The Most Incredible Thing – review

Sadler's Wells, LondonThis Pet Shop Boys and Javier de Frutos collaboration sounds like the 1980s, looks like the 1920s, acts like the 1890s and feels as flat as the present. The commissioned score, mixing live orchestra with electronica, is sometimes like epic film music, albeit with an obtrusive beat, and sometimes like a TV theme tune, as catchy and kitschy as a soap opera jingle. In their own songs, the PSB frequently find poetry in the banal; here they aim for greater dramatic effect and e...

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