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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Close-Up: The Twiggy Musical review – Ben Elton’s strange and sentimental snapshot

Over bright … Matt Corner and Elena Skye in Close Up: The Twiggy Musical.
Over bright … Matt Corner and Elena Skye in Close Up: The Twiggy Musical. Photograph: Manuel Harlan

Lesley Hornby was 16 when she became the face of her generation in 1966. Dubbed Twiggy, the working-class model from Neasden shot to fame like a doe-eyed, gamine supernova.

In this musical, written and directed by Ben Elton, Elena Skye plays the role with loose-limbed nonchalance and a beautiful singing voice but that is not enough to save the production from simplistic narration, a karaoke soundtrack and its sheer weirdness of tone.

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