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was Mickey-Jo wrong about INTO THE WOODS? | Mickey-Jo's new review of the musical revival's West End transfer

This week, Mickey-Jo headed back Into the Woods, this time to see the Bridge Theatre revival's production in its new home, transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre in the W

INTO THE WOODS cast on opening night | interviews with the stars of the West End Revival

After INTO THE WOODS opened at the Noel Coward Theatre, Mickey-Jo had the chance to visit the show's opening night party and interview the revival's company. Find out w

RENT (Tom Stoppard Theatre, West End) - ★★★★★ REVIEW

A new production of Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical RENT has just opened at the Tom Stoppard Theatre in the West End. The musical stars

As You Like It starring Jonathan Groff (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon) - ★★★★ REVIEW

Earlier this week, the hotly anticipated new production of William Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon. The come

is it gonna be a good year for Broadway? | early thoughts on the forthcoming season of new shows

The 2026-2027 Broadway season has officially commenced and is set to bring numerous exciting productions of plays and musicals. The new and revived shows include the li

why actors can't always be perfect | Mickey-Jo's honest thoughts on the expectations of stage performances

Inspired by some recent social media discourse, Mickey-Jo has been thinking about whether audience members have the right to expect perfection from stage performers. Re

Are London's latest plays worth seeing? REVIEWS of The Standard of Living and Hay Fever

Among the plays Mickey-Jo saw this week were the latest from James Graham: "The Standard of Living" at Theatre Royal Haymarket and a new revival of Noel Coward's "Hay Fev

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup (@sohoplace, West End) - ★★★★★ REVIEW

Last night, Mickey-Jo saw a new production of one of his favourite plays: Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? This new London production at @SohoPlace stars

Mickey-Jo saw the first preview of RENT... | everything you need to know about the West End musical revival

The hugely anticipated West End revival of the Pulitzer Prize winning musical RENT opened last weekend at the Tom Stoppard Theatre in London. The production stands to b

Mickey-Jo met the original West End GLINDA! | a chat with Helen Dallimore for WICKED's London Anniversary INTERVIEW

Ahead of WICKED's 20th anniversary celebrations this weekend in London, Mickey-Jo met the West End production's very first Glinda - Helen Dallimore. Having seen Helen a

The Last Ship starring Sting (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End) - ★★★ REVIEW

Having been heavily revised since it first premiered more than a decade ago, the musical THE LAST SHIP is back in an international tour that has just reached London. Th

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (UK Tour) - ★★★ REVIEW

This week Mickey-Jo headed to Woking Theatre to see the new production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. This revival of the play, adapted by Simon

Jane Eyre (Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London) - ★★★★ REVIEW

More than two decades after its short-lived original Broadway run, the musical adaptation of JANE EYRE has finally received its UK professional premiere. Starring Charl

the best (and worst) musicals by popstars | ranking original theatre scores from recording artists

Over the past 25 years, more and more original scores for stage musicals have been written by recording artists turned first time composers. From Sir Elton John and Doll

Q&A with the cast of the JANE EYRE Musical | post performance chat at Southwark Playhouse Elephant

The stage musical adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre premiered on Broadway more than 25 years ago, and has finally received its UK professional premiere. The sho

who will star in NANNY MCPHEE? | thoughts on the upcoming West End musical adaptation of the film

It has been announced that a musical based on the NANNY MCPHEE films is coming to the West End next year. A world-class creative team has been assembled to bring Nanny M

Thelma & Louise (Young Vic Theatre, London) - ★★★★ REVIEW

One of London's latest theatrical openings is a new musical adaptation of the Award-winning 1991 film THELMA & LOUISE. Playing at the Young Vic, the world premiere produ

why a great show is closing on Broadway | thoughts on Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

In what is beginning to feel like a Broadway bloodbath, another musical has announced that it will soon be closing - the Tony-nominated original Two Strangers (Carry a Ca

Were these plays brilliant or boring? LONDON THEATRE REVIEW ROUNDUP (Bloodsport, Electra / Persona, Man To Man, For Colored Girls)

Over the last week or so, Mickey-Jo has seen a handful of different plays at four different theatres across London. They were: • Electra / Persona at the National Theatr

Mickey-Jo met the stars of THELMA & LOUISE | a chat with musical's leading ladies Amy Lennox & Rachel Tucker - INTERVIEW

Ahead of its opening night, Mickey-Jo had the chance to sit down with the two leading ladies of the new musical adaptation of the award winning film, THELMA AND LOUISE.