I am a Meatloaf fan, sort of. I mean, I know and like the album and the songs. I always thought they sounded like a story so here we are at the theatre to enjoy the musical.
First up - the band! Superb. And the cast! Brilliant. High energy, fabulous singing, great choreography and humour. The songs - epic as we'd expect. We were told to leave our Meatloaf impressions for the journey home so there was a lot of lip synching and toe tapping rather than belting out the hits.
The story was a little unclear to begin with but once past the initial confusion and getting used to the handheld videocam screen, it became clearer. Immortal 18 year old Strat and leader of The Lost has fallen in love with turning 18 Raven, daughter of Falco & Sloane. Falco is against The Lost and youth in general, trying to keep his daughter away. Tink, a member of The Lost, is against the union as well and tries to make a deal with Falco to take Raven away. Change the names and send it to Never Never Land and you've got a Peter Pan-esque storyline. It fits with the songs, so why not.
I really liked how the big songs were shared amongst the cast so we got to hear lots of fantastic singing. I thought Zahara & Jagwire were really good. Favourite song was Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Falco & Sloane were just brilliant. Hubby's favourite was Bat Out Of Hell which Strat absolutely nailed. I also liked Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are plus the Celine Dion song It's All Coming Back To Me Now was a cool touch.
It wasn't what I expected, but I didn't really know what I expected to be honest. It was bonkers and crazy and passionate and awesome. Definitely recommend going to see it: https://batoutofhellmusical.com/
