Marie Curie: The Musical is a history lesson combined with a chemistry seminar and it’s aimed at indignant feminists who want to agonise afresh over the wrongs of yesteryear. We meet the young Marie, wearing her signature widow’s frock, as she speeds towards Paris on a train from Poland.
The essential materials of this musical are hard to get to grips with; the characters stiff, the tunes so-so
This opening scene is positively trembling with significant detail.

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