The library is open and The Book of Mormon is back at Sunderland Empire with a show that throws shade in a wildly inappropriate and wholly entertaining way as the cast take Wearside audiences to church once again.
For years now I’d felt like a bit of an outsider, having heard friends talk about the musical, while not going to see it myself, so I arrived at press night fully expecting to have my socks blown off and be left gasping in disbelief by the daring and devilish script.
The Tony award winning smash has put itself alongside Wicked as one of those shows that has developed a fanatical following, with people going back again and again to watch it and it’s easy to see why. The Book of Mormon is one of those shows that demands your attention from curtain up to curtain call, as you’re left wondering just how far boundaries will be pushed.
