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" The Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! has been extended until at least February 2014. The Jennifer Saunders-penned theatre show announced that performances up to Saturday, February 15, 2014 will open to the general public on Monday (February 25).  The extension is confirmed despite almost universally negative reviews and poor ticket sales. Back in January, rumours emerged that the musical&amp;#039;s run on the West End could end as many performances had empty seats. Viva Forever! failed to impress the critics when it debuted in December, with it being described as a &amp;quot;disappointment&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;terrible&amp;quot;. When asked about the criticism, Saunders recently replied: &amp;quot;So the critics - five middle-aged men - didn&amp;#039;t like it. If you send your dad to see Viva Forever! on his own, then of course he&amp;#039;s going to hate it. It was no surprise.&amp;quot; Photo gallery - the Spice Girls at the Viva Forever! opening:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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