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I Wish You Well: The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical – Goopy celeb-skewering fun

Pop culture fanatics will be in their element with this relentless parody of the A-list trial of the century 

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I Wish You Well: The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical – Goopy celeb-skewering fun

The campest possible adaptation of the campest possible celebrity trial in history. Is she gwuilty or gwynnocent? A glittery musical adaptation of Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski accident court case, where she was sued by a 76-year-old man for allegedly crashing into him in 2016, this musical is fantastically ridiculous, with enough pop-culture references to feed a Twitter fanatic for a year. What’s craziest about it though is that this story’s most unhinged elements were lifted directly from the actual trial (minus the music and choreography, probably).

Selling candles that smell like her vagina, having to answer questions about Taylor Swift on the stand, and counter-suing an old man for a single dollar because she ‘lost half a day of skiing’: you can only imagine the field day musical theatre geeks were having with this much material to work with. And they don’t disappoint. Our four-person cast includes a death-dropping judge, sexually confused lawyer, old man Terry (in fishnet tights), and of course, our Gwynny P. Performing against a Mount Rushmore backdrop featuring the many faces of Gwyneth in different roles, the cast bounce off each other, delivering a hilarious performance with comedic timing as strong as their vocals.

Pictures: Mark Senior

Gwyneth’s character is perfectly smarmy and her exaggerated Paltrow-esque mannerisms are painfully on-point. Terry’s lawyer, Kristen Fangirlen, is skittish and bubbly, and her solo songs add even more unserious backstory to this hour of pure stupid joy. In fact, it’s impossible to pick a favourite from this diamond cast, as each of them perform to an admirably high bar. With energy to spare, this celebrity spoof is a sheer pleasure to watch.

I Wish You Well: The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical, Underbelly George Square, until 26 August, 5.45pm.

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