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Animal is a bold and brilliant new queer comedy – review

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We’ve been looking forward to seeing Animal for some time. Written by Jon Bradfield – part of the creative team behind the Above the Stag pantomimes, which we adore – and directed by Bronagh Lagan, who directed Cruise on the West End last year, it tells the story of David, who is gay, disabled and looking for love. He can’t eat, drink or shower by himself, and he’s never been kissed – let alone had sex. Based on a story by Jon Bradfield and Josh Hepple, the show has just…

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Stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain to premiere in London this spring

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The world premiere of the stage adaption of Brokeback Mountain, a new play with music, is set to take place at London’s new @sohoplace theatre in May. We can’t wait to see how Annie Proulx’s novel – which many of us will be familiar with from the 2005 film adaptation – plays out on stage. The show will star Mike Faist (West Side Story) and Lucas Hedges (Manchester By The Sea) in the lead roles, with Fairground Attraction singer Eddi Reader performing the songs. Ashley Robinson will be making his…

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The Great British Bake Off Musical is a sweet treat on London’s West End – review

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As much as we adore the TV show, with the wonderful work it’s done in platforming an incredibly diverse cast of contestants over multiple seasons – and of course, for its penchant for entertainingly smutty innuendo – we weren’t entirely sure The Great British Bake Off would really lend itself to a musical theatre show. To an extent, we were right: there’s not a huge amount here in terms of plot, and while we warmed to the characters, most of the people we met during the show didn’t have the…

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God that’s brilliant! SpitLip on their “quietly queer” West End musical Operation Mincemeat

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We adore Operation Mincemeat, the ridiculous World War II musical comedy about to open on the West End at London’s Fortune Theatre. As with many events over the last couple of years, our initial plans to check this show out were scuppered by a bout of Covid – but we snaffled tickets to see it a couple of weeks later during its 2021 run at the Southwark Playhouse and awarded it a perfect score. We reviewed it again during its 2022 run at the Riverside Studios and again gave it…

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Beverley Knight leads talented cast in powerful new musical Sylvia – review

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Sylvia has taken a fair while to get to the stage – originally performed as a work-in-progress back in 2018, the full production has finally opened earlier this month at The Old Vic theatre. Directed by Kate Prince, the show has already drawn numerous comparisons to hit musical Hamilton, and it’s not hard to see why – this historical piece, covering the early 20th century Suffragette movement, is set to a soundtrack heavily inspired by old-school hip hop and rap music. The show focuses on the lives of the titular…

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Standing at the Sky’s Edge is a bold, beautiful and brilliant new musical – review

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Standing at the Sky’s Edge is perhaps one the rarest and most precious commodities – it’s a genuinely excellent new British musical, something to be cherished whenever it appears. With songs by renowned singer songwriter Richard Hawley and a book by Chris Bush, its story is set in the iconic Park Hill estate which overlooks the city of Sheffield; recently redeveloped and with an entirely different demographic of people moving in, it’s a bold, beautiful and brilliant social commentary focusing on class and gentrification. Not only is it genuinely very…

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My Son’s a Queer star is ‘desperate to show there is light amongst all the chaos’

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Tell me more about the inspiration for the show? When did you know you wanted to bring this story to the West End? My Son’s a Queer is a show all about putting on shows in your living room, going back to your childhood and having to look through your old VHS tapes, and also what it means to be a good parent and ally to the LGBTQ+ community. I was living back at my family home during the pandemic, and I stumbled across all of these old VHS tapes…

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One Woman Show is absolutely sublime theatre – review

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Where to begin with a play like One Woman Show? Liz Kingsman’s creation – originally opening at the Soho Theatre last year, and subsequently a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, earning rave reviews – has now opened on London’s West End and it’s quite unlike anything we’ve seen. It’s high concept stuff – Liz is on-stage as the writer, knowingly creating a performance about a character who works in marketing at the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust. Not content with being a parody of the show-within-a-show format, it takes things one…

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Miz Cracker’s Who’s Holiday is a camp and quirky alternative Christmas tale – review

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Those familiar with RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni Miz Cracker will be aware she’s a clever queen, so we were expecting something a bit higher concept than an average drag show – and that’s exactly what we got with Who’s Holiday. It’s essentially a Dr Seuss story for grown ups: Cracker plays the role of an adult Cindy Lou-Who who gets knocked up by the Grinch and ends up running off and marrying him. We catch up with Cindy after a stint in jail – she’s attempting to throw a Christmas…

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As You Like It is a charming update of Shakespeare’s comedy – review

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As You Like It is the first original show programmed by the new-for-2022 @sohoplace theatre in London’s West End. The venue opened in the autumn with a transfer of Marvellous, and is now staging its first show proper in the form of Josie Rourke’s take on this classic Shakespeare comedy. It’s a delight for the eyes and ears; the venue is gorgeous and what unfolds on-stage is equally appealing to look at. It’s not quite a musical, but there’s certainly a lot of music here; there are songs based on…

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