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Caroline: A New Musical review – hearty hits in pirate radio jukebox tale

by Emma John

New Wolsey theatre, Ipswich Vikki Stone’s freely adapted version of the once notorious seafaring broadcaster’s history is a terrrific premise for delivering a string of 60s hitsA pirate radio station is a clever subject for a jukebox musical. And there’s none more famous than Radio Caroline, whose revolutionary broadcasts from a boat off the Essex coast launched a culture war with th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:45pm on April 23, 2026