghost-the-musical-tickets
Cast your mind back (assuming you’re old enough!) to 1990. In that year, the film Ghost, starring Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg and the late Patrick Swayze became one of cinema’s all-time hits. The highest grossing film of that year, Ghost won an Oscar for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. And now Rubin’s adapted his screenplay to bring Ghost to the stage. All in the form of a musical.
#Obvs the iconic, 1965 Righteous Brothers’ ‘Unchained Melody’ features – along with many more fab songs co-written by Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart.
The plot and the production
I’m not going to mention the plot – if you’re old enough you’ll know it. And if you’re not then Google is your friend. But what I mostly want to say is this:
‘Should you have seen this in the Wyvern programme and be pondering – STOP. And GO. This is quite the best thing I’ve seen in a while. I loved, loved it, loved it.’
Updated for the 21st century with mobile phones and laptops, the staging and special effects are clever and innovative. The opening to the second half made everyone jump. I just about held on to my red wine. That was almost a red-wine-on-pink-coat disaster!!
Of more importance, it’s arguable, both voices and performances are strong – with James Mateo-Salt as the villainous, duplicitous Carl having a particularly good voice I feel. But they were all great – in all aspects – and brought the story beautifully to life.
Indeed, an article in the programme entitled The Afterlife of Ghost (see what they did there?) concludes thus:
‘…In the years since, it’s been transformed again with a new and intimate reworking that brings out even more of the heart-wrenching love story at the centre of the tale.’
And I concur.
Book your tickets here:
https://trafalgartickets.com/wyvern-theatre-swindon/en-GB/event/musical/ghost-the-musical-tickets
PS: If you love someone tell them – before it’s too late!
