Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton’s super creep reanimated as a shock jock in ghoulish musical

Prince Edward theatre, London There are drop-dead gorgeous designs and the performances are full of life but this off-kilter escapade has scattershot gags and unmemorable songs Halloween has arrived early as yet another movie turned musical hits the West End. This art deco theatre is now a haunted house festooned with purple and green lights. A sandworm slithers around the auditorium and it all kicks off with an evil cackle. Tim Burton’s 1988 fright-night favourite is reanimated with song and...

By Chris Wiegand