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who's going to be nominated for the 2025 Olivier Awards? youtu.be/wBixMOH3MuA

REVIEW | Much Ado About Nothing (West End) ...is Jamie Lloyd's biggest hit since Sunset Blvd a pink Shakespearean disco? watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/-1SCW1VN-ls

How are the new leads of the West End's CABARET? Find out here ⬇️ youtu.be/ZySu7ZpA1kQ

REVIEW | The Years (West End) What is it about this new play that has audiences feeling overwhelmed? watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/poF1q7HGWDE

are we done with jukebox musicals? why it feels like audience appetites are shifting ⬇️ youtu.be/pVVt1KkPdHc

REVIEW | Elektra (Duke of York's Theatre, West End) To my surprise, I didn't hate this admittedly pretentious new staging of the Sophoclean tragedy... Find out why ⬇️ youtu.be/CjyW874XHcE

REVIEW | Second Best (Riverside Studios, Hammersmith) Asa Butterfield makes his stage debut in this new play about the man who was nearly cast as Britain's best known young wizard... Find out what I thought ⬇️ youtu.be/wKVfIFFHg0Q

We headed back to Broadway to see 5 shows! Check out what we got up to when we went to New York to see GYPSY, DEATH BECOMES HER, and more! youtu.be/P2W3tyXrHFc

There simply aren't as many horses in movie musicals as there once were

BILLIE PIPER?!? 🤯

Who was going to tell me Olga Merediz rocks up at the start of the Evita film??

REVIEW | Gypsy (Broadway) I really tried to let this entertain me, but... watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/7f4C7m49TJA

NEWS | why has the CORALINE musical been cancelled? (and which show should be next... 👀) watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/AMLbN228WqU

REVIEW | Oliver! (Gielgud Theatre, West End) This new production of the show is glorious theatrical food. Find out why ⬇️ youtu.be/rgH3XfYryNo

NEWS | the SIX proshot is finally getting released! ...but what does it mean for the show (and the future of proshots)? find out here ⬇️ youtu.be/iovbLhesNRY

listening to coda of freight from starlight express to feel something

REVIEW | A Wonderful World (Broadway) What sets the Louis Armstrong musical apart from the rest in this crowded subgenre? watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/334p18TM5n4

The first weekly vlog of 2025 is here! Follow @mickeyjotheatre.bsky.social & I in a week of our stagey lives with trips to see Sigourney Weaver in The Tempest, the new Farmer J in Holborn, Titaníque’s London press night and The Producers! WATCH HERE: youtu.be/j-NrETSjdgc #theatre #theater

Call me a romantic, but I hope a gay couple met at the Caroline Bowman Sunset Blvd show tonight and will one day book her to sing With One Look at their wedding

which West End theatre tickets should you book this year? 👀 Check out my recommendations for the most exciting plays and musicals coming to the UK... watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/9xw9F9LE7ok

NEW REVIEW | Titanique (West End) Does this off-Broadway cult hit still work with British audiences? watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/ur6W5FMhnjQ

My Titanique West End review will be docking tomorrow but if the men's bathroom queue is any indication, they've found their audience

Big week for me and theatrical boat crashes tbh

REVIEW | The Tempest (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) Less Shakespearen epic and more "waiting for Prospero"... watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/FtwLxNa4jjI

Advice to theatre bloggers: don't pay for instagram followers. 1. The algorithm doesn't like it so it won't translate into engagement 2. Everyone can tell and it looks *embarrassing* 3. It undermines the social accounts you already have that you genuinely worked to build.

we need to talk about STAGE DOOR safety... youtu.be/nSP7dIcHVII

NEW VIDEO | my favourite theatre of 2024! Out of 250+ shows around the world, which made my top 15? watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/UhmG7MS9s-0

Have we missed the boat on Meryl doing Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? because that feels like a boat we oughtn't miss

January 3rd. 1st show of the Year. 2hrs no interval. I am LOCKED IN.

I'm looking back at everything I did in 2024! Check out my thoughts, highlights and unseen footage from a busy 12 months as a critic and content creator. Check it out and stay tuned for the next year of exciting theatre! ⬇️ youtu.be/DM-XB5We7RE

Has anyone else heard the orchestrations for "If I Can't Have You" on the Saturday Night Fever OLC because I've just listened to it 7 times consecutively and OH MY GOD?!

I’m back in the basement in May in an extremely serious way. 54below.org/events/robbi...

which shows disappointed me the most in 2024? watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/fX-ND7UWl2E

Lots of personal and professional achievements this year but also *many* episodes of Real Housewives missed, cementing 2025 as a year that demands change.

A NYT connections category I would create: • choices • your love • typeface • the beans "Things that can be justified"

REVIEW | Natasha, Pierre And the Great Comet of 1812 (Donmar Warehouse, London) watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/RTUaAvq4z7o

I ranked the 37 Broadway shows I saw in 2024... watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/mRHDh7gTrWc

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate from me and the Wicked Christmas Tree and also me AS the Wicked Christmas Tree.

REVIEW | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Almeida Theatre, London) watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/MQKyBwzoxgA

How much do we already know about WICKED: FOR GOOD? Find out here ⬇️ youtu.be/hXw2vGpmTmw

As so many fringe shows start the encore productions in New York, London and around the world, here is my full review and ranking of every show I saw! (Seriously so many shows coming to SoHo Playhouse alone in January that are in here, do not miss them!!!) youtu.be/GIrvwtfUgKY

NEWS | HADESTOWN Broadway stars joining the West End production... ...to film a proshot?! 👀 watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/flLZgCUkjnk

NEWS | the HERE WE ARE casting for London is amazing! ...and it even has me excited about this show 👀 watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/n3U11_8iAw8

Every time I have to walk up a static escalator I pretend I'm Grizabella at the end of Cats

Aeron and I have begun casting FYI

REVIEW | Hello, Dolly! (Lido Theatre, Paris) Why did I prefer this new Parisian production to this summer's West End revival? 👀 watch it here ⬇️ youtu.be/HlM7i9L_PRA