Even the finest close-harmonising can’t alter the fact that we’re watching a row of men peeing in the middle of a pub. The one outright misjudgment comes when Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Under the Bridge is performed in front of a mobile urinal. It would be churlish, though, to deny that The Choir of Man will go down a storm with office outings, or that it contains moments of unmistakable power, such as the rousing, a cappella spin on Sia’s Chandelier. Women are absent except for female audience members dragged on stage to sit ramrod-straight while being serenaded.Īnyone sceptical of the show’s ingratiating, calculated warmth and synthetic bonhomie is likely to have the sensation of being present at a cult. The boast that “there’s no burgers or brioche here – it’s pork scratchings or nothing at all” recalls Al Murray’s Pub Landlord, who would certainly approve of all the testosterone on tap. The atmosphere is very New Man but there are intriguing hints of caveman, too. ‘Secretly shy’ … Miles Anthony Daley in The Choir of Man. You’ll feel right at home in The Jungle, the rockin’ English pub where the talented cast performs everything from classic rock hits and pub tunes to sing-along favorites. We have to take Norris’s word for all this since no one develops beyond his thumbnail sketches, which have the effect of aggressively sentimentalising the performers (“His home was the sea with Dad or a cuddle with Mum”) while keeping them at arm’s length. on the Norwegian Escape Pull up a chair at The Choir of Man and raise your glass to high energy dancing and hit songs that flow as freely as the beer.

Daniel Harnett is “the self-appointed king of banter”. Miles Anthony Daley, responsible for a goosebump-inducing cover of Adele’s Hello, is “secretly shy”. 421 Share 27K views 2 years ago Norwegian Cruise Line invites you into London’s historic Garrick Theatre for an exclusive reimagined production of The Choir of Man. Bartender Mark Loveday is “more beer than man”. When he isn’t singing the praises of the pub (“Its clarion call is ‘gather’”), he is giving his bros the hard-sell. Our T-shirted MC is Ben Norris, whose poetic asides provide connective tissue. Senioj EditoJ Book Division JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY, I NCl 820. It can feel at times like being trapped in Jeremy Clarkson’s CD player. She has a special man in her life but doesn't know if she is quite ready for that. Pints are dispensed from an onstage bar while nine burly blokes with seven beards between them croon and stomp through a jukebox’s worth of dad rock hits: You’re the Voice, I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), Somebody to Love.

W elcome to The Jungle, the fictional everypub in The Choir of Man, a raucous, matey extravaganza that suggests a blend of Cheers and Five Guys Named Moe.

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