Across The Universe

“A bold, beautiful, visually enchanting musical.” ★★★★★ Roger Ebert

From Julie Taymor, famed stage director of some of the defining musicals of our era including The Lion King, this reinterpretation of The Beatles songbook evokes the feeling of hearing their music for the first time. Middle American dreamer Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) and Liverpool welder Jude (Jim Sturgess) meet on the streets of ‘60s New York. Their initial psychedelic wild rides fade away as the Vietnam war looms large for them and their circle. Can love last? Or is it Hello Goodbye?

A wild visual feast – think Moulin Rouge! by way of Yellow Submarine – Julie Taymor brings her many talents to evoking the way that the Beatles music soundtracked and shaped 1960s culture. Reinterpreting the Fab Four’s songs in contexts that will help you hear them fresh, this is a hidden gem, ripe for rediscovery.