Marie Curie review - musical dash through the scientist's life leaves your head spinning

Charing Cross theatre, LondonThis fast and furious Korean show has high-voltage tunes, but suffers from schmaltz and a breathlessly hectic pace Two women meet on a train, in a flashback to Marie Curie's early life. Both are Polish, on their way to Paris. Anne (Chrissie Bhima) is a farmhand while Marie (Ailsa Davidson) is a young scientist who will go on to win two Nobel prizes. We follow their friendship. It is an interesting framework, but the production charges through its story and song so fa...