The Guardian
New Wolsey theatre, Ipswich Vikki Stone’s freely adapted version of the once notorious seafaring broadcaster’s history is a terrrific premise for delivering a string of 60s hits A pirate radio station is a clever subject for a jukebox musical. And there’s none more famous than Radio Caroline, whose revolutionary broadcasts from a boat off the Essex coast launched a culture war with the British government. Writer Vikki Stone has partly fictionalised the story of that ship, with characters only tangentially based on the people – record-spinner Tony Blackburn , Irish businessman Ronan O’Rahilly – it made famous. Instead we have Robbie, a young man struggling to make his way until his love of pop lands him a DJ job, and his childhood sweetheart Caroline, supporting his dreams until she finds herself losing him to the boat of the same name. At New Wolsey theatre, Ipswich , until 2 May. Then touring until 20 June Continue reading...
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